Saturday, November 26, 2016

Joe Louis Arena

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The Montreal Canadiens travel to Joe Louis Arena to play the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday, November 26, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Canadiens at -130 and the Red Wings at +118. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Montreal comes into this matchup having played 21 games. They have an overall record of 15-4-2 and on the road they have a record of 3-3-1. Currently they are 1st in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 65 goals and given up 47 goals for a point differential of +18. The Canadiens have an overall record of 6-3-1 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 15-6 and an over/under record of 7-8-6. Detroit shows up with a record of 9-10-1 including 5-6-0 at home this season. They are 7th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 48 goals and surrendered 52 for a goal differential of -4. The Red Wings have a record of 3-6-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 6-11 while their over/under record sits at 8-9-3.

Max Pacioretty has accumulated 14 total points this season for the Canadiens. He has 5 goals this season with 56 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 9%. He has a total of 9 assists on the season and averages 18 minutes played per game. Brendan Gallagher has averaged 15 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 7% by scoring 4 goals on 56 shots. He has 7 assists giving him a total of 11 points on the season. Carey Price has 12 wins and 1 losses this season in net for the Canadiens. He has had 434 shots against him and has given up 24 goals. He has made 410 saves for a save percentage of 95%.

Gustav Nyquist has accumulated 13 total points this season for the Red Wings. He has 4 goals this season with 41 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 10%. He has a total of 9 assists on the season and averages 17 minutes played per game. Mike Green has averaged 24 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 9% by scoring 3 goals on 35 shots. He has 8 assists giving him a total of 11 points on the season. Petr Mrazek has 4 wins and 5 losses this season in net for the Red Wings. He has had 314 shots against him and has given up 31 goals. He has made 283 saves for a save percentage of 90%.

The Canadiens have 32 total points this season. They have scored 65 goals while giving up 47 goals. They have had 67 power play opportunities and have scored 15 goals on those chances for a percentage of 22%. The Canadiens have allowed 80 power play opportunities and given up 14 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 83%. They average 29 shots per game and as a team are shooting 10.74% for the season to this point. They allow 31 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 93%.

The Red Wings have a total of 19 points on the season. They have 11 power play goals on 71 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 15%. They have allowed 59 power play opportunities and have given up 12 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 80%. As a team, the Canadiens have a total of 48 goals scored while they've given up 52 goals to this point. They average 28 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 8.70%. As a team they give up 32 shots per game and have a save percentage of 92%.

Montreal has a Corsi percentage of 48.2% as they've attempted 1,168 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 1,256 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 48.4% as they have 836 attempts while they've given up 890 shots on the defensive end. The Canadiens start possessions in the offensive zone 46.3% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 53.7% for the season. They have 641 face off wins compared to 660 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 49.3%. On defense Montreal has 502 hits and they've blocked 366 shots from the opposition.

Detroit has attempted 1,004 shots at full strength and they've given up 1,134 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 47% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 46.3% as they have 754 shots while they've given up 875 attempts on defense. The Red Wings have an offensive zone percentage of 48.4% and their defensive zone percentage is 51.6% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 51.6% as they've compiled 608 face off wins this season and they have suffered 570 face off losses. On defense Detroit has blocked 259 shot attempts and they have 382 hits as a unit.

Montreal Canadiens Betting Trends

The Montreal Canadiens are 15-6 straight up

The Montreal Canadiens are 7-8-6 against the over/under

Detroit Red Wings Betting Trends

The Detroit Red Wings are 6-11 straight up

The Detroit Red Wings are 8-9-3 against the over/under

Montreal Canadiens Injuries

11/23/16 D Nathan Beaulieu Throat out indefinitely
11/08/16 LW Artturi Lehkonen Upper Body out indefinitely
10/21/16 D Zach Redmond Foot expected to miss 6 weeks

Detroit Red Wings Injuries

11/21/16 D Alexey Marchenko Upper Body out indefinitely
11/16/16 C Darren Helm Shoulder expected to miss 6-8 weeks
11/11/16 C Andreas Athanasiou Knee expected to miss 2-3 weeks
10/27/16 C Joe Vitale Concussion out indefinitely
10/15/15 C Johan Franzen Concussion out indefinitely
10/10/16 RW Tomas Jurco Back out indefinitely

Guy's Pick: Take Detroit +118

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