Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Wells Fargo Center

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The Detroit Red Wings travel to Wells Fargo Center to play the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday, November 2, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Red Wings at +106 and the Flyers at -132. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Detroit comes into this matchup having played 10 games. They have an overall record of 6-4-0 and on the road they have a record of 2-2-0. Currently they are 2nd in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 28 goals and given up 24 goals for a point differential of +4. For the season they have an ATS record of 5-4 and an over/under record of 5-4-1. Philadelphia shows up with a record of 4-5-1 including 2-3-0 at home this season. They are 5th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 36 goals and surrendered 38 for a goal differential of -2. Their record against the spread is 3-6 while their over/under record sits at 8-1-1.

Mike Green has accumulated 7 total points this season for the Red Wings. He has 3 goals this season with 14 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 21%. He has a total of 4 assists on the season and averages 24 minutes played per game. Thomas Vanek has averaged 13 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 31% by scoring 4 goals on 13 shots. He has 4 assists giving him a total of 8 points on the season. Petr Mrazek has 4 wins and 3 losses this season in net for the Red Wings. He has had 210 shots against him and has given up 19 goals. He has made 191 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

Claude Giroux has accumulated 12 total points this season for the Flyers. He has 2 goals this season with 26 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 8%. He has a total of 10 assists on the season and averages 21 minutes played per game. Wayne Simmonds has averaged 21 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 19% by scoring 6 goals on 31 shots. He has 5 assists giving him a total of 11 points on the season. Steve Mason has 2 wins and 4 losses this season in net for the Flyers. He has had 180 shots against him and has given up 22 goals. He has made 158 saves for a save percentage of 88%.

The Red Wings have 12 total points this season. They have scored 28 goals while giving up 24 goals. They have had 41 power play opportunities and have scored 8 goals on those chances for a percentage of 20%. The Red Wings have allowed 38 power play opportunities and given up 7 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 82%. They average 28 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.86% for the season to this point. They allow 32 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 93%.

The Flyers have a total of 9 points on the season. They have 11 power play goals on 40 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 28%. They have allowed 33 power play opportunities and have given up 8 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 76%. As a team, the Red Wings have a total of 36 goals scored while they've given up 38 goals to this point. They average 31 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 11.58%. As a team they give up 28 shots per game and have a save percentage of 87%.

Detroit has a Corsi percentage of 45.7% as they've attempted 484 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 576 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 46.1% as they have 375 attempts while they've given up 438 shots on the defensive end. The Red Wings start possessions in the offensive zone 46.2% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 53.8% for the season. They have 301 face off wins compared to 306 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 49.6%. On defense Detroit has 183 hits and they've blocked 138 shots from the opposition.

Philadelphia has attempted 616 shots at full strength and they've given up 540 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 53.3% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 54.2% as they have 462 shots while they've given up 390 attempts on defense. The Flyers have an offensive zone percentage of 57.6% and their defensive zone percentage is 42.4% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 48.3% as they've compiled 293 face off wins this season and they have suffered 314 face off losses. On defense Philadelphia has blocked 150 shot attempts and they have 245 hits as a unit.

Detroit Red Wings Betting Trends

The Detroit Red Wings are 5-4 straight up

The Detroit Red Wings are 5-4-1 against the over/under

Philadelphia Flyers Betting Trends

The Philadelphia Flyers are 3-6 straight up

The Philadelphia Flyers are 8-1-1 against the over/under

Detroit Red Wings Injuries

10/30/16 LW Thomas Vanek Lower Body expected to miss 1 week
10/27/16 C Joe Vitale Concussion out indefinitely
10/24/16 D Niklas Kronwall Knee out indefinitely
10/15/15 C Johan Franzen Concussion out indefinitely
10/10/16 RW Tomas Jurco Back out indefinitely

Philadelphia Flyers Injuries

11/01/16 C Boyd Gordon Upper Body expected to miss a week
10/20/16 LW Michael Raffl Abdominal expected to miss 2 weeks
10/08/16 D Michael Del Zotto Lower Body expected to miss 4-5 weeks
10/06/16 C Scott Laughton Lower Body expected to miss 3-4 weeks

Guy's Pick: Take Detroit

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