Saturday, November 19, 2016

Staples Center

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The New Jersey Devils travel to Staples Center to play the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday, November 19, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Devils at +120 and the Kings at -133. The over/under has been set at 5.

New Jersey comes into this matchup having played 16 games. They have an overall record of 9-4-3 and on the road they have a record of 3-4-2. Currently they are 4th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 39 goals and given up 34 goals for a point differential of +5. The Devils have an overall record of 6-2-2 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 8-7 and an over/under record of 3-7-6. Los Angeles shows up with a record of 8-9-1 including 6-2-0 at home this season. They are 4th in the Pacific Division. They've scored 44 goals and surrendered 47 for a goal differential of -3. The Kings have a record of 4-5-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 7-10 while their over/under record sits at 6-10-2.

Damon Severson has accumulated 12 total points this season for the Devils. He has 3 goals this season with 27 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 11%. He has a total of 9 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 11% by scoring 4 goals on 37 shots. He has 6 assists giving him a total of 10 points on the season. Cory Schneider has 7 wins and 4 losses this season in net for the Devils. He has had 390 shots against him and has given up 29 goals. He has made 361 saves for a save percentage of 93%.

Anze Kopitar has accumulated 8 total points this season for the Kings. He has 2 goals this season with 37 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 5%. He has a total of 6 assists on the season and averages 21 minutes played per game. Jeff Carter has averaged 18 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 11% by scoring 6 goals on 53 shots. He has 7 assists giving him a total of 13 points on the season. Peter Budaj has 8 wins and 6 losses this season in net for the Kings. He has had 361 shots against him and has given up 31 goals. He has made 330 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

The Devils have 21 total points this season. They have scored 39 goals while giving up 34 goals. They have had 54 power play opportunities and have scored 7 goals on those chances for a percentage of 13%. The Devils have allowed 48 power play opportunities and given up 9 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 81%. They average 31 shots per game and as a team are shooting 7.75% for the season to this point. They allow 30 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 93%.

The Kings have a total of 17 points on the season. They have 6 power play goals on 57 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 11%. They have allowed 60 power play opportunities and have given up 12 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 80%. As a team, the Devils have a total of 44 goals scored while they've given up 47 goals to this point. They average 31 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 7.80%. As a team they give up 26 shots per game and have a save percentage of 91%.

New Jersey has a Corsi percentage of 49.5% as they've attempted 846 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 862 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 50% as they have 663 attempts while they've given up 664 shots on the defensive end. The Devils start possessions in the offensive zone 51.6% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 48.4% for the season. They have 497 face off wins compared to 494 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 50.2%. On defense New Jersey has 318 hits and they've blocked 198 shots from the opposition.

Los Angeles has attempted 1,119 shots at full strength and they've given up 914 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 55% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 54.7% as they have 808 shots while they've given up 670 attempts on defense. The Kings have an offensive zone percentage of 54.6% and their defensive zone percentage is 45.4% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 49.8% as they've compiled 559 face off wins this season and they have suffered 564 face off losses. On defense Los Angeles has blocked 244 shot attempts and they have 558 hits as a unit.

New Jersey Devils Betting Trends

The New Jersey Devils are 8-7 straight up

The New Jersey Devils are 3-7-6 against the over/under

Los Angeles Kings Betting Trends

The Los Angeles Kings are 7-10 straight up

The Los Angeles Kings are 6-10-2 against the over/under

New Jersey Devils Injuries

11/18/16 D Yohann Auvitu Upper Body "?" Saturday vs. Los Angeles
11/16/16 LW Taylor Hall Knee expected to miss 3-4 weeks
11/12/16 LW Michael Cammalleri Personal out indefinitely
10/10/16 D Luke Gazdic Foot out indefinitely

Los Angeles Kings Injuries

11/18/16 C Anze Kopitar Hand expected to miss Saturday vs. New Jersey & Sunday vs. Anaheim
11/17/16 GO Jeff Zatkoff Groin "?" Saturday vs. New Jersey
11/03/16 LW Andy Andreoff Thumb out indefinitely
10/30/16 D Brayden McNabb Collarbone out indefinitely
10/13/16 GO Jonathan Quick Groin out 3-4 months
10/09/16 RW Marian Gaborik Foot out indefinitely

Guy's Pick: Take New Jersey +120

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