Sunday, March 27, 2016

PNC Arena

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The New Jersey Devils travel to PNC Arena to play the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday, March 27, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Devils at +104 and the Hurricanes at -115. The over/under has been set at 5.

New Jersey comes into this matchup having played 75 games. They have an overall record of 36-31-8 and on the road they have a record of 19-16-3. Currently they are 6th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 169 goals and given up 190 goals for a point differential of -21. The Devils have 8 overtime losses including 6 of them in a shootout. In the past 10 games they have an overall record of 5-4-1. For the season they have an ATS record of 36-39 and an over/under record of 25-35-15. Carolina shows up with a record of 32-28-14 including 17-13-6 at home this season. They are 7th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 180 goals and surrendered 200 for a goal differential of -20. The Hurricanes have 14 losses in OT and 4 of them occurred in a shootout. They have a record of 4-2-4 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 31-42 while their over/under record sits at 24-26-24.

Mike Cammalleri has accumulated 38 total points this season for the Devils. He has 14 goals this season with 101 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 14%. He has a total of 24 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Adam Henrique has averaged 20 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 19% by scoring 27 goals on 140 shots. He has 19 assists giving him a total of 46 points on the season. Cory Schneider has 26 wins and 23 losses this season in net for the Devils. He has had 1,525 shots against him and has given up 117 goals. He has made 1,408 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Jordan Staal has accumulated 44 total points this season for the Hurricanes. He has 19 goals this season with 133 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 14%. He has a total of 25 assists on the season and averages 18 minutes played per game. Victor Rask has averaged 17 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 12% by scoring 17 goals on 141 shots. He has 25 assists giving him a total of 42 points on the season. Cam Ward has 20 wins and 16 losses this season in net for the Hurricanes. He has had 1,193 shots against him and has given up 111 goals. He has made 1,082 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

The Devils have 80 total points this season. They have scored 167 goals while giving up 184 goals. They have had 224 power play opportunities and have scored 46 goals on those chances for a percentage of 21%. The Devils have allowed 237 power play opportunities and given up 42 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 82%. They average 24 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.10% for the season to this point. They allow 29 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.

The Hurricanes have a total of 78 points on the season. They have 37 power play goals on 221 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 17%. They have allowed 185 power play opportunities and have given up 29 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 84%. As a team, the Devils have a total of 179 goals scored while they've given up 196 goals to this point. They average 30 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 8.04%. As a team they give up 27 shots per game and have a save percentage of 90%.

New Jersey has a Corsi percentage of 45.9% as they've attempted 3,301 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,883 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 46.6% as they have 2,547 attempts while they've given up 2,913 shots on the defensive end. The Devils start possessions in the offensive zone 47% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 53% for the season. They have 2,000 face off wins compared to 2,317 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 46.3%. On defense New Jersey has 1,685 hits and they've blocked 970 shots from the opposition.

Carolina has attempted 4,275 shots at full strength and they've given up 3,797 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 53% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 52% as they have 3,165 shots while they've given up 2,917 attempts on defense. The Hurricanes have an offensive zone percentage of 54% and their defensive zone percentage is 46% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 53.6% as they've compiled 2,275 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,968 face off losses. On defense Carolina has blocked 880 shot attempts and they have 1,398 hits as a unit.

New Jersey Devils Betting Trends

The New Jersey Devils are 36-39 straight up

The New Jersey Devils are 25-35-15 against the over/under

Carolina Hurricanes Betting Trends

The Carolina Hurricanes are 31-42 straight up

The Carolina Hurricanes are 24-26-24 against the over/under

New Jersey Devils Injuries

12/29/15 LW Patrik Elias Knee out for season
03/25/16 LW Tyler Kennedy Lower Body "?" Sunday vs Carolina
03/22/16 D Jon Merrill Upper Body out indefinitely
03/20/16 D David Schlemko Upper Body expected to miss 7-10 days
03/20/16 RW Jordin Tootoo Upper Body expected to miss 7-10 days
03/08/16 C Jacob Josefson Hand out indefinitely
03/07/16 GO Cory Schneider Groin out indefinitely
02/11/16 LW Michael Cammalleri Hand out for season
01/23/16 C Jiri Tlusty Wrist out for season

Carolina Hurricanes Injuries

10/09/15 D James Wisniewski Knee out 6 months
02/27/16 C Andrej Nestrasil Back out for season

Guy's Pick: Take Carolina

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