Sunday, March 6, 2016

United Center

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The Detroit Red Wings travel to United Center to play the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday, March 6, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Red Wings at +147 and the Blackhawks at -163. The over/under has been set at 5.

Detroit comes into this matchup having played 64 games. They have an overall record of 32-21-11 and on the road they have a record of 16-10-5. Currently they are 4th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 163 goals and given up 168 goals for a point differential of -5. The Red Wings have 11 overtime losses including 5 of them in a shootout. In the past 10 games they have an overall record of 4-3-3. For the season they have an ATS record of 31-32 and an over/under record of 23-31-10. Chicago shows up with a record of 40-21-5 including 23-8-2 at home this season. They are 1st in the Central Division. They've scored 187 goals and surrendered 159 for a goal differential of +28. The Blackhawks have 5 losses in OT and 0 of them occurred in a shootout. They have a record of 4-5-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 40-26 while their over/under record sits at 24-29-13.

Dylan Larkin has accumulated 39 total points this season for the Red Wings. He has 19 goals this season with 168 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 11%. He has a total of 20 assists on the season and averages 17 minutes played per game. Henrik Zetterberg has averaged 0 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 0% by scoring 12 goals on 156 shots. He has 29 assists giving him a total of 41 points on the season. Petr Mrazek has 24 wins and 12 losses this season in net for the Red Wings. He has had 1,231 shots against him and has given up 92 goals. He has made 1,139 saves for a save percentage of 93%.

Patrick Kane has accumulated 88 total points this season for the Blackhawks. He has 37 goals this season with 233 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 16%. He has a total of 51 assists on the season and averages 21 minutes played per game. Jonathan Toews has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 15% by scoring 23 goals on 150 shots. He has 23 assists giving him a total of 46 points on the season. Corey Crawford has 34 wins and 16 losses this season in net for the Blackhawks. He has had 1,584 shots against him and has given up 114 goals. He has made 1,470 saves for a save percentage of 93%.

The Red Wings have 75 total points this season. They have scored 161 goals while giving up 163 goals. They have had 206 power play opportunities and have scored 36 goals on those chances for a percentage of 17%. The Red Wings have allowed 211 power play opportunities and given up 39 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 82%. They average 29 shots per game and as a team are shooting 8.61% for the season to this point. They allow 30 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 92%.

The Blackhawks have a total of 85 points on the season. They have 47 power play goals on 200 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 24%. They have allowed 186 power play opportunities and have given up 39 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 79%. As a team, the Red Wings have a total of 186 goals scored while they've given up 159 goals to this point. They average 31 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.14%. As a team they give up 31 shots per game and have a save percentage of 92%.

Detroit has a Corsi percentage of 51% as they've attempted 3,419 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,290 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 49.9% as they have 2,588 attempts while they've given up 2,597 shots on the defensive end. The Red Wings start possessions in the offensive zone 53.6% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 46.4% for the season. They have 1,821 face off wins compared to 1,843 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 49.7%. On defense Detroit has 1,282 hits and they've blocked 693 shots from the opposition.

Chicago has attempted 3,693 shots at full strength and they've given up 3,649 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 50.3% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 49.6% as they have 2,709 shots while they've given up 2,749 attempts on defense. The Blackhawks have an offensive zone percentage of 51.8% and their defensive zone percentage is 48.2% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 49.4% as they've compiled 1,931 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,977 face off losses. On defense Chicago has blocked 900 shot attempts and they have 1,141 hits as a unit.

Detroit Red Wings Betting Trends

The Detroit Red Wings are 31-32 straight up

The Detroit Red Wings are 23-31-10 against the over/under

Chicago Blackhawks Betting Trends

The Chicago Blackhawks are 40-26 straight up

The Chicago Blackhawks are 24-29-13 against the over/under

Detroit Red Wings Injuries

10/15/15 C Johan Franzen Concussion out indefinitely
01/11/16 LW Drew Miller Knee out 4-6 months

Chicago Blackhawks Injuries

12/19/15 C Marcus Kruger Wrist expected to miss 4 months
02/14/16 RW Marian Hossa Leg out indefinitely

Tony's Pick: Take Chicago

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