Saturday, October 24, 2015

Rogers Arena

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The Detroit Red Wings travel to Rogers Arena to play the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday, October 24, 2015. The opening line for this game has the Red Wings at +136 and the Canucks at -150. The over/under has been set at 5.

Detroit comes into this matchup having played 6 games. They have an overall record of 3-3-0 and on the road they have a record of 1-2-0. Currently they are 5th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 16 goals and given up 16 goals. Vancouver shows up with a record of 3-2-2 including 0-2-2 at home this season. They are 2nd in the Pacific Division. They've scored 18 goals and surrendered 14 for a goal differential of +4.

Dylan Larkin has a total of 6 points this season for the Red Wings. He has 2 goals for the year with 16 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 13%. He has accumulated 4 assists on the season and has an average of 17 minutes played per game. Teemu Pulkkinen has averaged 14 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 21% by scoring 3 goals on 14 shots. He has no assists giving him a total of 3 points on the season. Jimmy Howard has a total of 2 wins and 1 loss this season in the crease for the Red Wings. He has faced 79 shots against him and has given up 6 goals. He has tallied 73 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Daniel Sedin has a total of 5 points this season for the Canucks. He has 2 goals for the year with 32 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 6%. He has accumulated 3 assists on the season and has an average of 20 minutes played per game. Henrik Sedin has averaged 20 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 20% by scoring 2 goals on 10 shots. He has 2 assists giving him a total of 4 points on the season. Ryan Miller has a total of 3 wins and 2 losses this season in the crease for the Canucks. He has faced 203 shots against him and has given up 14 goals. He has tallied 189 saves for a save percentage of 93%.

The Red Wings have 6 total points this season. They have scored 16 goals while giving up 16 goals. They have had 19 power play opportunities and have scored 2 goals on those chances for a percentage of 11%. The Red Wings have allowed 23 power play opportunities and given up 5 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 78%. They average 23 shots per game and as a team are shooting 11.76% for the season to this point. They allow 33 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 92%.

The Canucks have a total of 8 points on the season. They have 2 power play goals on 23 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 9%. They have allowed 17 power play opportunities and have given up 2 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 88%. As a team, the Red Wings have a total of 18 goals scored while they've given up 14 goals to this point. They average 31 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 8.26%. As a team they give up 29 shots per game and have a save percentage of 93%.

Detroit Red Wings Betting Trends

The Detroit Red Wings are 3-3 straight up

The Detroit Red Wings are 2-3-1 against the over/under

Vancouver Canucks Betting Trends

The Vancouver Canucks are 2-4 straight up

The Vancouver Canucks are 1-5-0 against the over/under

Detroit Red Wings Injuries

10/22/15 C Pavel Datsyuk Ankle out another 3-4 weeks
10/15/15 C Johan Franzen Concussion out indefinitely

Vancouver Canucks Injuries

10/08/15 GO Jacob Markstrom Hamstring out indefinitely
10/05/15 LW Chris Higgins Foot out indefinitely

Josh's Pick: Take Detroit

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