Friday, October 21, 2016

Joe Louis Arena

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The Nashville Predators travel to Joe Louis Arena to play the Detroit Red Wings on Friday, October 21, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Predators at +101 and the Red Wings at -125. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Nashville comes into this matchup having played 3 games. They have an overall record of 1-2-0 and on the road they have a record of 0-1-0. Currently they are 7th in the Central Division. They've scored 7 goals and given up 9 goals for a point differential of -2. For the season they have an ATS record of 1-2 and an over/under record of 1-1-1. Detroit shows up with a record of 2-2-0 including 1-0-0 at home this season. They are 7th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 12 goals and surrendered 12 for a goal differential of 0. Their record against the spread is 2-2 while their over/under record sits at 2-1-1.

Ryan Johansen has accumulated 4 total points this season for the Predators. He has a total of 4 assists on the season and averages 18 minutes played per game. Roman Josi has averaged 25 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 8% by scoring 1 goal on 12 shots. He has 1 assist giving him a total of 2 points on the season. Pekka Rinne has 1 win and 1 loss this season in net for the Predators. He has had 61 shots against him and has given up 4 goals. He has made 57 saves for a save percentage of 93%.

Mike Green has accumulated 6 total points this season for the Red Wings. He has 3 goals this season with 7 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 43%. He has a total of 3 assists on the season and averages 24 minutes played per game. Thomas Vanek has averaged 13 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 50% by scoring 3 goals on 6 shots. He has 3 assists giving him a total of 6 points on the season. Petr Mrazek has 1 win and 2 losses this season in net for the Red Wings. He has had 104 shots against him and has given up 9 goals. He has made 95 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

The Predators have 2 total points this season. They have scored 7 goals while giving up 9 goals. They have had 11 power play opportunities and have scored 5 goals on those chances for a percentage of 45%. The Predators have allowed 9 power play opportunities and given up 2 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 78%. They average 30 shots per game and as a team are shooting 7.69% for the season to this point. They allow 29 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 90%.

The Red Wings have a total of 4 points on the season. They have 4 power play goals on 12 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 33%. They have allowed 15 power play opportunities and have given up 3 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 80%. As a team, the Predators have a total of 12 goals scored while they've given up 12 goals to this point. They average 24 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 12.37%. As a team they give up 34 shots per game and have a save percentage of 93%.

Nashville has a Corsi percentage of 48.2% as they've attempted 163 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 175 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 48.2% as they have 118 attempts while they've given up 127 shots on the defensive end. The Predators start possessions in the offensive zone 51.7% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 48.3% for the season. They have 98 face off wins compared to 89 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 52.4%. On defense Nashville has 73 hits and they've blocked 48 shots from the opposition.

Detroit has attempted 176 shots at full strength and they've given up 265 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 39.9% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 38.8% as they have 128 shots while they've given up 202 attempts on defense. The Red Wings have an offensive zone percentage of 36% and their defensive zone percentage is 64% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 47.6% as they've compiled 121 face off wins this season and they have suffered 133 face off losses. On defense Detroit has blocked 63 shot attempts and they have 68 hits as a unit.

Nashville Predators Betting Trends

The Nashville Predators are 1-2 straight up

The Nashville Predators are 1-1-1 against the over/under

Detroit Red Wings Betting Trends

The Detroit Red Wings are 2-2 straight up

The Detroit Red Wings are 2-1-1 against the over/under

Nashville Predators Injuries

10/17/16 D Anthony Bitetto Upper Body expected to miss 4-6 weeks
10/17/16 RW Miikka Salomaki Upper Body expected to miss 6-8 weeks

Detroit Red Wings Injuries

10/19/16 D Niklas Kronwall Knee "?" Friday vs Nashville
10/15/15 C Johan Franzen Concussion out indefinitely
10/10/16 RW Tomas Jurco Back out indefinitely
01/11/16 LW Drew Miller Knee out 4-6 months

Tony's Pick: Take Detroit

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