Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Rogers Arena

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The Pittsburgh Penguins travel to Rogers Arena to play the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday, November 4, 2015. The opening line for this game has the Penguins at -102 and the Canucks at -108. The over/under has been set at 5.

Pittsburgh comes into this matchup having played 11 games. They have an overall record of 7-4-0 and on the road they have a record of 3-2-0. Currently they are 4th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 24 goals and given up 20 goals for a point differential of +4. Vancouver shows up with a record of 6-2-4 including 2-2-3 at home this season. They are 1st in the Pacific Division. They've scored 36 goals and surrendered 26 for a goal differential of +10.

Sidney Crosby has accumulated 5 total points this season for the Penguins. He has 1 goal this season with 30 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 3%. He has a total of 4 assists on the season and averages 21 minutes played per game. Evgeni Malkin has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 15% by scoring 4 goals on 27 shots. He has 6 assists giving him a total of 10 points on the season. Marc-Andre Fleury has 6 wins and 4 losses on the year in net for the Penguins. He has given up 17 goals on the 292 shots he has faced. He has 275 saves for a save percentage of 94%.

Daniel Sedin has accumulated 9 total points this season for the Canucks. He has 3 goals this season with 45 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 7%. He has a total of 6 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Henrik Sedin has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 13% by scoring 2 goals on 16 shots. He has 5 assists giving him a total of 7 points on the season. Ryan Miller has 5 wins and 2 losses on the year in net for the Canucks. He has given up 23 goals on the 314 shots he has faced. He has 291 saves for a save percentage of 93%.

The Penguins have 14 total points this season. They have scored 24 goals while giving up 20 goals. They have had 35 power play opportunities and have scored 4 goals on those chances for a percentage of 11%. The Penguins have allowed 35 power play opportunities and given up 4 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 89%. They average 32 shots per game and as a team are shooting 6.92% for the season to this point. They allow 31 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 94%.

The Canucks have a total of 16 points on the season. They have 7 power play goals on 36 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 19%. They have allowed 32 power play opportunities and have given up 3 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 91%. As a team, the Penguins have a total of 36 goals scored while they've given up 26 goals to this point. They average 31 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.84%. As a team they give up 29 shots per game and have a save percentage of 93%.

Pittsburgh Penguins Betting Trends

The Pittsburgh Penguins are 7-4 straight up

The Pittsburgh Penguins are 1-8-2 against the over/under

Vancouver Canucks Betting Trends

The Vancouver Canucks are 5-6 straight up

The Vancouver Canucks are 4-5-5 against the over/under

Pittsburgh Penguins Injuries

No key injuries to report

Vancouver Canucks Injuries

11/02/15 LW Brandon Prust Ankle out indefinitely
11/02/15 D Luca Sbisa Foot expected to miss 1 week
10/08/15 GO Jacob Markstrom Hamstring out indefinitely
10/05/15 LW Chris Higgins Foot out indefinitely

Guy's Pick: Take Vancouver

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