Sunday, December 11, 2016

Air Canada Centre

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The Colorado Avalanche travel to Air Canada Centre to play the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday, December 11, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Avalanche at +109 and the Maple Leafs at -120. The over/under has been set at 5.

Colorado comes into this matchup having played 25 games. They have an overall record of 10-14-1 and on the road they have a record of 6-6-0. Currently they are 7th in the Central Division. They've scored 56 goals and given up 75 goals for a point differential of -19. The Avalanche have an overall record of 3-6-1 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 10-15 and an over/under record of 10-11-4. Toronto shows up with a record of 10-10-5 including 8-4-0 at home this season. They are 8th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 74 goals and surrendered 80 for a goal differential of -6. The Maple Leafs have a record of 4-4-2 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 10-15 while their over/under record sits at 13-12-0.

Nathan MacKinnon has accumulated 18 total points this season for the Avalanche. He has 7 goals this season with 93 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 8%. He has a total of 11 assists on the season and averages 20 minutes played per game. Matt Duchene has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 19% by scoring 10 goals on 52 shots. He has 7 assists giving him a total of 17 points on the season. Semyon Varlamov has 5 wins and 12 losses this season in net for the Avalanche. He has had 537 shots against him and has given up 51 goals. He has made 486 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

Nazem Kadri has accumulated 18 total points this season for the Maple Leafs. He has 10 goals this season with 74 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 14%. He has a total of 8 assists on the season and averages 16 minutes played per game. Auston Matthews has averaged 17 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 12% by scoring 11 goals on 93 shots. He has 8 assists giving him a total of 19 points on the season. Frederik Andersen has 10 wins and 7 losses this season in net for the Maple Leafs. He has had 661 shots against him and has given up 59 goals. He has made 602 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

The Avalanche have 21 total points this season. They have scored 56 goals while giving up 75 goals. They have had 78 power play opportunities and have scored 13 goals on those chances for a percentage of 17%. The Avalanche have allowed 98 power play opportunities and given up 20 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 80%. They average 29 shots per game and as a team are shooting 7.77% for the season to this point. They allow 32 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.

The Maple Leafs have a total of 25 points on the season. They have 13 power play goals on 74 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 18%. They have allowed 76 power play opportunities and have given up 11 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 86%. As a team, the Avalanche have a total of 74 goals scored while they've given up 80 goals to this point. They average 33 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.04%. As a team they give up 32 shots per game and have a save percentage of 90%.

Colorado has a Corsi percentage of 48% as they've attempted 1,317 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 1,426 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 48.3% as they have 983 attempts while they've given up 1,053 shots on the defensive end. The Avalanche start possessions in the offensive zone 48% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 52% for the season. They have 820 face off wins compared to 703 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 53.8%. On defense Colorado has 543 hits and they've blocked 373 shots from the opposition.

Toronto has attempted 1,540 shots at full strength and they've given up 1,500 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 50.7% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 50.8% as they have 1,160 shots while they've given up 1,122 attempts on defense. The Maple Leafs have an offensive zone percentage of 50.8% and their defensive zone percentage is 49.2% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 49.3% as they've compiled 747 face off wins this season and they have suffered 769 face off losses. On defense Toronto has blocked 378 shot attempts and they have 641 hits as a unit.

Colorado Avalanche Betting Trends

The Colorado Avalanche are 10-15 straight up

The Colorado Avalanche are 10-11-4 against the over/under

Toronto Maple Leafs Betting Trends

The Toronto Maple Leafs are 10-15 straight up

The Toronto Maple Leafs are 13-12-0 against the over/under

Colorado Avalanche Injuries

12/10/16 LW Gabriel Landeskog Lower Body is upgraded to probable Saturday vs. Montreal
12/04/16 D Erik Johnson Fibula expected to miss 6-8 weeks

Toronto Maple Leafs Injuries

11/29/16 C Peter Holland Personal out indefinitely
10/18/16 LW Josh Leivo Lower Body out indefinitely
10/09/16 LW Joffrey Lupul Abdominal out indefinitely
10/09/16 RW Nathan Horton Back out indefinitely

Josh's Pick: Take Toronto -120

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