Saturday, December 10, 2016

Wells Fargo Center

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The Dallas Stars travel to Wells Fargo Center to play the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday, December 10, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Stars at -135 and the Flyers at +122. The over/under has been set at 5.

Dallas comes into this matchup having played 28 games. They have an overall record of 11-11-6 and on the road they have a record of 4-7-4. Currently they are 6th in the Central Division. They've scored 72 goals and given up 89 goals for a point differential of -17. The Stars have an overall record of 4-5-1 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 11-17 and an over/under record of 13-15-0. Philadelphia shows up with a record of 16-10-3 including 10-5-2 at home this season. They are 3rd in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 96 goals and surrendered 92 for a goal differential of +4. The Flyers have a record of 8-2-0 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 13-13 while their over/under record sits at 16-9-4.

Tyler Seguin has accumulated 29 total points this season for the Stars. He has 10 goals this season with 93 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 11%. He has a total of 19 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 12% by scoring 8 goals on 66 shots. He has 16 assists giving him a total of 24 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%.

Wayne Simmonds has accumulated 26 total points this season for the Flyers. He has 15 goals this season with 75 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 20%. He has a total of 11 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Claude Giroux has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 12% by scoring 9 goals on 76 shots. He has 19 assists giving him a total of 28 points on the season. Steve Mason has 11 wins and 8 losses this season in net for the Flyers. He has had 629 shots against him and has given up 60 goals. He has made 569 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

The Stars have 28 total points this season. They have scored 72 goals while giving up 89 goals. They have had 105 power play opportunities and have scored 19 goals on those chances for a percentage of 18%. The Stars have allowed 97 power play opportunities and given up 21 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 78%. They average 30 shots per game and as a team are shooting 8.65% for the season to this point. They allow 30 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 90%.

The Flyers have a total of 35 points on the season. They have 25 power play goals on 106 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 24%. They have allowed 84 power play opportunities and have given up 17 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 80%. As a team, the Stars have a total of 96 goals scored while they've given up 92 goals to this point. They average 32 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 10.38%. As a team they give up 29 shots per game and have a save percentage of 89%.

Dallas has a Corsi percentage of 49% as they've attempted 1,606 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 1,673 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 49.8% as they have 1,195 attempts while they've given up 1,204 shots on the defensive end. The Stars start possessions in the offensive zone 45.8% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 54.2% for the season. They have 887 face off wins compared to 920 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 49.1%. On defense Dallas has 541 hits and they've blocked 469 shots from the opposition.

Philadelphia has attempted 1,808 shots at full strength and they've given up 1,640 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 52.4% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 53.3% as they have 1,336 shots while they've given up 1,172 attempts on defense. The Flyers have an offensive zone percentage of 55.6% and their defensive zone percentage is 44.4% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 50.3% as they've compiled 892 face off wins this season and they have suffered 881 face off losses. On defense Philadelphia has blocked 468 shot attempts and they have 749 hits as a unit.

Dallas Stars Betting Trends

The Dallas Stars are 11-17 straight up

The Dallas Stars are 13-15-0 against the over/under

Philadelphia Flyers Betting Trends

The Philadelphia Flyers are 13-13 straight up

The Philadelphia Flyers are 16-9-4 against the over/under

Dallas Stars Injuries

12/07/16 D Julius Honka Arm out indefinitely
12/05/16 LW Patrick Sharp Concussion out indefinitely
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

Philadelphia Flyers Injuries

12/05/16 RW Matt Read Oblique expected to miss 3-4 weeks
11/23/16 C Sean Couturier Knee out 4-6 weeks
11/13/16 GO Michal Neuvirth Lower Body expected to miss 4-6 weeks

Guy's Pick: Take Philadelphia +122

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