Friday, November 25, 2016

American Airlines Center

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The Vancouver Canucks travel to American Airlines Center to play the Dallas Stars on Friday, November 25, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Canucks at +140 and the Stars at -155. 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. Dallas shows up with a record of 8-8-5 including 5-3-2 at home this season. They are 5th in the Central Division. They've scored 55 goals and surrendered 71 for a goal differential of -16. The Stars have a record of 4-3-3 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 8-13 while their over/under record sits at 10-11-0.

Henrik Sedin has accumulated 12 total points this season for the Canucks. He has 5 goals this season with 25 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 20%. 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 11% by scoring 6 goals on 54 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%.

Tyler Seguin has accumulated 22 total points this season for the Stars. He has 7 goals this season with 71 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 10%. He has a total of 15 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Jamie Benn has averaged 20 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 12% by scoring 6 goals on 52 shots. He has 10 assists giving him a total of 16 points on the season. Kari Lehtonen has 4 wins and 5 losses this season in net for the Stars. He has had 316 shots against him and has given up 35 goals. He has made 281 saves for a save percentage of 89%.

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 Stars have a total of 21 points on the season. They have 15 power play goals on 82 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 18%. They have allowed 73 power play opportunities and have given up 16 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 78%. As a team, the Canucks have a total of 55 goals scored while they've given up 71 goals to this point. They average 29 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 8.97%. As a team they give up 31 shots per game and have a save percentage of 89%.

Vancouver has a Corsi percentage of 51.3% as they've attempted 1,040 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 986 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 50.7% as they have 758 attempts while they've given up 737 shots on the defensive end. The Canucks start possessions in the offensive zone 54.8% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 45.2% for the season. They have 611 face off wins compared to 577 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 51.4%. On defense Vancouver has 372 hits and they've blocked 249 shots from the opposition.

Dallas has attempted 1,145 shots at full strength and they've given up 1,227 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 48.3% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 48.7% as they have 849 shots while they've given up 894 attempts on defense. The Stars have an offensive zone percentage of 44.3% and their defensive zone percentage is 55.7% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 49.5% as they've compiled 651 face off wins this season and they have suffered 665 face off losses. On defense Dallas has blocked 333 shot attempts and they have 390 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

Dallas Stars Betting Trends

The Dallas Stars are 8-13 straight up

The Dallas Stars are 10-11-0 against the over/under

Vancouver Canucks Injuries

11/23/16 RW Derek Dorsett Undisclosed 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

Dallas Stars Injuries

11/21/16 D Johnny Oduya Lower Body out indefinitely
11/16/16 RW Jiri Hudler Illness out indefinitely
11/01/16 C Mattias Janmark Knee expected to miss 5-6 months
10/31/16 RW Ales Hemsky Hip expected to miss 5-6 months

Josh's Pick: Take Vancouver +140

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