Saturday, October 22, 2016

Staples Center

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The Vancouver Canucks travel to Staples Center to play the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday, October 22, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Canucks at +215 and the Kings at +104. The over/under has been set at 5.

Vancouver comes into this matchup having played 4 games. They have an overall record of 4-0-0. Currently they are 1st in the Pacific Division. They've scored 10 goals and given up 6 goals for a point differential of +4. For the season they have an ATS record of 3-0 and an over/under record of 1-3-0. Los Angeles shows up with a record of 1-3-0 including 0-1-0 at home this season. They are 7th in the Pacific Division. They've scored 10 goals and surrendered 15 for a goal differential of -5. Their record against the spread is 1-3 while their over/under record sits at 3-1-0.

Daniel Sedin has accumulated 3 total points this season for the Canucks. He has 2 goals this season with 12 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 17%. He has a total of 1 assist on the season and averages 20 minutes played per game. Brandon Sutter has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 7% by scoring 1 goal on 15 shots. He has 3 assists giving him a total of 4 points on the season. Jacob Markstrom has 3 wins and no losses this season in net for the Canucks. He has had 73 shots against him and has given up 5 goals. He has made 68 saves for a save percentage of 93%.

Anze Kopitar has accumulated 3 total points this season for the Kings. He has 1 goal this season with 12 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 8%. He has a total of 2 assists on the season and averages 22 minutes played per game. Jeff Carter has averaged 18 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 13% by scoring 1 goal on 8 shots. He has 3 assists giving him a total of 4 points on the season. Jeff Zatkoff has no wins and 3 losses this season in net for the Kings. He has had 62 shots against him and has given up 10 goals. He has made 52 saves for a save percentage of 84%.

The Canucks have 8 total points this season. They have scored 10 goals while giving up 6 goals. They have had 15 power play opportunities and have scored 1 goal on those chances for a percentage of 7%. The Canucks have allowed 12 power play opportunities and given up 1 goal on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 92%. They average 27 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.26% for the season to this point. They allow 25 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 95%.

The Kings have a total of 2 points on the season. They have 2 power play goals on 14 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 14%. They have allowed 13 power play opportunities and have given up 3 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 77%. As a team, the Canucks have a total of 10 goals scored while they've given up 15 goals to this point. They average 29 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 8.62%. As a team they give up 27 shots per game and have a save percentage of 87%.

Vancouver has a Corsi percentage of 55.1% as they've attempted 211 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 172 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 54.3% as they have 152 attempts while they've given up 128 shots on the defensive end. The Canucks start possessions in the offensive zone 55.7% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 44.3% for the season. They have 116 face off wins compared to 122 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 48.7%. On defense Vancouver has 53 hits and they've blocked 44 shots from the opposition.

Los Angeles has attempted 261 shots at full strength and they've given up 204 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 56.1% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 54.4% as they have 179 shots while they've given up 150 attempts on defense. The Kings have an offensive zone percentage of 53.1% and their defensive zone percentage is 46.9% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 50.9% as they've compiled 135 face off wins this season and they have suffered 130 face off losses. On defense Los Angeles has blocked 54 shot attempts and they have 113 hits as a unit.

Vancouver Canucks Betting Trends

The Vancouver Canucks are 3-0 straight up

The Vancouver Canucks are 1-3-0 against the over/under

Los Angeles Kings Betting Trends

The Los Angeles Kings are 1-3 straight up

The Los Angeles Kings are 3-1-0 against the over/under

Vancouver Canucks Injuries

10/18/16 RW Anton Rodin Knee expected to miss 5-7 days

Los Angeles Kings Injuries

10/13/16 GO Jonathan Quick Groin out 3-4 months
10/09/16 RW Marian Gaborik Foot out indefinitely

Tony's Pick: Take Los Angeles

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