Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Prudential Center

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The Edmonton Oilers travel to Prudential Center to play the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday, February 9, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Oilers at +122 and the Devils at -135. The over/under has been set at 5.

Edmonton comes into this matchup having played 54 games. They have an overall record of 21-28-5 and on the road they have a record of 7-18-4. Currently they are 7th in the Pacific Division. They've scored 136 goals and given up 165 goals for a point differential of -29. The Oilers have 5 overtime losses including 1 of them in a shootout. In the past 10 games they have an overall record of 4-5-1. For the season they have an ATS record of 21-33 and an over/under record of 29-21-4. New Jersey shows up with a record of 26-20-7 including 12-10-4 at home this season. They are 5th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 121 goals and surrendered 126 for a goal differential of -5. The Devils have 7 losses in OT and 6 of them occurred in a shootout. They have a record of 5-3-2 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 26-27 while their over/under record sits at 15-23-15.

Taylor Hall has accumulated 50 total points this season for the Oilers. He has 18 goals this season with 200 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 9%. He has a total of 32 assists on the season and averages 20 minutes played per game. Leon Draisaitl has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 16% by scoring 14 goals on 86 shots. He has 26 assists giving him a total of 40 points on the season. Anders Nilsson has 10 wins and 12 losses this season in net for the Oilers. He has had 746 shots against him and has given up 75 goals. He has made 671 saves for a save percentage of 90%.

Mike Cammalleri has accumulated 38 total points this season for the Devils. He has 14 goals this season with 101 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 14%. He has a total of 24 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Adam Henrique has averaged 20 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 17% by scoring 17 goals on 99 shots. He has 16 assists giving him a total of 33 points on the season. Cory Schneider has 23 wins and 15 losses this season in net for the Devils. He has had 1253 shots against him and has given up 89 goals. He has made 1164 saves for a save percentage of 93%.

The Oilers have 47 total points this season. They have scored 132 goals while giving up 164 goals. They have had 155 power play opportunities and have scored 29 goals on those chances for a percentage of 19%. The Oilers have allowed 162 power play opportunities and given up 32 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 80%. They average 29 shots per game and as a team are shooting 8.47% for the season to this point. They allow 31 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 90%.

The Devils have a total of 59 points on the season. They have 33 power play goals on 167 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 20%. They have allowed 168 power play opportunities and have given up 30 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 82%. As a team, the Oilers have a total of 119 goals scored while they've given up 120 goals to this point. They average 24 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.21%. As a team they give up 29 shots per game and have a save percentage of 92%.

Edmonton has a Corsi percentage of 48.8% as they've attempted 2,744 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 2,879 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 48.1% as they have 1,993 attempts while they've given up 2,147 shots on the defensive end. The Oilers start possessions in the offensive zone 49.4% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 50.6% for the season. They have 1,517 face off wins compared to 1,549 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 49.5%. On defense Edmonton has 1,089 hits and they've blocked 732 shots from the opposition.

New Jersey has attempted 2,127 shots at full strength and they've given up 2,490 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 46.1% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 46.5% as they have 1,645 shots while they've given up 1,890 attempts on defense. The Devils have an offensive zone percentage of 47.6% and their defensive zone percentage is 52.4% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 46.7% as they've compiled 1,303 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,486 face off losses. On defense New Jersey has blocked 600 shot attempts and they have 1,139 hits as a unit.

Edmonton Oilers Betting Trends

The Edmonton Oilers are 21-33 straight up

The Edmonton Oilers are 29-21-4 against the over/under

New Jersey Devils Betting Trends

The New Jersey Devils are 26-27 straight up

The New Jersey Devils are 15-23-15 against the over/under

Edmonton Oilers Injuries

12/21/15 D Andrew Ference Hip out for season
12/15/15 D Oscar Klefbom Staph Infection out indefinitely
01/18/16 C Ryan Nugent-Hopkins Hand out 6-8 weeks

New Jersey Devils Injuries

12/29/15 LW Patrik Elias Knee out indefinitely
02/07/16 LW Michael Cammalleri Hand expected to miss Monday vs NY Rangers and Tuesday vs Edmonton
01/23/16 C Jiri Tlusty Wrist out for season
01/18/16 D Jon Merrill Arm out indefinitely

Guy's Pick: Take New Jersey

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