Monday, December 5, 2016

Nationwide Arena

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The Arizona Coyotes travel to Nationwide Arena to play the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday, December 5, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Coyotes at +210 and the Blue Jackets at -235. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Arizona comes into this matchup having played 23 games. They have an overall record of 8-11-4 and on the road they have a record of 3-6-3. Currently they are 7th in the Pacific Division. They've scored 56 goals and given up 72 goals for a point differential of -16. The Coyotes have an overall record of 3-3-4 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 6-15 and an over/under record of 8-12-3. Columbus shows up with a record of 14-5-4 including 8-3-1 at home this season. They are 3rd in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 73 goals and surrendered 52 for a goal differential of +21. The Blue Jackets have a record of 7-1-2 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 13-9 while their over/under record sits at 7-14-2.

Radim Vrbata has accumulated 17 total points this season for the Coyotes. He has 8 goals this season with 69 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 12%. He has a total of 9 assists on the season and averages 17 minutes played per game. Jordan Martinook has averaged 16 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 14% by scoring 5 goals on 35 shots. He has 6 assists giving him a total of 11 points on the season. Louis Domingue has 4 wins and 8 losses this season in net for the Coyotes. He has had 387 shots against him and has given up 37 goals. He has made 350 saves for a save percentage of 90%.

Zach Werenski has accumulated 16 total points this season for the Blue Jackets. He has 5 goals this season with 68 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 7%. He has a total of 11 assists on the season and averages 22 minutes played per game. Cam Atkinson has averaged 18 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 11% by scoring 8 goals on 71 shots. He has 13 assists giving him a total of 21 points on the season. Sergei Bobrovsky has 13 wins and 5 losses this season in net for the Blue Jackets. He has had 566 shots against him and has given up 40 goals. He has made 526 saves for a save percentage of 93%.

The Coyotes have 20 total points this season. They have scored 56 goals while giving up 72 goals. They have had 71 power play opportunities and have scored 10 goals on those chances for a percentage of 14%. The Coyotes have allowed 72 power play opportunities and given up 13 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 82%. They average 29 shots per game and as a team are shooting 8.42% for the season to this point. They allow 35 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.

The Blue Jackets have a total of 32 points on the season. They have 15 power play goals on 63 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 24%. They have allowed 63 power play opportunities and have given up 11 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 83%. As a team, the Coyotes have a total of 73 goals scored while they've given up 52 goals to this point. They average 31 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 10.28%. As a team they give up 30 shots per game and have a save percentage of 93%.

Arizona has a Corsi percentage of 45.2% as they've attempted 1,235 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 1,496 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 44.4% as they have 917 attempts while they've given up 1,150 shots on the defensive end. The Coyotes start possessions in the offensive zone 45.2% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 54.8% for the season. They have 699 face off wins compared to 741 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 48.5%. On defense Arizona has 609 hits and they've blocked 346 shots from the opposition.

Columbus has attempted 1,330 shots at full strength and they've given up 1,317 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 50.2% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 50.5% as they have 993 shots while they've given up 974 attempts on defense. The Blue Jackets 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 47.1% as they've compiled 656 face off wins this season and they have suffered 736 face off losses. On defense Columbus has blocked 343 shot attempts and they have 473 hits as a unit.

Arizona Coyotes Betting Trends

The Arizona Coyotes are 6-15 straight up

The Arizona Coyotes are 8-12-3 against the over/under

Columbus Blue Jackets Betting Trends

The Columbus Blue Jackets are 13-9 straight up

The Columbus Blue Jackets are 7-14-2 against the over/under

Arizona Coyotes Injuries

11/18/16 RW Brad Richardson Tibia out indefinitely

Columbus Blue Jackets Injuries

12/03/16 D Dalton Prout Back "?" Monday vs Arizona
10/10/16 RW David Clarkson Back out indefinitely
10/10/16 GO Joonas Korpisalo Groin out indefinitely

Guy's Pick: Take Arizona +210

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