Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Pepsi Center

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The Edmonton Oilers travel to Pepsi Center to play the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday, November 23, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Oilers at -110 and the Avalanche at +100. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Edmonton comes into this matchup having played 20 games. They have an overall record of 11-8-1 and on the road they have a record of 6-4-1. Currently they are 1st in the Pacific Division. They've scored 59 goals and given up 51 goals for a point differential of +8. The Oilers have an overall record of 4-6-0 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 10-9 and an over/under record of 8-11-1. Colorado shows up with a record of 9-9-0 including 4-4-0 at home this season. They are 7th in the Central Division. They've scored 39 goals and surrendered 49 for a goal differential of -10. The Avalanche have a record of 5-5-0 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 9-9 while their over/under record sits at 6-10-2.

Connor McDavid has accumulated 24 total points this season for the Oilers. He has 8 goals this season with 55 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 15%. He has a total of 16 assists on the season and averages 21 minutes played per game. Leon Draisaitl has averaged 17 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 16% by scoring 6 goals on 37 shots. He has 8 assists giving him a total of 14 points on the season. Cam Talbot has 10 wins and 7 losses this season in net for the Oilers. He has had 553 shots against him and has given up 44 goals. He has made 509 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Matt Duchene has accumulated 12 total points this season for the Avalanche. He has 7 goals this season with 32 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 22%. He has a total of 5 assists on the season and averages 18 minutes played per game. Gabriel Landeskog has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 13% by scoring 4 goals on 32 shots. He has 4 assists giving him a total of 8 points on the season. Semyon Varlamov has 5 wins and 8 losses this season in net for the Avalanche. He has had 396 shots against him and has given up 37 goals. He has made 359 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

The Oilers have 23 total points this season. They have scored 59 goals while giving up 51 goals. They have had 57 power play opportunities and have scored 10 goals on those chances for a percentage of 18%. The Oilers have allowed 58 power play opportunities and given up 8 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 86%. They average 31 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.58% for the season to this point. They allow 30 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 92%.

The Avalanche have a total of 18 points on the season. They have 10 power play goals on 58 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 17%. They have allowed 72 power play opportunities and have given up 15 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 79%. As a team, the Oilers have a total of 39 goals scored while they've given up 49 goals to this point. They average 29 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 7.43%. As a team they give up 31 shots per game and have a save percentage of 91%.

Edmonton has a Corsi percentage of 51.2% as they've attempted 1,132 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 1,081 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 51% as they have 846 attempts while they've given up 813 shots on the defensive end. The Oilers start possessions in the offensive zone 50.8% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 49.2% for the season. They have 600 face off wins compared to 616 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 49.3%. On defense Edmonton has 498 hits and they've blocked 268 shots from the opposition.

Colorado has attempted 950 shots at full strength and they've given up 1,010 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 48.5% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 49.1% as they have 706 shots while they've given up 733 attempts on defense. The Avalanche have an offensive zone percentage of 48.8% and their defensive zone percentage is 51.2% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 51.6% as they've compiled 576 face off wins this season and they have suffered 541 face off losses. On defense Colorado has blocked 277 shot attempts and they have 413 hits as a unit.

Edmonton Oilers Betting Trends

The Edmonton Oilers are 10-9 straight up

The Edmonton Oilers are 8-11-1 against the over/under

Colorado Avalanche Betting Trends

The Colorado Avalanche are 9-9 straight up

The Colorado Avalanche are 6-10-2 against the over/under

Edmonton Oilers Injuries

10/21/16 D Andrew Ference Hip out indefinitely
10/20/16 D Mark Fayne Leg out indefinitely
10/14/16 D Brandon Davidson Shoulder out indefinitely
10/09/16 RW Iiro Pakarinen Knee out indefinitely

Colorado Avalanche Injuries

11/22/16 LW Gabriel Landeskog Lower Body is downgraded to doubtful Wednesday vs. Edmonton

Josh's Pick: Take Colorado +100

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