Thursday, October 27, 2016

Scottrade Center

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The Detroit Red Wings travel to Scottrade Center to play the St. Louis Blues on Thursday, October 27, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Red Wings at +140 and the Blues at -179. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Detroit comes into this matchup having played 7 games. They have an overall record of 5-2-0 and on the road they have a record of 1-2-0. Currently they are 3rd in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 24 goals and given up 17 goals for a point differential of +7. For the season they have an ATS record of 5-2 and an over/under record of 4-2-1. St. Louis shows up with a record of 4-2-1 including 2-1-0 at home this season. They are 2nd in the Central Division. They've scored 20 goals and surrendered 19 for a goal differential of +1. Their record against the spread is 4-3 while their over/under record sits at 2-3-2.

Mike Green has accumulated 7 total points this season for the Red Wings. He has 3 goals this season with 8 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 38%. 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 3 wins and 2 losses this season in net for the Red Wings. He has had 168 shots against him and has given up 14 goals. He has made 154 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Vladimir Tarasenko has accumulated 8 total points this season for the Blues. He has 4 goals this season with 33 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 12%. He has a total of 4 assists on the season and averages 20 minutes played per game. Paul Stastny has averaged 21 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 33% by scoring 3 goals on 9 shots. He has 4 assists giving him a total of 7 points on the season. Jake Allen has 3 wins and 1 loss this season in net for the Blues. He has had 115 shots against him and has given up 12 goals. He has made 103 saves for a save percentage of 90%.

The Red Wings have 10 total points this season. They have scored 24 goals while giving up 17 goals. They have had 27 power play opportunities and have scored 6 goals on those chances for a percentage of 22%. The Red Wings have allowed 26 power play opportunities and given up 6 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 77%. They average 28 shots per game and as a team are shooting 12.18% for the season to this point. They allow 33 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 94%.

The Blues have a total of 9 points on the season. They have 7 power play goals on 27 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 26%. They have allowed 23 power play opportunities and have given up 2 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 91%. As a team, the Red Wings have a total of 20 goals scored while they've given up 19 goals to this point. They average 29 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.76%. As a team they give up 26 shots per game and have a save percentage of 91%.

Detroit has a Corsi percentage of 44.3% as they've attempted 331 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 417 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 44.9% as they have 258 attempts while they've given up 316 shots on the defensive end. The Red Wings start possessions in the offensive zone 43.5% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 56.5% for the season. They have 209 face off wins compared to 208 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 50.1%. On defense Detroit has 119 hits and they've blocked 101 shots from the opposition.

St. Louis has attempted 375 shots at full strength and they've given up 354 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 51.4% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 52.7% as they have 286 shots while they've given up 257 attempts on defense. The Blues have an offensive zone percentage of 53.7% and their defensive zone percentage is 46.3% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 50.1% as they've compiled 207 face off wins this season and they have suffered 206 face off losses. On defense St. Louis has blocked 97 shot attempts and they have 128 hits as a unit.

Detroit Red Wings Betting Trends

The Detroit Red Wings are 5-2 straight up

The Detroit Red Wings are 4-2-1 against the over/under

St. Louis Blues Betting Trends

The St. Louis Blues are 4-3 straight up

The St. Louis Blues are 2-3-2 against the over/under

Detroit Red Wings Injuries

10/25/16 LW Justin Abdelkader Lower Body "?" Thursday vs St Louis
10/24/16 D Niklas Kronwall Knee expected to miss 5-7 days
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

St. Louis Blues Injuries

10/19/16 C Jori Lehtera Concussion out indefinitely

Tony's Pick: Take St. Louis

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