Thursday, February 11, 2016

Canadian Tire Centre

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The Colorado Avalanche travel to Canadian Tire Centre to play the Ottawa Senators on Thursday, February 11, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Avalanche at -102 and the Senators at -108. 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. Ottawa shows up with a record of 25-23-6 including 14-9-4 at home this season. They are 6th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 157 goals and surrendered 170 for a goal differential of -13. The Senators have 6 losses in OT and 4 of them occurred in a shootout. They have a record of 5-5-0 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 25-29 while their over/under record sits at 27-26-1.

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%.

Erik Karlsson has accumulated 59 total points this season for the Senators. He has 11 goals this season with 155 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 7%. He has a total of 48 assists on the season and averages 29 minutes played per game. Bobby Ryan has averaged 18 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 15% by scoring 19 goals on 128 shots. He has 26 assists giving him a total of 45 points on the season. Craig Anderson has 22 wins and 17 losses this season in net for the Senators. He has had 1,372 shots against him and has given up 118 goals. He has made 1,254 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

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 Senators have a total of 56 points on the season. They have 29 power play goals on 164 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 18%. They have allowed 177 power play opportunities and have given up 45 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 75%. As a team, the Avalanche have a total of 153 goals scored while they've given up 166 goals to this point. They average 28 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.98%. As a team they give up 33 shots per game and have a save percentage of 91%.

Colorado has a Corsi percentage of 45.3% as they've attempted 2,581 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,113 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 46.6% as they have 1,970 attempts while they've given up 2,253 shots on the defensive end. The Avalanche start possessions in the offensive zone 48.6% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 51.4% for the season. They have 1,466 face off wins compared to 1,499 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 49.4%. On defense Colorado has 1,179 hits and they've blocked 860 shots from the opposition.

Ottawa has attempted 2,738 shots at full strength and they've given up 3,031 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 47.5% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 46.5% as they have 1,983 shots while they've given up 2,284 attempts on defense. The Senators have an offensive zone percentage of 50.3% and their defensive zone percentage is 49.7% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 50.2% as they've compiled 1,549 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,538 face off losses. On defense Ottawa has blocked 747 shot attempts and they have 1,389 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

Ottawa Senators Betting Trends

The Ottawa Senators are 25-29 straight up

The Ottawa Senators are 27-26-1 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

Ottawa Senators Injuries

10/28/15 D Mikael Wikstrand Suspension out indefinitely
10/16/15 LW Clarke MacArthur Concussion out indefinitely
10/08/15 D Chris Phillips Back likely out for season

Tony's Pick: Take Ottawa

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