Saturday, December 17, 2016

Canadian Tire Centre

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The New Jersey Devils head to Canadian Tire Centre to take on the Ottawa Senators on Saturday, December 17, 2016. The opening line for this matchup has the Devils at +131 and the Senators at -145. The over/under is 5.

New Jersey comes into this game having played 29 contests. They have an overall record of 12-11-6 and away from home they have a record of 4-10-4. Currently they are 7th in the Metropolitan Division. They've tallied 71 goals and surrendered 87 goals for a point differential of -16. The Devils have an overall record of 2-5-3 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 10-17 and an over/under record of 11-8-10. Ottawa comes into this game with a record of 16-11-3 including 9-5-3 at home this season. They are 2nd in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 73 goals and surrendered 82 for a goal differential of -9. The Senators have a record of 4-4-2 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 13-14 while their over/under record sits at 12-16-2.

Damon Severson has accumulated 15 total points this season for the Devils. He has 3 goals this season with 46 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 7%. He has a total of 12 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 13% by scoring 8 goals on 60 shots. He has 14 assists giving him a total of 22 points on the season. Cory Schneider has 9 wins and 9 losses this season in net for the Devils. He has had 677 shots against him and has given up 64 goals. He has made 613 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

Erik Karlsson has accumulated 28 total points this season for the Senators. He has 7 goals this season with 76 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 9%. He has a total of 21 assists on the season and averages 27 minutes played per game. Kyle Turris has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 20% by scoring 12 goals on 59 shots. He has 8 assists giving him a total of 20 points on the season. Craig Anderson has 12 wins and 6 losses this season in net for the Senators. He has had 615 shots against him and has given up 47 goals. He has made 568 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

The Devils have 30 total points this season. They have scored 71 goals while giving up 87 goals. They have had 93 power play opportunities and have scored 14 goals on those chances for a percentage of 15%. The Devils have allowed 94 power play opportunities and given up 16 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 83%. They average 28 shots per game and as a team are shooting 8.66% for the season to this point. They allow 32 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.

The Senators have a total of 35 points on the season. They have 16 power play goals on 98 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 16%. They have allowed 104 power play opportunities and have given up 19 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 82%. As a team, the Devils have a total of 73 goals scored while they've given up 82 goals to this point. They average 29 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 8.44%. As a team they give up 31 shots per game and have a save percentage of 91%.

New Jersey has a Corsi percentage of 47% as they've attempted 1,456 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 1,643 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 46.6% as they have 1,113 attempts while they've given up 1,274 shots on the defensive end. The Devils start possessions in the offensive zone 49% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 51% for the season. They have 890 face off wins compared to 899 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 49.7%. On defense New Jersey has 604 hits and they've blocked 369 shots from the opposition.

Ottawa has attempted 1,615 shots at full strength and they've given up 1,811 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 47.1% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 47.7% as they have 1,179 shots while they've given up 1,291 attempts on defense. The Senators have an offensive zone percentage of 51.7% and their defensive zone percentage is 48.3% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 49.8% as they've compiled 935 face off wins this season and they have suffered 942 face off losses. On defense Ottawa has blocked 520 shot attempts and they have 793 hits as a unit.

New Jersey Devils Betting Trends

The New Jersey Devils are 10-17 straight up

The New Jersey Devils are 11-8-10 against the over/under

Ottawa Senators Betting Trends

The Ottawa Senators are 13-14 straight up

The Ottawa Senators are 12-16-2 against the over/under

New Jersey Devils Injuries

10/10/16 D Luke Gazdic Foot out indefinitely

Ottawa Senators Injuries

12/14/16 LW Mike Hoffman Possible Suspension "?" Saturday vs New Jersey
12/13/16 GO Craig Anderson Personal is downgraded to out indefinitely
12/11/16 D Mark Borowiecki Suspension expected to miss 2 games
10/09/16 LW Clarke MacArthur Concussion out indefinitely

Tony's Pick: Take New Jersey +131

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