Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Honda Center

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The Carolina Hurricanes travel to Honda Center to play the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday, December 7, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Hurricanes at +149 and the Ducks at -165. The over/under has been set at 5.

Carolina comes into this matchup having played 25 games. They have an overall record of 10-10-5 and on the road they have a record of 3-7-5. Currently they are 7th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 58 goals and given up 65 goals for a point differential of -7. The Hurricanes have an overall record of 5-4-1 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 9-15 and an over/under record of 9-11-5. Anaheim shows up with a record of 12-9-5 including 7-4-1 at home this season. They are 3rd in the Pacific Division. They've scored 67 goals and surrendered 67 for a goal differential of 0. The Ducks have a record of 5-3-2 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 12-14 while their over/under record sits at 7-10-9.

Victor Rask has accumulated 18 total points this season for the Hurricanes. He has 9 goals this season with 55 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 16%. He has a total of 9 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Jeff Skinner has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 11% by scoring 9 goals on 85 shots. He has 11 assists giving him a total of 20 points on the season. Cam Ward has 8 wins and 7 losses this season in net for the Hurricanes. He has had 526 shots against him and has given up 40 goals. He has made 486 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Corey Perry has accumulated 19 total points this season for the Ducks. He has 4 goals this season with 78 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 5%. He has a total of 15 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Cam Fowler has averaged 24 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 13% by scoring 7 goals on 54 shots. He has 10 assists giving him a total of 17 points on the season. John Gibson has 8 wins and 7 losses this season in net for the Ducks. He has had 515 shots against him and has given up 44 goals. He has made 471 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

The Hurricanes have 25 total points this season. They have scored 58 goals while giving up 65 goals. They have had 75 power play opportunities and have scored 14 goals on those chances for a percentage of 19%. The Hurricanes have allowed 69 power play opportunities and given up 6 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 91%. They average 30 shots per game and as a team are shooting 7.77% for the season to this point. They allow 28 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.

The Ducks have a total of 29 points on the season. They have 19 power play goals on 83 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 23%. They have allowed 89 power play opportunities and have given up 17 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 81%. As a team, the Hurricanes have a total of 67 goals scored while they've given up 67 goals to this point. They average 30 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 8.70%. As a team they give up 29 shots per game and have a save percentage of 91%.

Carolina has a Corsi percentage of 52.4% as they've attempted 1,437 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 1,304 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 51.2% as they have 1,039 attempts while they've given up 990 shots on the defensive end. The Hurricanes start possessions in the offensive zone 56.1% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 43.9% for the season. They have 721 face off wins compared to 668 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 51.9%. On defense Carolina has 480 hits and they've blocked 314 shots from the opposition.

Anaheim has attempted 1,412 shots at full strength and they've given up 1,411 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 50% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 50.4% as they have 1,063 shots while they've given up 1,048 attempts on defense. The Ducks 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 56.8% as they've compiled 915 face off wins this season and they have suffered 695 face off losses. On defense Anaheim has blocked 363 shot attempts and they have 675 hits as a unit.

Carolina Hurricanes Betting Trends

The Carolina Hurricanes are 9-15 straight up

The Carolina Hurricanes are 9-11-5 against the over/under

Anaheim Ducks Betting Trends

The Anaheim Ducks are 12-14 straight up

The Anaheim Ducks are 7-10-9 against the over/under

Carolina Hurricanes Injuries

12/04/16 C Elias Lindholm Lower Body "?" Wednesday vs Anaheim
11/28/16 C Jordan Staal Concussion out indefinitely
11/21/16 GO Eddie Lack Concussion expected to miss 5-7 days
11/11/16 LW Bryan Bickell Illness out indefinitely
10/10/16 D Ryan Murphy Knee out indefinitely

Anaheim Ducks Injuries

12/04/16 C Rickard Rakell Upper Body "?" Wednesday vs Carolina
12/03/16 D Clayton Stoner Lower Body expected to miss 5-7 days
11/17/16 LW Nicolas Kerdiles Concussion out indefinitely
10/14/16 D Simon Despres Concussion out indefinitely
10/12/16 C Nate Thompson Achilles out indefinitely

Guy's Pick: Take Anaheim -165

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