Saturday, March 18, 2017

Joe Louis Arena

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The Colorado Avalanche travel to Joe Louis Arena to play the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday, March 18, 2017. The opening line for this game has the Avalanche at +155 and the Red Wings at -185. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Colorado comes into this matchup having played 69 games. They have an overall record of 20-46-3 and on the road they have a record of 9-24-1. Currently they are 7th in the Central Division. They've scored 134 goals and given up 223 goals for a point differential of -89. The Avalanche have an overall record of 4-6-0 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 20-49 and an over/under record of 26-32-11. Detroit shows up with a record of 27-31-11 including 13-15-5 at home this season. They are 8th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 172 goals and surrendered 209 for a goal differential of -37. The Red Wings have a record of 3-6-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 19-42 while their over/under record sits at 31-30-8.

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Matt Duchene has accumulated 37 total points this season for the Avalanche. He has 17 goals this season with 141 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 12%. He has a total of 20 assists on the season and averages 18.4 minutes played per game. Nathan MacKinnon has averaged 20.1 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 6% by scoring 14 goals on 219 shots. He has 30 assists giving him a total of 44 points on the season. Calvin Pickard has 13 wins and 23 losses this season in net for the Avalanche. He has had 1,195 shots against him and has given up 106 goals. He has made 1,089 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

Thomas Vanek has accumulated 44 total points this season for the Red Wings. He has 16 goals this season with 115 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 14%. He has a total of 28 assists on the season and averages 14.5 minutes played per game. Henrik Zetterberg has averaged 19.6 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 9% by scoring 15 goals on 162 shots. He has 42 assists giving him a total of 57 points on the season. Petr Mrazek has 16 wins and 19 losses this season in net for the Red Wings. He has had 1,252 shots against him and has given up 126 goals. He has made 1,126 saves for a save percentage of 90%.

The Avalanche have 43 total points this season. They have scored 134 goals while giving up 223 goals. They have had 207 power play opportunities and have scored 27 goals on those chances for a percentage of 13%. The Avalanche have allowed 240 power play opportunities and given up 52 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 78%. They average 28 shots per game and as a team are shooting 7.00% for the season to this point. They allow 32 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 90%.

The Red Wings have a total of 65 points on the season. They have 29 power play goals on 221 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 13%. They have allowed 204 power play opportunities and have given up 37 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 82%. As a team, the Avalanche have a total of 172 goals scored while they've given up 209 goals to this point. They average 28 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 8.83%. As a team they give up 30 shots per game and have a save percentage of 90%.

Colorado has a Corsi percentage of 48% as they've attempted 3,598 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,902 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 47.3% as they have 2,688 attempts while they've given up 2,989 shots on the defensive end. The Avalanche start possessions in the offensive zone 48.8% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 51.2% for the season. They have 2,225 face off wins compared to 1,920 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 53.7%. On defense has 1,460 hits and they've blocked 913 shots from the opposition.

Detroit has attempted 3,611 shots at full strength and they've given up 3,806 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 48.7% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 48.4% as they have 2,743 shots while they've given up 2,920 attempts on defense. The Red Wings have an offensive zone percentage of 52.3% and their defensive zone percentage is 47.7% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 52.2% as they've compiled 2,144 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,967 face off losses. On defense has blocked 886 shot attempts and they have 1,363 hits as a unit.

Colorado Avalanche Betting Trends

The Colorado Avalanche are 20-49 straight up

The Colorado Avalanche are 26-32-11 against the over/under

Detroit Red Wings Betting Trends

The Detroit Red Wings are 19-42 straight up

The Detroit Red Wings are 31-30-8 against the over/under

Colorado Avalanche Injuries

03/15/17 LW Matthew Nieto Knee "?" Saturday vs Detroit
02/20/17 D Nikita Zadorov Ankle out for season
01/26/17 GO Semyon Varlamov Hip out for season

Detroit Red Wings Injuries

10/15/15 C Johan Franzen Concussion out indefinitely
03/06/17 D Ryan Sproul Lower Body out indefinitely
02/10/17 D Jonathan Ericsson Wrist out for season

Guy's Pick: Take Detroit -185

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