Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Pepsi Center

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The Vancouver Canucks travel to Pepsi Center to play the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday, February 9, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Canucks at +124 and the Avalanche at -137. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Vancouver comes into this matchup having played 52 games. They have an overall record of 20-20-12 and on the road they have a record of 11-10-7. Currently they are 5th in the Pacific Division. They've scored 124 goals and given up 145 goals for a point differential of -21. The Canucks have 12 overtime losses including 3 of them in a shootout. In the past 10 games they have an overall record of 4-4-2. For the season they have an ATS record of 20-32 and an over/under record of 17-21-14. Colorado shows up with a record of 27-24-4 including 12-12-4 at home this season. They are 5th in the Central Division. They've scored 149 goals and surrendered 152 for a goal differential of -3. The Avalanche have 4 losses in OT and 0 of them occurred in a shootout. They have a record of 5-4-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 27-28 while their over/under record sits at 26-28-1.

Daniel Sedin has accumulated 44 total points this season for the Canucks. He has 21 goals this season with 180 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 12%. He has a total of 23 assists on the season and averages 18 minutes played per game. Henrik Sedin has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 16% by scoring 9 goals on 57 shots. He has 28 assists giving him a total of 37 points on the season. Ryan Miller has 11 wins and 15 losses this season in net for the Canucks. He has had 1076 shots against him and has given up 92 goals. He has made 984 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

Gabriel Landeskog has accumulated 36 total points this season for the Avalanche. He has 14 goals this season with 113 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 12%. He has a total of 22 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Nathan MacKinnon has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 10% by scoring 18 goals on 181 shots. He has 25 assists giving him a total of 43 points on the season. Semyon Varlamov has 19 wins and 13 losses this season in net for the Avalanche. He has had 1083 shots against him and has given up 90 goals. He has made 993 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

The Canucks have 52 total points this season. They have scored 120 goals while giving up 142 goals. They have had 159 power play opportunities and have scored 27 goals on those chances for a percentage of 17%. The Canucks have allowed 164 power play opportunities and given up 32 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 80%. They average 29 shots per game and as a team are shooting 7.96% for the season to this point. They allow 31 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.

The Avalanche have a total of 58 points on the season. They have 36 power play goals on 184 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 20%. They have allowed 175 power play opportunities and have given up 36 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 79%. As a team, the Canucks have a total of 148 goals scored while they've given up 152 goals to this point. They average 28 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.55%. As a team they give up 32 shots per game and have a save percentage of 91%.

Vancouver has a Corsi percentage of 47.4% as they've attempted 2,499 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 2,778 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 47.6% as they have 1,925 attempts while they've given up 2,123 shots on the defensive end. The Canucks start possessions in the offensive zone 50.3% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 49.7% for the season. They have 1,347 face off wins compared to 1,615 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 45.5%. On defense Vancouver has 926 hits and they've blocked 655 shots from the opposition.

Colorado has attempted 2,581 shots at full strength and they've given up 3,113 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 45.3% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 46.6% as they have 1,970 shots while they've given up 2,253 attempts on defense. The Avalanche have an offensive zone percentage of 48.6% and their defensive zone percentage is 51.4% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 49.4% as they've compiled 1,466 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,499 face off losses. On defense Colorado has blocked 860 shot attempts and they have 1,179 hits as a unit.

Vancouver Canucks Betting Trends

The Vancouver Canucks are 20-32 straight up

The Vancouver Canucks are 17-21-14 against the over/under

Colorado Avalanche Betting Trends

The Colorado Avalanche are 27-28 straight up

The Colorado Avalanche are 26-28-1 against the over/under

Vancouver Canucks Injuries

No key injuries to report

Colorado Avalanche Injuries

12/30/15 D Brad Stuart Back out indefinitely
12/26/15 GO Reto Berra Ankle out indefinitely
10/06/15 C Jesse Winchester Concussion out indefinitely
02/06/16 RW Jack Skille Concussion "?" Tuesday vs Vancouver

Josh's Pick: Take Vancouver

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