Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Prudential Center

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The Carolina Hurricanes travel to Prudential Center to play the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday, March 1, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Hurricanes at +113 and the Devils at -125. The over/under has been set at 4.5.

Carolina comes into this matchup having played 64 games. They have an overall record of 28-26-10 and on the road they have a record of 12-14-4. Currently they are 7th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 155 goals and given up 173 goals for a point differential of -18. The Hurricanes have 10 overtime losses including 3 of them in a shootout. In the past 10 games they have an overall record of 4-5-1. For the season they have an ATS record of 28-36 and an over/under record of 21-24-19. New Jersey shows up with a record of 30-26-7 including 15-13-4 at home this season. They are 6th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 139 goals and surrendered 153 for a goal differential of -14. The Devils have 7 losses in OT and 6 of them occurred in a shootout. They have a record of 4-6-0 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 30-33 while their over/under record sits at 19-29-15.

Jordan Staal has accumulated 39 total points this season for the Hurricanes. He has 16 goals this season with 112 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 14%. He has a total of 23 assists on the season and averages 18 minutes played per game. Victor Rask has averaged 17 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 11% by scoring 14 goals on 123 shots. He has 23 assists giving him a total of 37 points on the season. Cam Ward has 18 wins and 15 losses this season in net for the Hurricanes. He has had 1,056 shots against him and has given up 98 goals. He has made 958 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

Mike Cammalleri has accumulated 38 total points this season for the Devils. He has 14 goals this season with 101 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 14%. He has a total of 24 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Adam Henrique has averaged 20 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 17% by scoring 19 goals on 113 shots. He has 19 assists giving him a total of 38 points on the season. Cory Schneider has 26 wins and 21 losses this season in net for the Devils. He has had 1,489 shots against him and has given up 112 goals. He has made 1,377 saves for a save percentage of 93%.

The Hurricanes have 66 total points this season. They have scored 155 goals while giving up 170 goals. They have had 196 power play opportunities and have scored 33 goals on those chances for a percentage of 17%. The Hurricanes have allowed 159 power play opportunities and given up 28 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 82%. They average 30 shots per game and as a team are shooting 7.98% for the season to this point. They allow 27 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 90%.

The Devils have a total of 67 points on the season. They have 40 power play goals on 194 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 21%. They have allowed 200 power play opportunities and have given up 34 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 83%. As a team, the Hurricanes have a total of 137 goals scored while they've given up 147 goals to this point. They average 25 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 8.86%. As a team they give up 29 shots per game and have a save percentage of 92%.

Carolina has a Corsi percentage of 53.9% as they've attempted 3,770 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,228 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 53% as they have 2,789 attempts while they've given up 2,469 shots on the defensive end. The Hurricanes start possessions in the offensive zone 54.9% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 45.1% for the season. They have 1,967 face off wins compared to 1,692 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 53.8%. On defense Carolina has 1,213 hits and they've blocked 759 shots from the opposition.

New Jersey has attempted 2,770 shots at full strength and they've given up 3,229 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 46.2% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 46.8% as they have 2,139 shots while they've given up 2,432 attempts on defense. The Devils have an offensive zone percentage of 47.7% and their defensive zone percentage is 52.3% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 47.1% as they've compiled 1,686 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,892 face off losses. On defense New Jersey has blocked 797 shot attempts and they have 1,439 hits as a unit.

Carolina Hurricanes Betting Trends

The Carolina Hurricanes are 28-36 straight up

The Carolina Hurricanes are 21-24-19 against the over/under

New Jersey Devils Betting Trends

The New Jersey Devils are 30-33 straight up

The New Jersey Devils are 19-29-15 against the over/under

Carolina Hurricanes Injuries

10/09/15 D James Wisniewski Knee out 6 months
02/29/16 C Riley Nash Undisclosed injured last game, "?" Tuesday vs. New Jersey
02/28/16 C Jay McClement Upper Body "?" Tuesday vs New Jersey
02/28/16 D Justin Faulk Ankle "?" Tuesday vs New Jersey
02/27/16 C Andrej Nestrasil Back out indefinitely

New Jersey Devils Injuries

12/29/15 LW Patrik Elias Knee out indefinitely
02/26/16 C Jacob Josefson Illness "?" Tuesday vs Carolina
02/13/16 LW Stefan Matteau Facial out indefinitely
02/11/16 LW Michael Cammalleri Hand out indefinitely
01/23/16 C Jiri Tlusty Wrist out for season

Tony's Pick: Take Carolina

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