Saturday, November 26, 2016

Pepsi Center

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The Vancouver Canucks travel to Pepsi Center to play the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday, November 26, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Canucks at +144 and the Avalanche at -160. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Vancouver comes into this matchup having played 20 games. They have an overall record of 8-10-2 and on the road they have a record of 2-6-1. Currently they are 6th in the Pacific Division. They've scored 45 goals and given up 62 goals for a point differential of -17. The Canucks have an overall record of 4-5-1 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 7-12 and an over/under record of 10-8-2. Colorado shows up with a record of 9-10-0 including 4-5-0 at home this season. They are 7th in the Central Division. They've scored 42 goals and surrendered 55 for a goal differential of -13. The Avalanche have a record of 5-5-0 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 9-10 while their over/under record sits at 7-10-2.

Henrik Sedin has accumulated 12 total points this season for the Canucks. He has 5 goals this season with 26 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 19%. He has a total of 7 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Daniel Sedin has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 10% by scoring 6 goals on 58 shots. He has 7 assists giving him a total of 13 points on the season. Jacob Markstrom has 5 wins and 3 losses this season in net for the Canucks. He has had 281 shots against him and has given up 29 goals. He has made 252 saves for a save percentage of 90%.

Gabriel Landeskog has accumulated 8 total points this season for the Avalanche. He has 4 goals this season with 32 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 13%. He has a total of 4 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Matt Duchene has averaged 18 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 19% by scoring 7 goals on 36 shots. He has 5 assists giving him a total of 12 points on the season. Semyon Varlamov has 5 wins and 9 losses this season in net for the Avalanche. He has had 436 shots against him and has given up 42 goals. He has made 394 saves for a save percentage of 90%.

The Canucks have 18 total points this season. They have scored 45 goals while giving up 62 goals. They have had 59 power play opportunities and have scored 7 goals on those chances for a percentage of 12%. The Canucks have allowed 56 power play opportunities and given up 9 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 84%. They average 29 shots per game and as a team are shooting 7.69% for the season to this point. They allow 29 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 89%.

The Avalanche have a total of 18 points on the season. They have 10 power play goals on 60 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 17%. They have allowed 78 power play opportunities and have given up 17 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 78%. As a team, the Canucks have a total of 42 goals scored while they've given up 55 goals to this point. They average 29 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 7.59%. As a team they give up 31 shots per game and have a save percentage of 91%.

Vancouver has a Corsi percentage of 50.7% as they've attempted 1,086 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 1,055 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 50% as they have 796 attempts while they've given up 795 shots on the defensive end. The Canucks start possessions in the offensive zone 53.9% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 46.1% for the season. They have 646 face off wins compared to 604 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 51.7%. On defense Vancouver has 395 hits and they've blocked 260 shots from the opposition.

Colorado has attempted 1,002 shots at full strength and they've given up 1,077 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 48.2% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 48.8% as they have 746 shots while they've given up 783 attempts on defense. The Avalanche have an offensive zone percentage of 49% and their defensive zone percentage is 51% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 51.8% as they've compiled 611 face off wins this season and they have suffered 568 face off losses. On defense Colorado has blocked 294 shot attempts and they have 430 hits as a unit.

Vancouver Canucks Betting Trends

The Vancouver Canucks are 7-12 straight up

The Vancouver Canucks are 10-8-2 against the over/under

Colorado Avalanche Betting Trends

The Colorado Avalanche are 9-10 straight up

The Colorado Avalanche are 7-10-2 against the over/under

Vancouver Canucks Injuries

11/23/16 RW Derek Dorsett Upper Body out indefinitely
11/08/16 D Christopher Tanev Foot out indefinitely
11/06/16 RW Jannik Hansen Ribs expected to miss 4-6 weeks
10/29/16 C Jayson Megna Shoulder expected to miss 2 weeks
10/18/16 RW Anton Rodin Knee out indefinitely

Colorado Avalanche Injuries

11/23/16 LW Gabriel Landeskog Lower Body "?" Saturday vs Vancouver

Tony's Pick: Take Colorado -160

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