Sunday, March 6, 2016

Canadian Tire Centre

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The Dallas Stars travel to Canadian Tire Centre to play the Ottawa Senators on Sunday, March 6, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Stars at -138 and the Senators at +115. The over/under has been set at 5.

Dallas comes into this matchup having played 66 games. They have an overall record of 39-20-7 and on the road they have a record of 18-10-6. Currently they are 2nd in the Central Division. They've scored 213 goals and given up 191 goals for a point differential of +22. The Stars have 7 overtime losses including 2 of them in a shootout. In the past 10 games they have an overall record of 3-5-2. For the season they have an ATS record of 39-27 and an over/under record of 36-29-1. Ottawa shows up with a record of 30-28-7 including 17-11-5 at home this season. They are 5th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 189 goals and surrendered 204 for a goal differential of -15. The Senators have 7 losses in OT and 5 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 28-35 while their over/under record sits at 33-31-1.

Tyler Seguin has accumulated 68 total points this season for the Stars. He has 32 goals this season with 255 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 13%. He has a total of 36 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Jamie Benn has averaged 20 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 16% by scoring 32 goals on 206 shots. He has 39 assists giving him a total of 71 points on the season. Antti Niemi has 22 wins and 12 losses this season in net for the Stars. He has had 1,077 shots against him and has given up 105 goals. He has made 972 saves for a save percentage of 90%.

Erik Karlsson has accumulated 68 total points this season for the Senators. He has 11 goals this season with 201 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 5%. He has a total of 57 assists on the season and averages 29 minutes played per game. Bobby Ryan has averaged 18 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 14% by scoring 21 goals on 154 shots. He has 27 assists giving him a total of 48 points on the season. Craig Anderson has 27 wins and 20 losses this season in net for the Senators. He has had 1,677 shots against him and has given up 140 goals. He has made 1,537 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

The Stars have 85 total points this season. They have scored 211 goals while giving up 189 goals. They have had 209 power play opportunities and have scored 45 goals on those chances for a percentage of 22%. The Stars have allowed 199 power play opportunities and given up 41 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 79%. They average 32 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.87% for the season to this point. They allow 29 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 90%.

The Senators have a total of 67 points on the season. They have 36 power play goals on 201 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 18%. They have allowed 205 power play opportunities and have given up 53 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 74%. As a team, the Stars have a total of 183 goals scored while they've given up 199 goals to this point. They average 29 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.88%. As a team they give up 33 shots per game and have a save percentage of 91%.

Dallas has a Corsi percentage of 53% as they've attempted 4,156 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,687 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 52.4% as they have 3,047 attempts while they've given up 2,769 shots on the defensive end. The Stars start possessions in the offensive zone 53.2% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 46.8% for the season. They have 2,145 face off wins compared to 2,072 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 50.9%. On defense Dallas has 1,193 hits and they've blocked 918 shots from the opposition.

Ottawa has attempted 3,544 shots at full strength and they've given up 3,887 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 47.7% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 46.8% as they have 2,592 shots while they've given up 2,950 attempts on defense. The Senators have an offensive zone percentage of 50.7% and their defensive zone percentage is 49.3% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 51% as they've compiled 2,033 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,956 face off losses. On defense Ottawa has blocked 937 shot attempts and they have 1,817 hits as a unit.

Dallas Stars Betting Trends

The Dallas Stars are 39-27 straight up

The Dallas Stars are 36-29-1 against the over/under

Ottawa Senators Betting Trends

The Ottawa Senators are 28-35 straight up

The Ottawa Senators are 33-31-1 against the over/under

Dallas Stars Injuries

03/05/16 D John Klingberg Lower Body is downgraded to expected to miss Sunday vs. Ottawa
03/03/16 D Jordie Benn Lower Body expected to miss 1-2 weeks
03/03/16 LW Patrick Sharp Lower Body expected to miss a week
02/25/16 RW Patrick Eaves Pneumonia out indefinitely

Ottawa Senators Injuries

10/28/15 D Mikael Wikstrand Suspension out indefinitely
10/16/15 LW Clarke MacArthur Concussion out indefinitely
10/08/15 D Chris Phillips Back out for season
03/05/16 GO Craig Anderson Knee "?" Sunday vs. Dallas
03/04/16 D Mark Borowiecki Knee out indefinitely
02/29/16 C Kyle Turris Ankle out indefinitely

Tony's Pick: Take Ottawa

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