Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Nationwide Arena

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The Calgary Flames travel to Nationwide Arena to play the Columbus Blue Jackets on Wednesday, November 23, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Flames at +144 and the Blue Jackets at -160. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Calgary comes into this matchup having played 21 games. They have an overall record of 8-12-1 and on the road they have a record of 5-5-1. Currently they are 5th in the Pacific Division. They've scored 49 goals and given up 69 goals for a point differential of -20. The Flames have an overall record of 4-6-0 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 7-13 and an over/under record of 9-10-2. Columbus shows up with a record of 10-4-3 including 7-2-1 at home this season. They are 4th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 56 goals and surrendered 40 for a goal differential of +16. The Blue Jackets have a record of 7-1-2 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 10-7 while their over/under record sits at 5-11-1.

Troy Brouwer has accumulated 8 total points this season for the Flames. He has 4 goals this season with 31 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 13%. He has a total of 4 assists on the season and averages 17 minutes played per game. Michael Frolik has averaged 16 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 13% by scoring 6 goals on 48 shots. He has 8 assists giving him a total of 14 points on the season. Brian Elliott has 3 wins and 9 losses this season in net for the Flames. He has had 346 shots against him and has given up 41 goals. He has made 305 saves for a save percentage of 88%.

Zach Werenski has accumulated 15 total points this season for the Blue Jackets. He has 5 goals this season with 44 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 11%. He has a total of 10 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 13% by scoring 7 goals on 53 shots. He has 10 assists giving him a total of 17 points on the season. Sergei Bobrovsky has 10 wins and 4 losses this season in net for the Blue Jackets. He has had 448 shots against him and has given up 31 goals. He has made 417 saves for a save percentage of 93%.

The Flames have 17 total points this season. They have scored 49 goals while giving up 69 goals. They have had 71 power play opportunities and have scored 6 goals on those chances for a percentage of 8%. The Flames have allowed 77 power play opportunities and given up 21 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 73%. They average 29 shots per game and as a team are shooting 8.15% for the season to this point. They allow 28 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 88%.

The Blue Jackets have a total of 23 points on the season. They have 14 power play goals on 45 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 31%. They have allowed 48 power play opportunities and have given up 8 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 83%. As a team, the Flames have a total of 56 goals scored while they've given up 40 goals to this point. They average 27 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 12.02%. As a team they give up 31 shots per game and have a save percentage of 93%.

Calgary has a Corsi percentage of 50.2% as they've attempted 1,141 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 1,133 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 49.6% as they have 834 attempts while they've given up 847 shots on the defensive end. The Flames start possessions in the offensive zone 50.4% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 49.6% for the season. They have 658 face off wins compared to 621 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 51.4%. On defense Calgary has 441 hits and they've blocked 286 shots from the opposition.

Columbus has attempted 935 shots at full strength and they've given up 1,002 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 48.3% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 47.4% as they have 679 shots while they've given up 752 attempts on defense. The Blue Jackets have an offensive zone percentage of 49% and their defensive zone percentage is 51% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 48.2% as they've compiled 497 face off wins this season and they have suffered 535 face off losses. On defense Columbus has blocked 250 shot attempts and they have 340 hits as a unit.

Calgary Flames Betting Trends

The Calgary Flames are 7-13 straight up

The Calgary Flames are 9-10-2 against the over/under

Columbus Blue Jackets Betting Trends

The Columbus Blue Jackets are 10-7 straight up

The Columbus Blue Jackets are 5-11-1 against the over/under

Calgary Flames Injuries

11/21/16 RW Kris Versteeg Groin "?" Wednesday vs Columbus
11/16/16 LW Johnny Gaudreau Finger out indefinitely
11/06/16 C Lance Bouma Shoulder out indefinitely
10/09/16 D Ladislav Smid Neck out for season

Columbus Blue Jackets Injuries

11/21/16 D Dalton Prout Back "?" Wednesday vs Calgary
10/10/16 RW David Clarkson Back out indefinitely
10/10/16 GO Joonas Korpisalo Groin out indefinitely

Tony's Pick: Take Columbus -160

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