Friday, October 14, 2016

Bridgestone Arena

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The Chicago Blackhawks travel to Bridgestone Arena to play the Nashville Predators on Friday, October 14, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Blackhawks at -105 and the Predators at -118. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Chicago comes into this matchup after having a regular season record of 47-26-9 last season and on the road they had a record of 21-15-5. They finished 3rd in the Central Division. They scored 235 goals and gave up 209 goals for a point differential of +26. The Blackhawks had 9 overtime losses including 2 of them in a shootout. In their last 10 games they had an overall record of 5-2-3. For the season they had an ATS record of 47-34 and an over/under record of 30-32-20. Nashville had a regular season record of 41-27-14 including 23-11-7 at home last season. They were 4th in the Central Division. They scored 228 goals and surrendered 215 for a goal differential of +13. The Predators had 14 losses in OT and 2 of them occurred in a shootout. They had a record of 5-4-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread was 39-40 while their over/under record sat at 33-33-16.

Patrick Kane accumulated 106 total points last season for the Blackhawks. He had 46 goals last year with 287 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 16%. He had a total of 60 assists on the season and averaged 20 minutes played per game. Jonathan Toews averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game last year. In that time he had a shooting percentage of 16% by scoring 28 goals on 179 shots. He had 30 assists giving him a total of 58 points on the season. Corey Crawford had 35 wins and 18 losses last season in net for the Blackhawks. He had 1,718 shots against him and gave up 131 goals. He made 1,587 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Filip Forsberg accumulated 64 total points last season for the Predators. He had 33 goals last year with 247 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 13%. He had a total of 31 assists on the season and averaged 19 minutes played per game. Roman Josi averaged 25 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he had a shooting percentage of 7% by scoring 14 goals on 198 shots. He had 47 assists giving him a total of 61 points on the season. Pekka Rinne had 34 wins and 21 losses this season in net for the Predators. He had 1,744 shots against him and gave up 161 goals. He made 1,583 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

The Blackhawks had 103 total points last season. They scored 235 goals while giving up 209 goals. They had 252 power play opportunities and scored 57 goals on those chances for a percentage of 23%. The Blackhawks allowed 233 power play opportunities and gave up 46 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 80%. They averaged 30 shots per game and as a team they shot 9.41% for the season. They allowed 31 shots to their opposition per contest and had a team save percentage of 92%.

The Predators had a total of 96 points on the season. They had 51 power play goals on 259 opportunities for a percentage of 20%. They allowed 245 power play opportunities and gave up 46 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 81%. As a team, the Blackhawks had a total of 228 goals scored while they gave up 215 goals during the campaign. They averaged 31 shots per contest and had a team shooting percentage of 9.09%. As a team they gave up 27 shots per game and had a save percentage of 91%.

Chicago had a Corsi percentage of 50.3% as they attempted 4,584 shots on net at full strength while they gave up 4,533 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage was at 49.6% as they had 3,346 attempts while they gave up 3,400 shots on the defensive end. The Blackhawks started possessions in the offensive zone 52% of the time while their defensive zone percentage was at 48% for the season. They had 2,380 face off wins compared to 2,452 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage was 49.3%. On defense Chicago had 1,389 hits and they blocked 1,133 shots from the opposition.

Nashville attempted 4,618 shots at full strength and they gave up 4,269 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage was at 52% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they were at 53.3% as they had 3,468 shots while they gave up 3,037 attempts on defense. The Predators had an offensive zone percentage of 52.3% and their defensive zone percentage was 47.7% this season. They had a faceoff win percentage of 48.7% as they compiled 2,387 face off wins this season and they suffered 2,515 face off losses. On defense Nashville blocked 1,232 shot attempts and they had 1,886 hits as a unit.

Chicago Blackhawks Betting Trends

The Chicago Blackhawks were 47-34 straight up last season

The Chicago Blackhawks were 30-32-20 against the over/under

Nashville Predators Betting Trends

The Nashville Predators were 39-40 straight up last season

The Nashville Predators were 33-33-16 against the over/under

Chicago Blackhawks Injuries

10/13/16 D Niklas Hjalmarsson Suspension Served is upgraded to probable Friday vs. Nashville
10/10/16 LW Andrew Desjardins Lower Body expected to miss 4-6 weeks

Nashville Predators Injuries

No key injuries to report

Josh's Pick: Take Nashville

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