Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Rexall Place

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The Carolina Hurricanes travel to Rexall Place to play the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday, October 18, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Hurricanes at +195 and the Oilers at +117. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Carolina comes into this matchup after having a regular season record of 35-31-16 last season and on the road they had a record of 16-16-9. They finished 6th in the Metropolitan Division. They scored 198 goals and gave up 226 goals for a point differential of -28. The Hurricanes had 16 overtime losses including 5 of them in a shootout. In their last 10 games they had an overall record of 4-4-2. For the season they had an ATS record of 33-46 and an over/under record of 29-28-25. Edmonton had a regular season record of 31-43-8 including 19-20-2 at home last season. They were 7th in the Pacific Division. They scored 203 goals and surrendered 245 for a goal differential of -42. The Oilers had 8 losses in OT and 3 of them occurred in a shootout. They had a record of 4-5-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread was 31-50 while their over/under record sat at 39-38-5.

Jordan Staal accumulated 48 total points last season for the Hurricanes. He had 20 goals last year with 151 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 13%. He had a total of 28 assists on the season and averaged 18 minutes played per game. Justin Faulk averaged 24 minutes of ice time per game last year. In that time he had a shooting percentage of 9% by scoring 16 goals on 184 shots. He had 21 assists giving him a total of 37 points on the season. Cam Ward had 23 wins and 17 losses last season in net for the Hurricanes. He had 1,343 shots against him and gave up 122 goals. He made 1,221 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

Connor McDavid accumulated 48 total points last season for the Oilers. He had 16 goals last year with 105 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 15%. He had a total of 32 assists on the season and averaged 19 minutes played per game. Leon Draisaitl averaged 18 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he had a shooting percentage of 14% by scoring 19 goals on 133 shots. He had 32 assists giving him a total of 51 points on the season. Cam Talbot had 21 wins and 27 losses this season in net for the Oilers. He had 1,648 shots against him and gave up 137 goals. He made 1,511 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

The Hurricanes had 86 total points last season. They scored 198 goals while giving up 226 goals. They had 238 power play opportunities and scored 40 goals on those chances for a percentage of 17%. The Hurricanes allowed 204 power play opportunities and gave up 32 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 84%. They averaged 30 shots per game and as a team they shot 8.08% for the season. They allowed 27 shots to their opposition per contest and had a team save percentage of 91%.

The Oilers had a total of 70 points on the season. They had 43 power play goals on 237 opportunities for a percentage of 18%. They allowed 254 power play opportunities and gave up 49 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 81%. As a team, the Hurricanes had a total of 203 goals scored while they gave up 245 goals during the campaign. They averaged 29 shots per contest and had a team shooting percentage of 8.51%. As a team they gave up 31 shots per game and had a save percentage of 91%.

Carolina had a Corsi percentage of 52.5% as they attempted 4,668 shots on net at full strength while they gave up 4,228 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage was at 51.7% as they had 3,479 attempts while they gave up 3,248 shots on the defensive end. The Hurricanes started possessions in the offensive zone 53.3% of the time while their defensive zone percentage was at 46.7% for the season. They had 2,523 face off wins compared to 2,178 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage was 53.7%. On defense Carolina had 1,550 hits and they blocked 980 shots from the opposition.

Edmonton attempted 4,477 shots at full strength and they gave up 4,782 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage was at 48.4% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they were at 48% as they had 3,282 shots while they gave up 3,549 attempts on defense. The Oilers had an offensive zone percentage of 48.8% and their defensive zone percentage was 51.2% this season. They had a faceoff win percentage of 48.8% as they compiled 2,429 face off wins this season and they suffered 2,549 face off losses. On defense Edmonton blocked 1,233 shot attempts and they had 1,818 hits as a unit.

Carolina Hurricanes Betting Trends

The Carolina Hurricanes were 33-46 straight up last season

The Carolina Hurricanes were 29-28-25 against the over/under

Edmonton Oilers Betting Trends

The Edmonton Oilers were 31-50 straight up last season

The Edmonton Oilers were 39-38-5 against the over/under

Carolina Hurricanes Injuries

10/10/16 D Ryan Murphy Lower Body out indefinitely

Edmonton Oilers Injuries

10/17/16 LW Matt Hendricks Knee doubtful Tuesday vs. Carolina
10/16/16 GO Jonas Gustavsson Head injured last game, "?" Tuesday vs Carolina
10/14/16 D Brandon Davidson Upper Body out indefinitely
10/09/16 RW Iiro Pakarinen Knee out indefinitely

Josh's Pick: Take Carolina

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