Saturday, November 12, 2016

Scotiabank Saddledome

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The New York Rangers travel to Scotiabank Saddledome to play the Calgary Flames on Saturday, November 12, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Rangers at -130 and the Flames at +118. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

New York comes into this matchup having played 14 games. They have an overall record of 10-4-0 and on the road they have a record of 2-2-0. Currently they are 1st in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 58 goals and given up 34 goals for a point differential of +24. The Rangers have an overall record of 8-2-0 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 10-4 and an over/under record of 9-4-1. Calgary shows up with a record of 5-9-1 including 2-5-0 at home this season. They are 6th in the Pacific Division. They've scored 38 goals and surrendered 55 for a goal differential of -17. The Flames have a record of 4-6-0 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 4-10 while their over/under record sits at 8-7-0.

Mika Zibanejad has accumulated 10 total points this season for the Rangers. He has 3 goals this season with 38 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 8%. He has a total of 7 assists on the season and averages 17 minutes played per game. Mats Zuccarello has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 19% by scoring 6 goals on 31 shots. He has 3 assists giving him a total of 9 points on the season. Henrik Lundqvist has 7 wins and 4 losses this season in net for the Rangers. He has had 262 shots against him and has given up 24 goals. He has made 238 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

Troy Brouwer has accumulated 7 total points this season for the Flames. He has 4 goals this season with 24 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 17%. He has a total of 3 assists on the season and averages 17 minutes played per game. Michael Frolik has averaged 16 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 15% by scoring 5 goals on 34 shots. He has 5 assists giving him a total of 10 points on the season. Brian Elliott has 3 wins and 7 losses this season in net for the Flames. He has had 286 shots against him and has given up 33 goals. He has made 253 saves for a save percentage of 89%.

The Rangers have 20 total points this season. They have scored 58 goals while giving up 34 goals. They have had 49 power play opportunities and have scored 11 goals on those chances for a percentage of 22%. The Rangers have allowed 38 power play opportunities and given up 6 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 84%. They average 30 shots per game and as a team are shooting 14.01% for the season to this point. They allow 27 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.

The Flames have a total of 11 points on the season. They have 4 power play goals on 50 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 8%. They have allowed 61 power play opportunities and have given up 17 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 72%. As a team, the Rangers have a total of 38 goals scored while they've given up 55 goals to this point. They average 28 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 8.90%. As a team they give up 28 shots per game and have a save percentage of 89%.

New York has a Corsi percentage of 51.3% as they've attempted 775 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 736 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 52.7% as they have 590 attempts while they've given up 529 shots on the defensive end. The Rangers start possessions in the offensive zone 49.2% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 50.8% for the season. They have 418 face off wins compared to 422 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 49.8%. On defense New York has 274 hits and they've blocked 207 shots from the opposition.

Calgary has attempted 789 shots at full strength and they've given up 835 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 48.6% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 49% as they have 591 shots while they've given up 615 attempts on defense. The Flames have an offensive zone percentage of 48.8% and their defensive zone percentage is 51.2% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 50.5% as they've compiled 470 face off wins this season and they have suffered 461 face off losses. On defense Calgary has blocked 220 shot attempts and they have 325 hits as a unit.

New York Rangers Betting Trends

The New York Rangers are 10-4 straight up

The New York Rangers are 9-4-1 against the over/under

Calgary Flames Betting Trends

The Calgary Flames are 4-10 straight up

The Calgary Flames are 8-7-0 against the over/under

New York Rangers Injuries

10/27/16 RW Josh Jooris Shoulder out indefinitely

Calgary Flames Injuries

11/10/16 LW Matthew Tkachuk Wrist "?" Saturday vs. NY Rangers
11/06/16 RW Kris Versteeg Groin "?" Saturday vs. NY Rangers
11/06/16 C Lance Bouma Shoulder out indefinitely
10/09/16 D Ladislav Smid Neck out for season

Guy's Pick: Take Calgary +118

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