Sunday, April 3, 2016

Honda Center

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The Dallas Stars travel to Honda Center to play the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday, April 3, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Stars at +131 and the Ducks at -145. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Dallas comes into this matchup having played 78 games. They have an overall record of 47-22-9 and on the road they have a record of 21-11-7. Currently they are 1st in the Central Division. They've scored 256 goals and given up 221 goals for a point differential of +35. The Stars have 9 overtime losses including 2 of them in a shootout. In the past 10 games they have an overall record of 7-2-1. For the season they have an ATS record of 47-31 and an over/under record of 44-33-1. Anaheim shows up with a record of 43-24-10 including 24-10-5 at home this season. They are 2nd in the Pacific Division. They've scored 206 goals and surrendered 184 for a goal differential of +22. The Ducks have 10 losses in OT and 4 of them occurred in a shootout. They have a record of 6-3-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 42-34 while their over/under record sits at 31-30-16.

Jamie Benn has accumulated 87 total points this season for the Stars. He has 40 goals this season with 238 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 17%. He has a total of 47 assists on the season and averages 20 minutes played per game. Jason Spezza has averaged 17 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 15% by scoring 30 goals on 194 shots. He has 28 assists giving him a total of 58 points on the season. Antti Niemi has 24 wins and 12 losses this season in net for the Stars. He has had 1,192 shots against him and has given up 114 goals. He has made 1,078 saves for a save percentage of 90%.

Corey Perry has accumulated 57 total points this season for the Ducks. He has 32 goals this season with 205 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 16%. He has a total of 25 assists on the season and averages 18 minutes played per game. Ryan Getzlaf has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 7% by scoring 12 goals on 166 shots. He has 49 assists giving him a total of 61 points on the season. Frederik Andersen has 21 wins and 9 losses this season in net for the Ducks. He has had 1,062 shots against him and has given up 88 goals. He has made 974 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

The Stars have 103 total points this season. They have scored 254 goals while giving up 219 goals. They have had 246 power play opportunities and have scored 54 goals on those chances for a percentage of 22%. The Stars have allowed 236 power play opportunities and given up 43 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 82%. They average 32 shots per game and as a team are shooting 10.14% for the season to this point. They allow 29 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 90%.

The Ducks have a total of 96 points on the season. They have 53 power play goals on 229 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 23%. They have allowed 270 power play opportunities and have given up 36 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 87%. As a team, the Stars have a total of 203 goals scored while they've given up 180 goals to this point. They average 31 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 8.61%. As a team they give up 28 shots per game and have a save percentage of 92%.

Dallas has a Corsi percentage of 52.1% as they've attempted 4,823 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 4,439 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 52.1% as they have 3,566 attempts while they've given up 3,274 shots on the defensive end. The Stars start possessions in the offensive zone 52.1% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 47.9% for the season. They have 2,486 face off wins compared to 2,455 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 50.3%. On defense Dallas has 1,477 hits and they've blocked 1,165 shots from the opposition.

Anaheim has attempted 4,483 shots at full strength and they've given up 4,095 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 52.3% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 53% as they have 3,375 shots while they've given up 2,997 attempts on defense. The Ducks have an offensive zone percentage of 49.8% and their defensive zone percentage is 50.2% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 51.7% as they've compiled 2,337 face off wins this season and they have suffered 2,187 face off losses. On defense Anaheim has blocked 1,098 shot attempts and they have 2,102 hits as a unit.

Dallas Stars Betting Trends

The Dallas Stars are 47-31 straight up

The Dallas Stars are 44-33-1 against the over/under

Anaheim Ducks Betting Trends

The Anaheim Ducks are 42-34 straight up

The Anaheim Ducks are 31-30-16 against the over/under

Dallas Stars Injuries

04/01/16 RW Brett Ritchie Lower Body expected to miss Saturday vs. Los Angeles & Sunday vs. Anaheim
03/31/16 D Kris Russell Foot expected to miss Saturday vs. Los Angeles & Sunday vs. Anaheim
03/18/16 C Tyler Seguin Achilles expected to miss 3-4 weeks
03/08/16 D Jason Demers Shoulder out indefinitely

Anaheim Ducks Injuries

10/29/15 LW Kenton Helgesen Foot out indefinitely
04/02/16 C Brandon Pirri Upper Body "?" Sunday vs. Dallas
04/02/16 GO Frederik Andersen Concussion is downgraded to out indefinitely
04/01/16 D Hampus Lindholm Illness "?" Sunday vs Dallas
04/01/16 C Rickard Rakell Appendix expected to miss 7-10 days
04/01/16 LW David Perron Shoulder expected to miss 4-6 weeks
03/30/16 D Kevin Bieksa Upper Body out indefinitely
03/28/16 D Simon Despres Concussion out indefinitely

Josh's Pick: Take Dallas

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