Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Pepsi Center

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The Carolina Hurricanes head to Pepsi Center to take on the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday, March 7, 2017. The opening line for this contest has the Hurricanes at -139 and the Avalanche at +126. The over/under has been set at 5.

Carolina comes into this game having played 62 games. They have an overall record of 26-26-10 and away from home they have a record of 8-16-8. The currently are 7th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 155 goals and surrendered 180 goals for a point differential of -25. The Hurricanes have an overall record of 2-5-3 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 24-36 and an over/under record of 25-28-9. Colorado shows up with a record of 17-44-3 including 8-21-2 at home this season. They are 7th in the Central Division. They've scored 123 goals and surrendered 214 for a goal differential of -91. The Avalanche have a record of 2-7-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 17-47 while their over/under record sits at 25-29-10.

Jeff Skinner has accumulated 41 total points this season for the Hurricanes. He has 20 goals this season with 202 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 10%. He has a total of 21 assists on the season and averages 17.6 minutes played per game. Victor Rask has averaged 17.6 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 10% by scoring 14 goals on 144 shots. He has 23 assists giving him a total of 37 points on the season. Cam Ward has 21 wins and 20 losses this season in net for the Hurricanes. He has had 1,359 shots against him and has given up 130 goals. He has made 1,229 saves for a save percentage of 90%.

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Nathan MacKinnon has accumulated 42 total points this season for the Avalanche. He has 12 goals this season with 200 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 6%. He has a total of 30 assists on the season and averages 20.1 minutes played per game. Matt Duchene has averaged 18.6 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 12% by scoring 16 goals on 134 shots. He has 20 assists giving him a total of 36 points on the season. Calvin Pickard has 10 wins and 21 losses this season in net for the Avalanche. He has had 1,048 shots against him and has given up 97 goals. He has made 951 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

The Hurricanes have 62 total points this season. They have scored 155 goals while giving up 180 goals. They have had 178 power play opportunities and have scored 30 goals on those chances for a percentage of 17%. The Hurricanes have allowed 160 power play opportunities and given up 23 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 86%. They average 30 shots per game and as a team are shooting 8.25% for the season to this point. They allow 28 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 90%.

The Avalanche have a total of 37 points on the season. They have 25 power play goals on 191 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 13%. They have allowed 230 power play opportunities and have given up 51 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 78%. As a team, the Hurricanes have a total of 123 goals scored while they've given up 214 goals to this point. They average 28 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 6.84%. As a team they give up 32 shots per game and have a save percentage of 90%.

Carolina has a Corsi percentage of 52.6% as they've attempted 3,617 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,264 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 52% as they have 2,650 attempts while they've given up 2,447 shots on the defensive end. The Hurricanes start possessions in the offensive zone 57.4% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 42.6% for the season. They have 1,840 face off wins compared to 1,664 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 52.5%. On defense has 1,155 hits and they've blocked 817 shots from the opposition.

Colorado has attempted 3,340 shots at full strength and they've given up 3,634 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 47.9% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 47.3% as they have 2,500 shots while they've given up 2,780 attempts on defense. The Avalanche have an offensive zone percentage of 48.9% and their defensive zone percentage is 51.1% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 53.3% as they've compiled 2,058 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,805 face off losses. On defense has blocked 854 shot attempts and they have 1,386 hits as a unit.

Carolina Hurricanes Betting Trends

The Carolina Hurricanes are 24-36 straight up

The Carolina Hurricanes are 25-28-9 against the over/under

Colorado Avalanche Betting Trends

The Colorado Avalanche are 17-47 straight up

The Colorado Avalanche are 25-29-10 against the over/under

Carolina Hurricanes Injuries

11/11/16 LW Bryan Bickell Illness out indefinitely
03/06/17 LW Brock McGinn Upper Body missed last game, "?" Tuesday vs. Colorado

Colorado Avalanche Injuries

02/20/17 D Nikita Zadorov Ankle out for season
01/26/17 GO Semyon Varlamov Hip out for season

Guy's Pick: Take Carolina -139

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