Tuesday, March 22, 2016

United Center

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The Dallas Stars travel to United Center to play the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday, March 22, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Stars at +127 and the Blackhawks at -140. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Dallas comes into this matchup having played 73 games. They have an overall record of 43-21-9 and on the road they have a record of 19-10-7. Currently they are 1st in the Central Division. They've scored 236 goals and given up 211 goals for a point differential of +25. The Stars have 9 overtime losses including 2 of them in a shootout. In the past 10 games they have an overall record of 5-2-3. For the season they have an ATS record of 43-30 and an over/under record of 41-31-1. Chicago shows up with a record of 42-24-7 including 24-10-3 at home this season. They are 3rd in the Central Division. They've scored 203 goals and surrendered 179 for a goal differential of +24. The Blackhawks have 7 losses in OT and 2 of them occurred in a shootout. They have a record of 4-4-2 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 42-31 while their over/under record sits at 25-30-18.

Jamie Benn has accumulated 80 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 44 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 16% by scoring 29 goals on 187 shots. He has 25 assists giving him a total of 54 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%.

Patrick Kane has accumulated 92 total points this season for the Blackhawks. He has 39 goals this season with 256 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 15%. He has a total of 53 assists on the season and averages 21 minutes played per game. Jonathan Toews has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 15% by scoring 25 goals on 162 shots. He has 25 assists giving him a total of 50 points on the season. Corey Crawford has 35 wins and 18 losses this season in net for the Blackhawks. He has had 1,693 shots against him and has given up 126 goals. He has made 1,567 saves for a save percentage of 93%.

The Stars have 95 total points this season. They have scored 234 goals while giving up 209 goals. They have had 230 power play opportunities and have scored 51 goals on those chances for a percentage of 22%. The Stars have allowed 216 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 9.92% for the season to this point. They allow 29 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 90%.

The Blackhawks have a total of 91 points on the season. They have 50 power play goals on 224 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 22%. They have allowed 209 power play opportunities and have given up 44 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 79%. As a team, the Stars have a total of 202 goals scored while they've given up 177 goals to this point. They average 31 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.00%. As a team they give up 31 shots per game and have a save percentage of 92%.

Dallas has a Corsi percentage of 52.7% as they've attempted 4,555 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 4,096 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 52.6% as they have 3,359 attempts while they've given up 3,031 shots on the defensive end. The Stars start possessions in the offensive zone 52.9% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 47.1% for the season. They have 2,344 face off wins compared to 2,292 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 50.6%. On defense Dallas has 1,366 hits and they've blocked 1,065 shots from the opposition.

Chicago has attempted 4,102 shots at full strength and they've given up 4,037 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 50.4% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 49.7% as they have 2,996 shots while they've given up 3,032 attempts on defense. The Blackhawks have an offensive zone percentage of 51.9% and their defensive zone percentage is 48.1% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 49.4% as they've compiled 2,138 face off wins this season and they have suffered 2,194 face off losses. On defense Chicago has blocked 1,005 shot attempts and they have 1,263 hits as a unit.

Dallas Stars Betting Trends

The Dallas Stars are 43-30 straight up

The Dallas Stars are 41-31-1 against the over/under

Chicago Blackhawks Betting Trends

The Chicago Blackhawks are 42-31 straight up

The Chicago Blackhawks are 25-30-18 against the over/under

Dallas Stars Injuries

03/18/16 C Tyler Seguin Achilles expected to miss 3-4 weeks
03/08/16 D Jason Demers Shoulder out indefinitely
03/03/16 D Jordie Benn Lower Body expected to miss 1-2 weeks

Chicago Blackhawks Injuries

12/19/15 C Marcus Kruger Wrist expected to miss 4 months
03/20/16 GO Corey Crawford Upper Body "?" Tuesday vs Dallas

Guy's Pick: Take Dallas

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