Friday, November 11, 2016

First Niagara Center

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The New Jersey Devils travel to First Niagara Center to play the Buffalo Sabres on Friday, November 11, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Devils at +100 and the Sabres at -123. The over/under has been set at 5.

New Jersey comes into this matchup having played 12 games. They have an overall record of 6-3-3 and on the road they have a record of 1-3-2. Currently they are 4th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 29 goals and given up 27 goals for a point differential of +2. The Devils have an overall record of 6-2-2 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 5-6 and an over/under record of 2-5-5. Buffalo shows up with a record of 5-5-3 including 1-3-1 at home this season. They are 7th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 26 goals and surrendered 31 for a goal differential of -5. The Sabres have a record of 4-4-2 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 5-8 while their over/under record sits at 3-10-0.

Taylor Hall has accumulated 9 total points this season for the Devils. He has 5 goals this season with 51 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 10%. He has a total of 4 assists on the season and averages 21 minutes played per game. Travis Zajac has averaged 20 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 16% by scoring 4 goals on 25 shots. He has 5 assists giving him a total of 9 points on the season. Cory Schneider has 5 wins and 3 losses this season in net for the Devils. He has had 320 shots against him and has given up 23 goals. He has made 297 saves for a save percentage of 93%.

Ryan O'Reilly has accumulated 8 total points this season for the Sabres. He has 4 goals this season with 40 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 10%. He has a total of 4 assists on the season and averages 22 minutes played per game. Kyle Okposo has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 16% by scoring 5 goals on 31 shots. He has 3 assists giving him a total of 8 points on the season. Robin Lehner has 4 wins and 4 losses this season in net for the Sabres. He has had 310 shots against him and has given up 22 goals. He has made 288 saves for a save percentage of 93%.

The Devils have 15 total points this season. They have scored 29 goals while giving up 27 goals. They have had 39 power play opportunities and have scored 7 goals on those chances for a percentage of 18%. The Devils have allowed 41 power play opportunities and given up 8 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 80%. They average 31 shots per game and as a team are shooting 7.82% for the season to this point. They allow 32 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 93%.

The Sabres have a total of 13 points on the season. They have 8 power play goals on 41 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 20%. They have allowed 46 power play opportunities and have given up 9 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 80%. As a team, the Devils have a total of 26 goals scored while they've given up 31 goals to this point. They average 29 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 6.81%. As a team they give up 31 shots per game and have a save percentage of 93%.

New Jersey has a Corsi percentage of 46.7% as they've attempted 591 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 674 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 47.7% as they have 480 attempts while they've given up 527 shots on the defensive end. The Devils start possessions in the offensive zone 47.6% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 52.4% for the season. They have 377 face off wins compared to 366 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 50.7%. On defense New Jersey has 247 hits and they've blocked 147 shots from the opposition.

Buffalo has attempted 689 shots at full strength and they've given up 737 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 48.3% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 47.6% as they have 521 shots while they've given up 573 attempts on defense. The Sabres have an offensive zone percentage of 46.1% and their defensive zone percentage is 53.9% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 54.1% as they've compiled 446 face off wins this season and they have suffered 378 face off losses. On defense Buffalo has blocked 164 shot attempts and they have 281 hits as a unit.

New Jersey Devils Betting Trends

The New Jersey Devils are 5-6 straight up

The New Jersey Devils are 2-5-5 against the over/under

Buffalo Sabres Betting Trends

The Buffalo Sabres are 5-8 straight up

The Buffalo Sabres are 3-10-0 against the over/under

New Jersey Devils Injuries

10/10/16 D Jon Merrill Finger out indefinitely
10/10/16 D Luke Gazdic Foot out indefinitely

Buffalo Sabres Injuries

11/10/16 LW Tyler Ennis Groin out indefinitely
11/09/16 C Ryan O'Reilly Upper Body "?" Friday vs New Jersey
11/03/16 D Zach Bogosian Knee out indefinitely
10/31/16 LW Nicolas Deslauriers Knee out indefinitely
10/12/16 C Jack Eichel Ankle out indefinitely

Josh's Pick: Take Buffalo -123

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