Saturday, April 9, 2016

Rogers Arena

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The Edmonton Oilers travel to Rogers Arena to play the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday, April 9, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Oilers at +102 and the Canucks at -113. The over/under has been set at 5.

Edmonton comes into this matchup having played 81 games. They have an overall record of 31-43-7 and on the road they have a record of 12-23-5. Currently they are 7th in the Pacific Division. They've scored 200 goals and given up 241 goals for a point differential of -41. The Oilers have 7 overtime losses including 2 of them in a shootout. In the past 10 games they have an overall record of 4-6-0. For the season they have an ATS record of 31-50 and an over/under record of 38-38-5. Vancouver shows up with a record of 30-38-13 including 14-21-5 at home this season. They are 6th in the Pacific Division. They've scored 187 goals and surrendered 240 for a goal differential of -53. The Canucks have 13 losses in OT and 4 of them occurred in a shootout. They have a record of 3-6-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 30-51 while their over/under record sits at 30-30-21.

Taylor Hall has accumulated 64 total points this season for the Oilers. He has 26 goals this season with 285 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 9%. He has a total of 38 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Leon Draisaitl has averaged 18 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 15% by scoring 19 goals on 128 shots. He has 32 assists giving him a total of 51 points on the season. Cam Talbot has 21 wins and 27 losses this season in net for the Oilers. He has had 1,620 shots against him and has given up 134 goals. He has made 1,486 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Daniel Sedin has accumulated 61 total points this season for the Canucks. He has 28 goals this season with 255 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 11%. He has a total of 33 assists on the season and averages 18 minutes played per game. Henrik Sedin has averaged 18 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 11% by scoring 11 goals on 98 shots. He has 44 assists giving him a total of 55 points on the season. Ryan Miller has 17 wins and 24 losses this season in net for the Canucks. He has had 1,634 shots against him and has given up 137 goals. He has made 1,497 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

The Oilers have 69 total points this season. They have scored 196 goals while giving up 239 goals. They have had 234 power play opportunities and have scored 42 goals on those chances for a percentage of 18%. The Oilers have allowed 251 power play opportunities and given up 49 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 80%. They average 29 shots per game and as a team are shooting 8.35% for the season to this point. They allow 31 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.

The Canucks have a total of 73 points on the season. They have 39 power play goals on 244 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 16%. They have allowed 246 power play opportunities and have given up 46 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 81%. As a team, the Oilers have a total of 183 goals scored while they've given up 236 goals to this point. They average 28 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 8.02%. As a team they give up 32 shots per game and have a save percentage of 91%.

Edmonton has a Corsi percentage of 48.3% as they've attempted 4,422 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 4,727 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 48% as they have 3,235 attempts while they've given up 3,508 shots on the defensive end. The Oilers start possessions in the offensive zone 48.7% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 51.3% for the season. They have 2,396 face off wins compared to 2,510 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 48.8%. On defense Edmonton has 1,799 hits and they've blocked 1,219 shots from the opposition.

Vancouver has attempted 4,161 shots at full strength and they've given up 4,605 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 47.5% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 46.8% as they have 3,126 shots while they've given up 3,556 attempts on defense. The Canucks 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 45.3% as they've compiled 2,184 face off wins this season and they have suffered 2,636 face off losses. On defense Vancouver has blocked 1,049 shot attempts and they have 1,517 hits as a unit.

Edmonton Oilers Betting Trends

The Edmonton Oilers are 31-50 straight up

The Edmonton Oilers are 38-38-5 against the over/under

Vancouver Canucks Betting Trends

The Vancouver Canucks are 30-51 straight up

The Vancouver Canucks are 30-30-21 against the over/under

Edmonton Oilers Injuries

12/21/15 D Andrew Ference Hip out for season
03/13/16 D Oscar Klefbom Foot out for season
03/07/16 D Brandon Davidson Knee likely out for season
02/29/16 LW Benoit Pouliot Shoulder out indefinitely
02/17/16 D Eric Gryba Knee out for season

Vancouver Canucks Injuries

04/08/16 C Linden Vey Upper Body "?" Saturday vs. Edmonton
04/08/16 D Christopher Tanev Upper Body "?" Saturday vs. Edmonton
04/07/16 LW Chris Higgins Lower Body "?" Saturday vs Edmonton
04/07/16 C Jared McCann Shoulder "?" Saturday vs Edmonton
04/07/16 LW Sven Baertschi Lower Body "?" Saturday vs Edmonton
03/22/16 RW Radim Vrbata Knee out for season
03/15/16 D Luca Sbisa Shoulder out for season
02/10/16 D Alexander Edler Fibula out for season
02/10/16 C Brandon Sutter Jaw out for season

Guy's Pick: Take Vancouver

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