Saturday, December 3, 2016

Pepsi Center

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The Dallas Stars travel to Pepsi Center to play the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday, December 3, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Stars at -110 and the Avalanche at +100. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Dallas comes into this matchup having played 25 games. They have an overall record of 9-10-6 and on the road they have a record of 3-7-4. Currently they are 5th in the Central Division. They've scored 63 goals and given up 85 goals for a point differential of -22. The Stars have an overall record of 3-4-3 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 9-16 and an over/under record of 12-13-0. Colorado shows up with a record of 9-12-1 including 4-7-1 at home this season. They are 7th in the Central Division. They've scored 49 goals and surrendered 66 for a goal differential of -17. The Avalanche have a record of 4-5-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 9-13 while their over/under record sits at 8-10-4.

Jamie Benn has accumulated 20 total points this season for the Stars. He has 7 goals this season with 60 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 12%. He has a total of 13 assists on the season and averages 20 minutes played per game. Tyler Seguin has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 9% by scoring 8 goals on 86 shots. He has 17 assists giving him a total of 25 points on the season. Antti Niemi has 5 wins and 3 losses this season in net for the Stars. He has had 410 shots against him and has given up 40 goals. He has made 370 saves for a save percentage of 90%.

Matt Duchene has accumulated 14 total points this season for the Avalanche. He has 7 goals this season with 43 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 16%. He has a total of 7 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Nathan MacKinnon has averaged 20 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 6% by scoring 5 goals on 82 shots. He has 10 assists giving him a total of 15 points on the season. Semyon Varlamov has 5 wins and 10 losses this season in net for the Avalanche. He has had 473 shots against him and has given up 45 goals. He has made 428 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

The Stars have 24 total points this season. They have scored 63 goals while giving up 85 goals. They have had 94 power play opportunities and have scored 17 goals on those chances for a percentage of 18%. The Stars have allowed 88 power play opportunities and given up 20 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 77%. They average 29 shots per game and as a team are shooting 8.61% for the season to this point. They allow 31 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 89%.

The Avalanche have a total of 19 points on the season. They have 11 power play goals on 68 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 16%. They have allowed 87 power play opportunities and have given up 18 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 79%. As a team, the Stars have a total of 49 goals scored while they've given up 66 goals to this point. They average 29 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 7.56%. As a team they give up 32 shots per game and have a save percentage of 91%.

Dallas has a Corsi percentage of 48.4% as they've attempted 1,413 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 1,509 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 49.2% as they have 1,051 attempts while they've given up 1,084 shots on the defensive end. The Stars start possessions in the offensive zone 44.8% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 55.2% for the season. They have 800 face off wins compared to 818 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 49.4%. On defense Dallas has 498 hits and they've blocked 425 shots from the opposition.

Colorado has attempted 1,177 shots at full strength and they've given up 1,246 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 48.6% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 48.8% as they have 875 shots while they've given up 919 attempts on defense. The Avalanche have an offensive zone percentage of 48.5% and their defensive zone percentage is 51.5% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 53.4% as they've compiled 721 face off wins this season and they have suffered 628 face off losses. On defense Colorado has blocked 327 shot attempts and they have 492 hits as a unit.

Dallas Stars Betting Trends

The Dallas Stars are 9-16 straight up

The Dallas Stars are 12-13-0 against the over/under

Colorado Avalanche Betting Trends

The Colorado Avalanche are 9-13 straight up

The Colorado Avalanche are 8-10-4 against the over/under

Dallas Stars Injuries

11/21/16 D Johnny Oduya Lower Body out indefinitely
11/16/16 RW Jiri Hudler Illness out indefinitely
11/01/16 C Mattias Janmark Knee expected to miss 5-6 months
10/31/16 RW Ales Hemsky Hip expected to miss 5-6 months

Colorado Avalanche Injuries

11/28/16 LW Gabriel Landeskog Lower Body out indefinitely

Guy's Pick: Take Colorado +100

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