Monday, February 8, 2016

Madison Square Garden

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The New Jersey Devils travel to Madison Square Garden to play the New York Rangers on Monday, February 8, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Devils at +149 and the Rangers at -165. The over/under has been set at 4.5.

New Jersey comes into this matchup having played 53 games. They have an overall record of 26-20-7 and on the road they have a record of 14-10-3. Currently they are 4th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 121 goals and given up 126 goals for a point differential of -5. The Devils have 7 overtime losses including 6 of them in a shootout. In the past 10 games they have an overall record of 5-3-2. For the season they have an ATS record of 26-27 and an over/under record of 15-23-15. New York shows up with a record of 29-18-5 including 19-5-2 at home this season. They are 2nd in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 151 goals and surrendered 136 for a goal differential of +15. The Rangers have 5 losses in OT and 2 of them occurred in a shootout. They have a record of 6-4-0 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 28-23 while their over/under record sits at 23-20-9.

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 17% by scoring 17 goals on 99 shots. He has 16 assists giving him a total of 33 points on the season. Cory Schneider has 23 wins and 15 losses this season in net for the Devils. He has had 1253 shots against him and has given up 89 goals. He has made 1164 saves for a save percentage of 93%.

Rick Nash has accumulated 33 total points this season for the Rangers. He has 12 goals this season with 149 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 8%. He has a total of 21 assists on the season and averages 17 minutes played per game. Mats Zuccarello has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 17% by scoring 18 goals on 106 shots. He has 20 assists giving him a total of 38 points on the season. Henrik Lundqvist has 25 wins and 14 losses this season in net for the Rangers. He has had 1306 shots against him and has given up 104 goals. He has made 1202 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

The Devils have 59 total points this season. They have scored 119 goals while giving up 120 goals. They have had 167 power play opportunities and have scored 33 goals on those chances for a percentage of 20%. The Devils have allowed 168 power play opportunities and given up 30 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 82%. They average 24 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.21% for the season to this point. They allow 29 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 92%.

The Rangers have a total of 63 points on the season. They have 24 power play goals on 146 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 16%. They have allowed 160 power play opportunities and have given up 35 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 78%. As a team, the Devils have a total of 148 goals scored while they've given up 134 goals to this point. They average 29 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.69%. As a team they give up 30 shots per game and have a save percentage of 91%.

New Jersey has a Corsi percentage of 46.1% as they've attempted 2,127 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 2,490 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 46.5% as they have 1,645 attempts while they've given up 1,890 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 1,303 face off wins compared to 1,486 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 46.7%. On defense New Jersey has 1,139 hits and they've blocked 600 shots from the opposition.

New York has attempted 2,564 shots at full strength and they've given up 2,756 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 48.2% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 49.2% as they have 1,937 shots while they've given up 2,000 attempts on defense. The Rangers have an offensive zone percentage of 51.4% and their defensive zone percentage is 48.6% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 50% as they've compiled 1,381 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,383 face off losses. On defense New York has blocked 756 shot attempts and they have 1,292 hits as a unit.

New Jersey Devils Betting Trends

The New Jersey Devils are 26-27 straight up

The New Jersey Devils are 15-23-15 against the over/under

New York Rangers Betting Trends

The New York Rangers are 28-23 straight up

The New York Rangers are 23-20-9 against the over/under

New Jersey Devils Injuries

12/29/15 LW Patrik Elias Knee out indefinitely
02/06/16 LW Michael Cammalleri Hand "?" Monday vs New York Rangers
01/23/16 C Jiri Tlusty Wrist out for season
01/18/16 D Jon Merrill Arm out indefinitely

New York Rangers Injuries

02/07/16 LW Rick Nash Knee doubtful Monday vs. New Jersey
02/06/16 D Ryan McDonagh Upper Body "?" Monday vs New Jersey

Guy's Pick: Take New York

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