Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Honda Center

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The New York Rangers travel to Honda Center to play the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday, March 16, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Rangers at +131 and the Ducks at -145. The over/under has been set at 5.

New York comes into this matchup having played 69 games. They have an overall record of 39-23-7 and on the road they have a record of 16-15-4. Currently they are 2nd in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 197 goals and given up 181 goals for a point differential of +16. The Rangers have 7 overtime losses including 2 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 38-30 and an over/under record of 30-27-12. Anaheim shows up with a record of 38-21-9 including 22-8-5 at home this season. They are 2nd in the Pacific Division. They've scored 174 goals and surrendered 160 for a goal differential of +14. The Ducks have 9 losses in OT and 4 of them occurred in a shootout. They have a record of 7-2-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 37-30 while their over/under record sits at 27-27-14.

Derick Brassard has accumulated 51 total points this season for the Rangers. He has 25 goals this season with 154 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 16%. He has a total of 26 assists on the season and averages 18 minutes played per game. Mats Zuccarello has averaged 0 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 0% by scoring 22 goals on 145 shots. He has 31 assists giving him a total of 53 points on the season. Henrik Lundqvist has 31 wins and 18 losses this season in net for the Rangers. He has had 1,637 shots against him and has given up 127 goals. He has made 1,510 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Corey Perry has accumulated 50 total points this season for the Ducks. He has 29 goals this season with 184 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 16%. He has a total of 21 assists on the season and averages 18 minutes played per game. Ryan Getzlaf has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 8% by scoring 11 goals on 137 shots. He has 42 assists giving him a total of 53 points on the season. Frederik Andersen has 19 wins and 9 losses this season in net for the Ducks. He has had 960 shots against him and has given up 76 goals. He has made 884 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

The Rangers have 85 total points this season. They have scored 194 goals while giving up 179 goals. They have had 188 power play opportunities and have scored 35 goals on those chances for a percentage of 19%. The Rangers have allowed 206 power play opportunities and given up 47 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 77%. They average 29 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.81% for the season to this point. They allow 30 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.

The Ducks have a total of 85 points on the season. They have 48 power play goals on 207 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 23%. They have allowed 244 power play opportunities and have given up 32 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 87%. As a team, the Rangers have a total of 171 goals scored while they've given up 156 goals to this point. They average 31 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 8.23%. As a team they give up 27 shots per game and have a save percentage of 92%.

New York has a Corsi percentage of 47.7% as they've attempted 3,658 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 4,018 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 48.6% as they have 2,752 attempts while they've given up 2,913 shots on the defensive end. The Rangers start possessions in the offensive zone 50.8% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 49.2% for the season. They have 1,947 face off wins compared to 2,000 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 49.3%. On defense New York has 1,846 hits and they've blocked 1,105 shots from the opposition.

Anaheim has attempted 3,969 shots at full strength and they've given up 3,616 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 52.3% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 52.9% as they have 2,976 shots while they've given up 2,646 attempts on defense. The Ducks have an offensive zone percentage of 50.1% and their defensive zone percentage is 49.9% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 51.6% as they've compiled 2,066 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,939 face off losses. On defense Anaheim has blocked 970 shot attempts and they have 1,837 hits as a unit.

New York Rangers Betting Trends

The New York Rangers are 38-30 straight up

The New York Rangers are 30-27-12 against the over/under

Anaheim Ducks Betting Trends

The Anaheim Ducks are 37-30 straight up

The Anaheim Ducks are 27-27-14 against the over/under

New York Rangers Injuries

03/13/16 LW Tanner Glass Upper Body "?" Wednesday vs Anaheim
03/08/16 D Dylan McIlrath Knee expected to miss 2 weeks

Anaheim Ducks Injuries

10/29/15 LW Kenton Helgesen Foot out indefinitely
03/14/16 C Brandon Pirri Ankle "?" Wednesday vs NY Rangers
03/14/16 D Kevin Bieksa Upper Body "?" Wednesday vs NY Rangers
03/14/16 C Nate Thompson Lower Body "?" Wednesday vs NY Rangers
03/14/16 D Sami Vatanen Upper Body "?" Wednesday vs NY Rangers
02/12/16 RW Chris Stewart Jaw out indefinitely

Tony's Pick: Take Anaheim

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