Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Scottrade Center

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The Dallas Stars travel to Scottrade Center to play the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday, February 16, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Stars at -115 and the Blues at +104. The over/under has been set at 5.

Dallas comes into this matchup having played 56 games. They have an overall record of 36-15-5 and on the road they have a record of 16-8-5. Currently they are 1st in the Central Division. They've scored 184 goals and given up 152 goals for a point differential of +32. The Stars have 5 overtime losses including 2 of them in a shootout. In the past 10 games they have an overall record of 7-3-0. For the season they have an ATS record of 36-20 and an over/under record of 30-25-1. St. Louis shows up with a record of 32-17-9 including 17-9-4 at home this season. They are 3rd in the Central Division. They've scored 143 goals and surrendered 138 for a goal differential of +5. The Blues have 9 losses in OT and 4 of them occurred in a shootout. They have a record of 6-2-2 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 32-26 while their over/under record sits at 19-31-8.

Tyler Seguin has accumulated 62 total points this season for the Stars. He has 30 goals this season with 214 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 14%. He has a total of 32 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 17% by scoring 29 goals on 175 shots. He has 34 assists giving him a total of 63 points on the season. Antti Niemi has 20 wins and 10 losses this season in net for the Stars. He has had 926 shots against him and has given up 85 goals. He has made 841 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

Vladimir Tarasenko has accumulated 49 total points this season for the Blues. He has 27 goals this season with 200 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 14%. He has a total of 22 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Alex Steen has averaged 21 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 10% by scoring 16 goals on 155 shots. He has 28 assists giving him a total of 44 points on the season. Brian Elliott has 14 wins and 7 losses this season in net for the Blues. He has had 830 shots against him and has given up 56 goals. He has made 774 saves for a save percentage of 93%.

The Stars have 77 total points this season. They have scored 182 goals while giving up 150 goals. They have had 176 power play opportunities and have scored 39 goals on those chances for a percentage of 22%. The Stars have allowed 163 power play opportunities and given up 33 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 80%. They average 33 shots per game and as a team are shooting 10.00% for the season to this point. They allow 29 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.

The Blues have a total of 73 points on the season. They have 33 power play goals on 161 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 20%. They have allowed 194 power play opportunities and have given up 26 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 87%. As a team, the Stars have a total of 140 goals scored while they've given up 134 goals to this point. They average 29 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 8.25%. As a team they give up 30 shots per game and have a save percentage of 92%.

Dallas has a Corsi percentage of 53.2% as they've attempted 3,534 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,109 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 52.6% as they have 2,580 attempts while they've given up 2,327 shots on the defensive end. The Stars start possessions in the offensive zone 53% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 47% for the season. They have 1,795 face off wins compared to 1,750 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 50.6%. On defense Dallas has 1,022 hits and they've blocked 782 shots from the opposition.

St. Louis has attempted 3,083 shots at full strength and they've given up 3,188 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 49.2% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 49.4% as they have 2,307 shots while they've given up 2,361 attempts on defense. The Blues have an offensive zone percentage of 48.4% and their defensive zone percentage is 51.6% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 50.6% as they've compiled 1,798 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,755 face off losses. On defense St. Louis has blocked 827 shot attempts and they have 1,357 hits as a unit.

Dallas Stars Betting Trends

The Dallas Stars are 36-20 straight up

The Dallas Stars are 30-25-1 against the over/under

St. Louis Blues Betting Trends

The St. Louis Blues are 32-26 straight up

The St. Louis Blues are 19-31-8 against the over/under

Dallas Stars Injuries

10/05/15 RW Brett Ritchie Wrist out indefinitely
02/15/16 C Tyler Seguin Arm is upgraded to probable Monday vs. Nashville
02/14/16 C Cody Eakin Undisclosed injured last game, "?" Monday vs. Nashville
02/12/16 LW Travis Moen Lower Body out indefinitely
02/05/16 C Jason Spezza Upper Body out indefinitely

St. Louis Blues Injuries

12/06/15 C Steve Ott Hamstring out 3 months
02/08/16 D Alex Pietrangelo Knee out indefinitely
01/11/16 GO Jake Allen Knee out indefinitely

Guy's Pick: Take St. Louis

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