Friday, February 12, 2016

Joe Louis Arena

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The Colorado Avalanche travel to Joe Louis Arena to play the Detroit Red Wings on Friday, February 12, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Avalanche at +114 and the Red Wings at -126. The over/under has been set at 5.

Colorado comes into this matchup having played 56 games. They have an overall record of 27-25-4 and on the road they have a record of 15-12-0. Currently they are 5th in the Central Division. They've scored 150 goals and given up 155 goals for a point differential of -5. The Avalanche have 4 overtime losses including 0 of them in a shootout. In the past 10 games they have an overall record of 5-4-1. For the season they have an ATS record of 27-29 and an over/under record of 26-29-1. Detroit shows up with a record of 28-18-8 including 14-10-5 at home this season. They are 2nd in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 137 goals and surrendered 135 for a goal differential of +2. The Red Wings have 8 losses in OT and 3 of them occurred in a shootout. They have a record of 5-4-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 28-26 while their over/under record sits at 19-26-9.

Gabriel Landeskog has accumulated 36 total points this season for the Avalanche. He has 14 goals this season with 116 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 12%. He has a total of 22 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Nathan MacKinnon has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 10% by scoring 18 goals on 185 shots. He has 25 assists giving him a total of 43 points on the season. Semyon Varlamov has 19 wins and 14 losses this season in net for the Avalanche. He has had 1,111 shots against him and has given up 93 goals. He has made 1,018 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Dylan Larkin has accumulated 38 total points this season for the Red Wings. He has 18 goals this season with 143 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 13%. He has a total of 20 assists on the season and averages 17 minutes played per game. Henrik Zetterberg has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 8% by scoring 10 goals on 123 shots. He has 27 assists giving him a total of 37 points on the season. Petr Mrazek has 21 wins and 10 losses this season in net for the Red Wings. He has had 1,040 shots against him and has given up 69 goals. He has made 971 saves for a save percentage of 93%.

The Avalanche have 58 total points this season. They have scored 149 goals while giving up 155 goals. They have had 188 power play opportunities and have scored 36 goals on those chances for a percentage of 19%. The Avalanche have allowed 176 power play opportunities and given up 36 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 80%. They average 28 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.43% for the season to this point. They allow 32 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.

The Red Wings have a total of 64 points on the season. They have 31 power play goals on 171 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 18%. They have allowed 181 power play opportunities and have given up 36 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 80%. As a team, the Avalanche have a total of 136 goals scored while they've given up 132 goals to this point. They average 29 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 8.79%. As a team they give up 30 shots per game and have a save percentage of 92%.

Colorado has a Corsi percentage of 44.7% as they've attempted 2,808 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,470 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 45.9% as they have 2,140 attempts while they've given up 2,519 shots on the defensive end. The Avalanche start possessions in the offensive zone 48.3% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 51.7% for the season. They have 1,633 face off wins compared to 1,646 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 49.8%. On defense Colorado has 1,313 hits and they've blocked 951 shots from the opposition.

Detroit has attempted 2,812 shots at full strength and they've given up 2,788 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 50.2% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 49.2% as they have 2,130 shots while they've given up 2,200 attempts on defense. The Red Wings have an offensive zone percentage of 53.2% and their defensive zone percentage is 46.8% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 49.8% as they've compiled 1,541 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,552 face off losses. On defense Detroit has blocked 588 shot attempts and they have 1,075 hits as a unit.

Colorado Avalanche Betting Trends

The Colorado Avalanche are 27-29 straight up

The Colorado Avalanche are 26-29-1 against the over/under

Detroit Red Wings Betting Trends

The Detroit Red Wings are 28-26 straight up

The Detroit Red Wings are 19-26-9 against the over/under

Colorado Avalanche Injuries

12/30/15 D Brad Stuart Back out indefinitely
12/26/15 GO Reto Berra Ankle out indefinitely
10/06/15 C Jesse Winchester Concussion out indefinitely
02/09/16 RW Jack Skille Concussion expected to miss 1 week

Detroit Red Wings Injuries

10/15/15 C Johan Franzen Concussion out indefinitely
02/11/16 D Danny DeKeyser Knee is upgraded to probable Friday vs. Colorado
02/10/16 D Mike Green Groin "?" Friday vs Colorado
02/02/16 D Niklas Kronwall Knee expected to miss another 1-2 weeks
01/11/16 LW Drew Miller Knee out 4-6 months

Tony's Pick: Take Detroit

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