Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Joe Louis Arena

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The Carolina Hurricanes travel to Joe Louis Arena to play the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday, October 25, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Hurricanes at +133 and the Red Wings at -167. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Carolina comes into this matchup having played 5 games. They have an overall record of 1-2-2 and on the road they have a record of 1-2-2. Currently they are 8th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 16 goals and given up 20 goals for a point differential of -4. Detroit shows up with a record of 4-2-0 including 3-0-0 at home this season. They are 3rd in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 20 goals and surrendered 15 for a goal differential of +5. Their record against the spread is 4-2 while their over/under record sits at 3-2-1.

Victor Rask has accumulated 6 total points this season for the Hurricanes. He has 3 goals this season with 13 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 23%. He has a total of 3 assists on the season and averages 18 minutes played per game. Justin Faulk has averaged 23 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 20% by scoring 2 goals on 10 shots. He has 3 assists giving him a total of 5 points on the season. Eddie Lack has 1 win and 1 loss this season in net for the Hurricanes. He has had 84 shots against him and has given up 12 goals. He has made 72 saves for a save percentage of 86%.

Mike Green has accumulated 7 total points this season for the Red Wings. He has 3 goals this season with 7 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 43%. He has a total of 4 assists on the season and averages 24 minutes played per game. Thomas Vanek has averaged 13 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 27% by scoring 3 goals on 11 shots. He has 4 assists giving him a total of 7 points on the season. Petr Mrazek has 2 wins and 2 losses this season in net for the Red Wings. He has had 137 shots against him and has given up 12 goals. He has made 125 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

The Hurricanes have 4 total points this season. They have scored 16 goals while giving up 20 goals. They have had 21 power play opportunities and have scored 6 goals on those chances for a percentage of 29%. The Hurricanes have allowed 20 power play opportunities and given up 2 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 90%. They average 29 shots per game and as a team are shooting 11.11% for the season to this point. They allow 28 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 86%.

The Red Wings have a total of 8 points on the season. They have 6 power play goals on 25 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 24%. They have allowed 23 power play opportunities and have given up 6 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 74%. As a team, the Hurricanes have a total of 20 goals scored while they've given up 15 goals to this point. They average 29 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 11.63%. As a team they give up 33 shots per game and have a save percentage of 94%.

Carolina has a Corsi percentage of 52.6% as they've attempted 287 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 259 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 51% as they have 205 attempts while they've given up 197 shots on the defensive end. The Hurricanes start possessions in the offensive zone 55.8% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 44.2% for the season. They have 161 face off wins compared to 125 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 56.3%. On defense Carolina has 85 hits and they've blocked 62 shots from the opposition.

Detroit has attempted 295 shots at full strength and they've given up 366 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 44.6% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 45.2% as they have 229 shots while they've given up 278 attempts on defense. The Red Wings have an offensive zone percentage of 43.8% and their defensive zone percentage is 56.2% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 50.5% as they've compiled 185 face off wins this season and they have suffered 181 face off losses. On defense Detroit has blocked 88 shot attempts and they have 103 hits as a unit.

Carolina Hurricanes Betting Trends

The Carolina Hurricanes are 1-4 straight up

The Carolina Hurricanes are 4-1-0 against the over/under

Detroit Red Wings Betting Trends

The Detroit Red Wings are 4-2 straight up

The Detroit Red Wings are 3-2-1 against the over/under

Carolina Hurricanes Injuries

10/10/16 D Ryan Murphy Knee out indefinitely

Detroit Red Wings Injuries

10/22/16 LW Justin Abdelkader Lower Body "?" Tuesday vs Carolina
10/22/16 D Niklas Kronwall Knee "?" Tuesday vs Carolina
10/15/15 C Johan Franzen Concussion out indefinitely
10/10/16 RW Tomas Jurco Back out indefinitely
01/11/16 LW Drew Miller Knee out 4-6 months

Tony's Pick: Take Detroit

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