Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Bridgestone Arena

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The Dallas Stars travel to Bridgestone Arena to play the Nashville Predators on Wednesday, November 23, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Stars at +158 and the Predators at -175. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Dallas comes into this matchup having played 20 games. They have an overall record of 8-7-5 and on the road they have a record of 3-4-3. Currently they are 3rd in the Central Division. They've scored 53 goals and given up 66 goals for a point differential of -13. The Stars have an overall record of 4-3-3 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 8-12 and an over/under record of 9-11-0. Nashville shows up with a record of 8-7-3 including 6-1-1 at home this season. They are 6th in the Central Division. They've scored 50 goals and surrendered 48 for a goal differential of +2. The Predators have a record of 6-2-2 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 8-10 while their over/under record sits at 7-9-2.

Jamie Benn has accumulated 16 total points this season for the Stars. He has 6 goals this season with 52 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 12%. He has a total of 10 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 10% by scoring 7 goals on 71 shots. He has 15 assists giving him a total of 22 points on the season. Kari Lehtonen has 4 wins and 5 losses this season in net for the Stars. He has had 316 shots against him and has given up 35 goals. He has made 281 saves for a save percentage of 89%.

P.K. Subban has accumulated 13 total points this season for the Predators. He has 5 goals this season with 42 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 12%. He has a total of 8 assists on the season and averages 24 minutes played per game. Viktor Arvidsson has averaged 15 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 10% by scoring 6 goals on 58 shots. He has 5 assists giving him a total of 11 points on the season. Pekka Rinne has 7 wins and 5 losses this season in net for the Predators. He has had 448 shots against him and has given up 30 goals. He has made 418 saves for a save percentage of 93%.

The Stars have 21 total points this season. They have scored 53 goals while giving up 66 goals. They have had 80 power play opportunities and have scored 15 goals on those chances for a percentage of 19%. The Stars have allowed 69 power play opportunities and given up 15 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 78%. They average 29 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.17% for the season to this point. They allow 31 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 90%.

The Predators have a total of 19 points on the season. They have 15 power play goals on 66 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 23%. They have allowed 60 power play opportunities and have given up 10 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 83%. As a team, the Stars have a total of 50 goals scored while they've given up 48 goals to this point. They average 31 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 8.98%. As a team they give up 31 shots per game and have a save percentage of 92%.

Dallas has a Corsi percentage of 48.3% as they've attempted 1,145 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 1,227 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 48.7% as they have 849 attempts while they've given up 894 shots on the defensive end. The Stars start possessions in the offensive zone 44.3% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 55.7% for the season. They have 651 face off wins compared to 665 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 49.5%. On defense Dallas has 390 hits and they've blocked 333 shots from the opposition.

Nashville has attempted 1,036 shots at full strength and they've given up 1,045 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 49.8% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 49.5% as they have 772 shots while they've given up 788 attempts on defense. The Predators have an offensive zone percentage of 51.4% and their defensive zone percentage is 48.6% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 49.4% as they've compiled 534 face off wins this season and they have suffered 548 face off losses. On defense Nashville has blocked 257 shot attempts and they have 376 hits as a unit.

Dallas Stars Betting Trends

The Dallas Stars are 8-12 straight up

The Dallas Stars are 9-11-0 against the over/under

Nashville Predators Betting Trends

The Nashville Predators are 8-10 straight up

The Nashville Predators are 7-9-2 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

Nashville Predators Injuries

10/17/16 D Anthony Bitetto Upper Body expected to miss 4-6 weeks
10/17/16 RW Miikka Salomaki Upper Body expected to miss 6-8 weeks

Tony's Pick: Take Dallas +158

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