Thursday, November 3, 2016

Madison Square Garden

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The Edmonton Oilers travel to Madison Square Garden to play the New York Rangers on Thursday, November 3, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Oilers at +145 and the Rangers at -185. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Edmonton comes into this matchup having played 10 games. They have an overall record of 7-2-1 and on the road they have a record of 3-0-1. Currently they are 1st in the Pacific Division. They've scored 31 goals and given up 22 goals for a point differential of +9. The Oilers have an overall record of 7-2-1 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 7-3 and an over/under record of 3-7-0. New York shows up with a record of 7-3-0 including 6-1-0 at home this season. They are 1st in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 40 goals and surrendered 22 for a goal differential of +18. The Rangers have a record of 7-3-0 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 7-3 while their over/under record sits at 5-4-1.

Connor McDavid has accumulated 12 total points this season for the Oilers. He has 5 goals this season with 26 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 19%. He has a total of 7 assists on the season and averages 22 minutes played per game. Leon Draisaitl has averaged 16 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 10% by scoring 2 goals on 21 shots. He has 4 assists giving him a total of 6 points on the season. Cam Talbot has 7 wins and 2 losses this season in net for the Oilers. He has had 311 shots against him and has given up 21 goals. He has made 290 saves for a save percentage of 93%.

Mika Zibanejad has accumulated 9 total points this season for the Rangers. He has 2 goals this season with 33 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 6%. He has a total of 7 assists on the season and averages 17 minutes played per game. Mats Zuccarello has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 23% by scoring 5 goals on 22 shots. He has 3 assists giving him a total of 8 points on the season. Henrik Lundqvist has 5 wins and 3 losses this season in net for the Rangers. He has had 206 shots against him and has given up 17 goals. He has made 189 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

The Oilers have 15 total points this season. They have scored 31 goals while giving up 22 goals. They have had 29 power play opportunities and have scored 4 goals on those chances for a percentage of 14%. The Oilers have allowed 30 power play opportunities and given up 3 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 90%. They average 31 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.94% for the season to this point. They allow 31 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 93%.

The Rangers have a total of 14 points on the season. They have 9 power play goals on 38 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 24%. They have allowed 27 power play opportunities and have given up 5 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 81%. As a team, the Oilers have a total of 40 goals scored while they've given up 22 goals to this point. They average 32 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 12.70%. As a team they give up 27 shots per game and have a save percentage of 92%.

Edmonton has a Corsi percentage of 48.6% as they've attempted 552 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 584 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 48.5% as they have 408 attempts while they've given up 433 shots on the defensive end. The Oilers start possessions in the offensive zone 47.3% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 52.7% for the season. They have 300 face off wins compared to 313 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 48.9%. On defense Edmonton has 245 hits and they've blocked 151 shots from the opposition.

New York has attempted 588 shots at full strength and they've given up 529 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 52.6% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 54.4% as they have 449 shots while they've given up 376 attempts on defense. The Rangers have an offensive zone percentage of 50.7% and their defensive zone percentage is 49.3% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 51% as they've compiled 308 face off wins this season and they have suffered 296 face off losses. On defense New York has blocked 153 shot attempts and they have 202 hits as a unit.

Edmonton Oilers Betting Trends

The Edmonton Oilers are 7-3 straight up

The Edmonton Oilers are 3-7-0 against the over/under

New York Rangers Betting Trends

The New York Rangers are 7-3 straight up

The New York Rangers are 5-4-1 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
10/18/16 LW Drake Caggiula Hip out indefinitely
10/17/16 LW Matt Hendricks Knee out indefinitely
10/14/16 D Brandon Davidson Shoulder out indefinitely
10/09/16 RW Iiro Pakarinen Knee out indefinitely

New York Rangers Injuries

10/27/16 RW Josh Jooris Shoulder out indefinitely

Tony's Pick: Take New York

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