Thursday, March 24, 2016

Gila River Arena

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The Dallas Stars travel to Gila River Arena to play the Arizona Coyotes on Thursday, March 24, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Stars at -145 and the Coyotes at +125. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Dallas comes into this matchup having played 74 games. They have an overall record of 44-21-9 and on the road they have a record of 20-10-7. Currently they are 1st in the Central Division. They've scored 242 goals and given up 213 goals for a point differential of +29. The Stars have 9 overtime losses including 2 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 44-30 and an over/under record of 42-31-1. Arizona shows up with a record of 32-34-7 including 19-14-4 at home this season. They are 4th in the Pacific Division. They've scored 192 goals and surrendered 219 for a goal differential of -27. The Coyotes have 7 losses in OT and 1 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 32-41 while their over/under record sits at 34-31-8.

Jamie Benn has accumulated 82 total points this season for the Stars. He has 36 goals this season with 231 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 16%. He has a total of 46 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 29 goals on 188 shots. He has 26 assists giving him a total of 55 points on the season. Antti Niemi has 22 wins and 12 losses this season in net for the Stars. He has had 1,124 shots against him and has given up 111 goals. He has made 1,013 saves for a save percentage of 90%.

Oliver Ekman-Larsson has accumulated 50 total points this season for the Coyotes. He has 19 goals this season with 207 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 9%. He has a total of 31 assists on the season and averages 25 minutes played per game. Max Domi has averaged 16 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 13% by scoring 18 goals on 141 shots. He has 28 assists giving him a total of 46 points on the season. Louis Domingue has 14 wins and 16 losses this season in net for the Coyotes. He has had 1,052 shots against him and has given up 90 goals. He has made 962 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

The Stars have 97 total points this season. They have scored 240 goals while giving up 211 goals. They have had 233 power play opportunities and have scored 52 goals on those chances for a percentage of 22%. The Stars have allowed 219 power play opportunities and given up 42 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 81%. They average 32 shots per game and as a team are shooting 10.03% for the season to this point. They allow 29 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 90%.

The Coyotes have a total of 71 points on the season. They have 50 power play goals on 269 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 19%. They have allowed 265 power play opportunities and have given up 58 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 78%. As a team, the Stars have a total of 191 goals scored while they've given up 218 goals to this point. They average 28 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.37%. As a team they give up 31 shots per game and have a save percentage of 90%.

Dallas has a Corsi percentage of 52.5% as they've attempted 4,601 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 4,168 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 52.5% as they have 3,396 attempts while they've given up 3,077 shots on the defensive end. The Stars start possessions in the offensive zone 52.6% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 47.4% for the season. They have 2,370 face off wins compared to 2,325 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 50.5%. On defense Dallas has 1,394 hits and they've blocked 1,091 shots from the opposition.

Arizona has attempted 3,878 shots at full strength and they've given up 4,225 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 47.9% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 47.3% as they have 2,883 shots while they've given up 3,211 attempts on defense. The Coyotes have an offensive zone percentage of 49.7% and their defensive zone percentage is 50.3% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 54.3% as they've compiled 2,467 face off wins this season and they have suffered 2,078 face off losses. On defense Arizona has blocked 1,014 shot attempts and they have 1,632 hits as a unit.

Dallas Stars Betting Trends

The Dallas Stars are 44-30 straight up

The Dallas Stars are 42-31-1 against the over/under

Arizona Coyotes Betting Trends

The Arizona Coyotes are 32-41 straight up

The Arizona Coyotes are 34-31-8 against the over/under

Dallas Stars Injuries

03/22/16 D Kris Russell Lower Body "?" Thursday vs Arizona
03/18/16 C Tyler Seguin Achilles expected to miss 3-4 weeks
03/08/16 D Jason Demers Shoulder out indefinitely

Arizona Coyotes Injuries

10/19/15 C Joe Vitale Eye out for season
03/22/16 D Nicklas Grossmann Lower Body "?" Thursday vs Dallas
03/09/16 D Jarred Tinordi Suspension expected to miss 20 games
02/15/16 GO Anders Lindback Achilles out for season

Josh's Pick: Take Arizona

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