Monday, November 21, 2016

Nationwide Arena

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The Colorado Avalanche travel to Nationwide Arena to play the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday, November 21, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Avalanche at +118 and the Blue Jackets at -147. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Colorado comes into this matchup having played 17 games. They have an overall record of 8-9-0 and on the road they have a record of 4-5-0. Currently they are 7th in the Central Division. They've scored 36 goals and given up 47 goals for a point differential of -11. The Avalanche have an overall record of 4-6-0 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 8-9 and an over/under record of 6-9-2. Columbus shows up with a record of 9-4-2 including 7-2-0 at home this season. They are 5th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 51 goals and surrendered 35 for a goal differential of +16. The Blue Jackets have a record of 7-2-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 9-6 while their over/under record sits at 5-10-0.

Matt Duchene has accumulated 11 total points this season for the Avalanche. He has 6 goals this season with 30 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 20%. He has a total of 5 assists on the season and averages 18 minutes played per game. Gabriel Landeskog has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 13% by scoring 4 goals on 32 shots. He has 4 assists giving him a total of 8 points on the season. Semyon Varlamov has 4 wins and 8 losses this season in net for the Avalanche. He has had 354 shots against him and has given up 35 goals. He has made 319 saves for a save percentage of 90%.

Zach Werenski has accumulated 13 total points this season for the Blue Jackets. He has 5 goals this season with 39 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 13%. He has a total of 8 assists on the season and averages 22 minutes played per game. Cam Atkinson has averaged 17 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 12% by scoring 5 goals on 43 shots. He has 9 assists giving him a total of 14 points on the season. Sergei Bobrovsky has 9 wins and 4 losses this season in net for the Blue Jackets. He has had 427 shots against him and has given up 29 goals. He has made 398 saves for a save percentage of 93%.

The Avalanche have 16 total points this season. They have scored 36 goals while giving up 47 goals. They have had 57 power play opportunities and have scored 10 goals on those chances for a percentage of 18%. The Avalanche have allowed 71 power play opportunities and given up 15 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 79%. They average 29 shots per game and as a team are shooting 7.27% for the season to this point. They allow 30 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.

The Blue Jackets have a total of 20 points on the season. They have 12 power play goals on 41 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 29%. They have allowed 46 power play opportunities and have given up 7 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 85%. As a team, the Avalanche have a total of 51 goals scored while they've given up 35 goals to this point. They average 27 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 12.72%. As a team they give up 32 shots per game and have a save percentage of 93%.

Colorado has a Corsi percentage of 49.4% as they've attempted 898 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 918 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 50% as they have 668 attempts while they've given up 669 shots on the defensive end. The Avalanche start possessions in the offensive zone 49.9% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 50.1% for the season. They have 546 face off wins compared to 507 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 51.9%. On defense Colorado has 398 hits and they've blocked 249 shots from the opposition.

Columbus has attempted 792 shots at full strength and they've given up 907 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 46.6% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 45.8% as they have 580 shots while they've given up 685 attempts on defense. The Blue Jackets have an offensive zone percentage of 48.3% and their defensive zone percentage is 51.7% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 47.6% as they've compiled 433 face off wins this season and they have suffered 477 face off losses. On defense Columbus has blocked 222 shot attempts and they have 314 hits as a unit.

Colorado Avalanche Betting Trends

The Colorado Avalanche are 8-9 straight up

The Colorado Avalanche are 6-9-2 against the over/under

Columbus Blue Jackets Betting Trends

The Columbus Blue Jackets are 9-6 straight up

The Columbus Blue Jackets are 5-10-0 against the over/under

Colorado Avalanche Injuries

11/20/16 LW Gabriel Landeskog Lower Body doubtful Monday vs. Columbus
11/20/16 C Matt Duchene Concussion "?" Monday vs. Columbus

Columbus Blue Jackets Injuries

11/20/16 D Dalton Prout Back is downgraded to doubtful Sunday vs. Washington
11/20/16 LW Matt Calvert Facial probable Sunday vs. Washington
11/07/16 D Seth Jones Foot expected to miss 3-4 weeks
10/10/16 RW David Clarkson Back out indefinitely
10/10/16 GO Joonas Korpisalo Groin out indefinitely

Josh's Pick: Take Columbus -147

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