Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Madison Square Garden

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The Detroit Red Wings travel to Madison Square Garden to play the New York Rangers on Wednesday, October 19, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Red Wings at +123 and the Rangers at -152. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Detroit comes into this matchup after having a regular season record of 41-30-11 last season and on the road they had a record of 19-17-5. They finished 3rd in the Atlantic Division. They scored 211 goals and gave up 224 goals for a point differential of -13. The Red Wings had 11 overtime losses including 5 of them in a shootout. In their last 10 games they had an overall record of 5-5-0. For the season they had an ATS record of 40-40 and an over/under record of 31-36-15. New York had a regular season record of 46-27-9 including 27-10-4 at home last season. They were 3rd in the Metropolitan Division. They scored 236 goals and surrendered 217 for a goal differential of +19. The Rangers had 9 losses in OT and 2 of them occurred in a shootout. They had a record of 6-3-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread was 44-36 while their over/under record sat at 37-28-17.

Dylan Larkin accumulated 45 total points last season for the Red Wings. He had 23 goals last year with 221 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 10%. He had a total of 22 assists on the season and averaged 17 minutes played per game. Henrik Zetterberg averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game last year. In that time he had a shooting percentage of 6% by scoring 13 goals on 214 shots. He had 37 assists giving him a total of 50 points on the season. Petr Mrazek had 27 wins and 16 losses last season in net for the Red Wings. He had 1,448 shots against him and gave up 115 goals. He made 1,333 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Derek Stepan accumulated 53 total points last season for the Rangers. He had 22 goals last year with 192 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 11%. He had a total of 31 assists on the season and averaged 18 minutes played per game. Mats Zuccarello averaged 18 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he had a shooting percentage of 16% by scoring 26 goals on 166 shots. He had 35 assists giving him a total of 61 points on the season. Henrik Lundqvist had 35 wins and 21 losses this season in net for the Rangers. He had 1,944 shots against him and gave up 156 goals. He made 1,788 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

The Red Wings had 93 total points last season. They scored 211 goals while giving up 224 goals. They had 266 power play opportunities and scored 50 goals on those chances for a percentage of 19%. The Red Wings allowed 271 power play opportunities and gave up 50 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 82%. They averaged 30 shots per game and as a team they shot 8.68% for the season. They allowed 30 shots to their opposition per contest and had a team save percentage of 92%.

The Rangers had a total of 101 points on the season. They had 42 power play goals on 226 opportunities for a percentage of 19%. They allowed 243 power play opportunities and gave up 53 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 78%. As a team, the Red Wings had a total of 236 goals scored while they gave up 217 goals during the campaign. They averaged 28 shots per contest and had a team shooting percentage of 10.10%. As a team they gave up 30 shots per game and had a save percentage of 92%.

Detroit had a Corsi percentage of 51.3% as they attempted 4,458 shots on net at full strength while they gave up 4,239 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage was at 50.3% as they had 3,370 attempts while they gave up 3,330 shots on the defensive end. The Red Wings started possessions in the offensive zone 53.5% of the time while their defensive zone percentage was at 46.5% for the season. They had 2,417 face off wins compared to 2,367 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage was 50.5%. On defense Detroit had 1,651 hits and they blocked 909 shots from the opposition.

New York attempted 4,360 shots at full strength and they gave up 4,817 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage was at 47.5% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they were at 48.3% as they had 3,267 shots while they gave up 3,503 attempts on defense. The Rangers had an offensive zone percentage of 50% and their defensive zone percentage was 50% this season. They had a faceoff win percentage of 49.2% as they compiled 2,313 face off wins this season and they suffered 2,390 face off losses. On defense New York blocked 1,314 shot attempts and they had 2,164 hits as a unit.

Detroit Red Wings Betting Trends

The Detroit Red Wings were 40-40 straight up last season

The Detroit Red Wings were 31-36-15 against the over/under

New York Rangers Betting Trends

The New York Rangers were 44-36 straight up last season

The New York Rangers were 37-28-17 against the over/under

Detroit Red Wings Injuries

10/17/16 D Niklas Kronwall Knee "?" Wednesday vs NY Rangers
10/15/15 C Johan Franzen Concussion out indefinitely
10/10/16 RW Tomas Jurco Back out indefinitely
01/11/16 LW Drew Miller Knee out 4-6 months

New York Rangers Injuries

10/17/16 D Dan Girardi Hip "?" Wednesday vs Detroit
10/17/16 D Kevin Klein Back "?" Wednesday vs Detroit
10/17/16 LW Pavel Buchnevich Back "?" Wednesday vs Detroit
10/10/16 C Oscar Lindberg Hip out indefinitely

Tony's Pick: Take New York

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