Monday, February 29, 2016

American Airlines Center

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The Detroit Red Wings travel to American Airlines Center to play the Dallas Stars on Monday, February 29, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Red Wings at +127 and the Stars at -140. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Detroit comes into this matchup having played 62 games. They have an overall record of 31-20-11 and on the road they have a record of 15-10-5. Currently they are 4th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 158 goals and given up 161 goals for a point differential of -3. 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 5-2-3. For the season they have an ATS record of 30-31 and an over/under record of 22-30-10. Dallas shows up with a record of 38-19-6 including 20-10-0 at home this season. They are 1st in the Central Division. They've scored 204 goals and surrendered 181 for a goal differential of +23. The Stars have 6 losses in OT and 2 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 38-25 while their over/under record sits at 34-28-1.

Dylan Larkin has accumulated 39 total points this season for the Red Wings. He has 19 goals this season with 164 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 12%. He has a total of 20 assists on the season and averages 17 minutes played per game. Henrik Zetterberg has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 8% by scoring 12 goals on 149 shots. He has 29 assists giving him a total of 41 points on the season. Petr Mrazek has 24 wins and 11 losses this season in net for the Red Wings. He has had 1,198 shots against him and has given up 87 goals. He has made 1,111 saves for a save percentage of 93%.

Tyler Seguin has accumulated 68 total points this season for the Stars. He has 32 goals this season with 241 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. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 16% by scoring 32 goals on 198 shots. He has 38 assists giving him a total of 70 points on the season. Antti Niemi has 22 wins and 11 losses this season in net for the Stars. He has had 1,026 shots against him and has given up 98 goals. He has made 928 saves for a save percentage of 90%.

The Red Wings have 73 total points this season. They have scored 156 goals while giving up 156 goals. They have had 198 power play opportunities and have scored 34 goals on those chances for a percentage of 17%. The Red Wings have allowed 204 power play opportunities and given up 37 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 82%. They average 29 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 92%.

The Stars have a total of 82 points on the season. They have 44 power play goals on 199 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 22%. They have allowed 188 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 202 goals scored while they've given up 179 goals to this point. They average 32 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.94%. As a team they give up 29 shots per game and have a save percentage of 90%.

Detroit has a Corsi percentage of 51.1% as they've attempted 3,303 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,166 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 50% as they have 2,497 attempts while they've given up 2,499 shots on the defensive end. The Red Wings start possessions in the offensive zone 53.5% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 46.5% for the season. They have 1,761 face off wins compared to 1,779 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 49.7%. On defense Detroit has 1,241 hits and they've blocked 667 shots from the opposition.

Dallas has attempted 3,959 shots at full strength and they've given up 3,514 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 53% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 52.4% as they have 2,899 shots while they've given up 2,638 attempts on defense. The Stars have an offensive zone percentage of 52.8% and their defensive zone percentage is 47.2% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 50.6% as they've compiled 2,031 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,981 face off losses. On defense Dallas has blocked 876 shot attempts and they have 1,144 hits as a unit.

Detroit Red Wings Betting Trends

The Detroit Red Wings are 30-31 straight up

The Detroit Red Wings are 22-30-10 against the over/under

Dallas Stars Betting Trends

The Dallas Stars are 38-25 straight up

The Dallas Stars are 34-28-1 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

Dallas Stars Injuries

10/05/15 RW Brett Ritchie Wrist out indefinitely
02/28/16 LW Travis Moen Lower Body "?" Monday vs. Detroit
02/27/16 RW Ales Hemsky Illness left last game, "?" Monday vs Detroit
02/25/16 RW Patrick Eaves Pneumonia expected to miss 1-2 weeks

Tony's Pick: Take Detroit

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