Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Joe Louis Arena

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The Columbus Blue Jackets travel to Joe Louis Arena to play the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday, February 23, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Blue Jackets at +124 and the Red Wings at -137. The over/under has been set at 5.

Columbus comes into this matchup having played 59 games. They have an overall record of 23-29-7 and on the road they have a record of 12-17-1. Currently they are 8th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 149 goals and given up 184 goals for a point differential of -35. The Blue Jackets have 7 overtime losses including 3 of them in a shootout. In the past 10 games they have an overall record of 6-2-2. For the season they have an ATS record of 21-36 and an over/under record of 28-28-3. Detroit shows up with a record of 29-20-11 including 15-10-6 at home this season. They are 4th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 151 goals and surrendered 157 for a goal differential of -6. The Red Wings have 11 losses in OT and 5 of them occurred in a shootout. They have a record of 4-3-3 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 29-31 while their over/under record sits at 21-29-10.

Ryan Johansen has accumulated 42 total points this season for the Blue Jackets. He has 10 goals this season with 141 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 7%. He has a total of 32 assists on the season and averages 18 minutes played per game. Scott Hartnell has averaged 16 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 17% by scoring 18 goals on 109 shots. He has 19 assists giving him a total of 37 points on the season. Joonas Korpisalo has 9 wins and 7 losses this season in net for the Blue Jackets. He has had 627 shots against him and has given up 50 goals. He has made 577 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Dylan Larkin has accumulated 39 total points this season for the Red Wings. He has 19 goals this season with 157 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 12%. 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 12 goals on 144 shots. He has 29 assists giving him a total of 41 points on the season. Petr Mrazek has 22 wins and 11 losses this season in net for the Red Wings. He has had 1,142 shots against him and has given up 83 goals. He has made 1,059 saves for a save percentage of 93%.

The Blue Jackets have 53 total points this season. They have scored 145 goals while giving up 181 goals. They have had 180 power play opportunities and have scored 30 goals on those chances for a percentage of 17%. The Blue Jackets have allowed 207 power play opportunities and given up 41 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 80%. They average 29 shots per game and as a team are shooting 8.48% for the season to this point. They allow 31 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 90%.

The Red Wings have a total of 69 points on the season. They have 34 power play goals on 192 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 18%. They have allowed 198 power play opportunities and have given up 37 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 81%. As a team, the Blue Jackets have a total of 150 goals scored while they've given up 152 goals to this point. They average 29 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 8.58%. As a team they give up 30 shots per game and have a save percentage of 92%.

Columbus has a Corsi percentage of 47.3% as they've attempted 3,109 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,458 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 47.8% as they have 2,325 attempts while they've given up 2,543 shots on the defensive end. The Blue Jackets start possessions in the offensive zone 47.4% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 52.6% for the season. They have 1,757 face off wins compared to 1,884 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 48.3%. On defense Columbus has 1,600 hits and they've blocked 915 shots from the opposition.

Detroit has attempted 3,190 shots at full strength and they've given up 3,070 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 51% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 49.9% as they have 2,412 shots while they've given up 2,421 attempts on defense. The Red Wings have an offensive zone percentage of 53% and their defensive zone percentage is 47% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 49.9% as they've compiled 1,713 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,718 face off losses. On defense Detroit has blocked 649 shot attempts and they have 1,194 hits as a unit.

Columbus Blue Jackets Betting Trends

The Columbus Blue Jackets are 21-36 straight up

The Columbus Blue Jackets are 28-28-3 against the over/under

Detroit Red Wings Betting Trends

The Detroit Red Wings are 29-31 straight up

The Detroit Red Wings are 21-29-10 against the over/under

Columbus Blue Jackets Injuries

01/22/16 GO Sergei Bobrovsky Groin out indefinitely
01/04/16 RW David Clarkson Upper Body out indefinitely

Detroit Red Wings Injuries

10/15/15 C Johan Franzen Concussion out indefinitely
02/17/16 D Jonathan Ericsson Lower Body out indefinitely
02/02/16 D Niklas Kronwall Knee out indefinitely
01/11/16 LW Drew Miller Knee out 4-6 months

Tony's Pick: Take Detroit

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