Tuesday, April 5, 2016

United Center

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The Arizona Coyotes travel to United Center to play the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday, April 5, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Coyotes at +171 and the Blackhawks at -190. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Arizona comes into this matchup having played 78 games. They have an overall record of 35-36-7 and on the road they have a record of 13-21-3. Currently they are 4th in the Pacific Division. They've scored 203 goals and given up 230 goals for a point differential of -27. The Coyotes have 7 overtime losses including 1 of them in a shootout. In the past 10 games they have an overall record of 6-4-0. For the season they have an ATS record of 35-43 and an over/under record of 35-35-8. Chicago shows up with a record of 46-26-7 including 25-11-3 at home this season. They are 3rd in the Central Division. They've scored 224 goals and surrendered 200 for a goal differential of +24. The Blackhawks have 7 losses in OT and 2 of them occurred in a shootout. They have a record of 5-4-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 46-33 while their over/under record sits at 28-31-20.

Oliver Ekman-Larsson has accumulated 52 total points this season for the Coyotes. He has 21 goals this season with 218 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 10%. He has a total of 31 assists on the season and averages 25 minutes played per game. Max Domi has averaged 16 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 12% by scoring 18 goals on 149 shots. He has 33 assists giving him a total of 51 points on the season. Louis Domingue has 15 wins and 17 losses this season in net for the Coyotes. He has had 1,110 shots against him and has given up 95 goals. He has made 1,015 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

Patrick Kane has accumulated 100 total points this season for the Blackhawks. He has 43 goals this season with 276 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 16%. He has a total of 57 assists on the season and averages 20 minutes played per game. Jonathan Toews has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 15% by scoring 26 goals on 172 shots. He has 28 assists giving him a total of 54 points on the season. Corey Crawford has 35 wins and 18 losses this season in net for the Blackhawks. He has had 1,693 shots against him and has given up 126 goals. He has made 1,567 saves for a save percentage of 93%.

The Coyotes have 77 total points this season. They have scored 202 goals while giving up 229 goals. They have had 285 power play opportunities and have scored 53 goals on those chances for a percentage of 19%. The Coyotes have allowed 281 power play opportunities and given up 62 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 78%. They average 28 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.31% for the season to this point. They allow 31 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.

The Blackhawks have a total of 99 points on the season. They have 53 power play goals on 239 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 22%. They have allowed 223 power play opportunities and have given up 45 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 80%. As a team, the Coyotes have a total of 223 goals scored while they've given up 198 goals to this point. They average 31 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.23%. As a team they give up 31 shots per game and have a save percentage of 92%.

Arizona has a Corsi percentage of 47.6% as they've attempted 4,134 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 4,544 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 47% as they have 3,070 attempts while they've given up 3,455 shots on the defensive end. The Coyotes start possessions in the offensive zone 49.8% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 50.2% for the season. They have 2,631 face off wins compared to 2,205 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 54.4%. On defense Arizona has 1,744 hits and they've blocked 1,089 shots from the opposition.

Chicago has attempted 4,443 shots at full strength and they've given up 4,377 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 50.4% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 49.6% as they have 3,234 shots while they've given up 3,282 attempts on defense. The Blackhawks have an offensive zone percentage of 51.8% and their defensive zone percentage is 48.2% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 49.3% as they've compiled 2,300 face off wins this season and they have suffered 2,368 face off losses. On defense Chicago has blocked 1,095 shot attempts and they have 1,344 hits as a unit.

Arizona Coyotes Betting Trends

The Arizona Coyotes are 35-43 straight up

The Arizona Coyotes are 35-35-8 against the over/under

Chicago Blackhawks Betting Trends

The Chicago Blackhawks are 46-33 straight up

The Chicago Blackhawks are 28-31-20 against the over/under

Arizona Coyotes Injuries

10/19/15 C Joe Vitale Eye out for season
04/04/16 C Martin Hanzal Upper Body is downgraded to expected to miss Monday vs. St. Louis
03/28/16 D Michael Stone Knee out for season
03/09/16 D Jarred Tinordi Suspension expected to miss 20 games
02/15/16 GO Anders Lindback Achilles out for season

Chicago Blackhawks Injuries

04/03/16 RW Marian Hossa Knee "?" Tuesday vs Arizona
04/02/16 RW Andrew Shaw Upper Body expected to miss Tuesday vs Arizona
04/01/16 D Duncan Keith Suspension expected to miss 6 games; eligible to return Game 2 of 1st round playoffs
03/25/16 GO Corey Crawford Upper Body out indefinitely

Tony's Pick: Take Chicago

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