Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

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The Columbus Blue Jackets travel to Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum to play the New York Islanders on Tuesday, January 24, 2017. The opening line for this game has the Blue Jackets at -135 and the Islanders at +122. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Columbus comes into this matchup having played 46 games. They have an overall record of 32-10-4 and on the road they have a record of 14-5-3. Currently they are 2nd in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 155 goals and given up 106 goals for a point differential of +49. The Blue Jackets have an overall record of 5-5-0 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 30-14 and an over/under record of 17-25-4. New York shows up with a record of 19-17-9 including 13-8-5 at home this season. They are 8th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 129 goals and surrendered 133 for a goal differential of -4. The Islanders have a record of 5-2-3 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 18-26 while their over/under record sits at 23-18-4.

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Zach Werenski has accumulated 27 total points this season for the Blue Jackets. He has 7 goals this season with 116 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 6%. He has a total of 20 assists on the season and averages 21 minutes played per game. Cam Atkinson has averaged 18 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 17% by scoring 23 goals on 137 shots. He has 22 assists giving him a total of 45 points on the season. Sergei Bobrovsky has 28 wins and 7 losses this season in net for the Blue Jackets. He has had 1,050 shots against him and has given up 71 goals. He has made 979 saves for a save percentage of 93%.

John Tavares has accumulated 36 total points this season for the Islanders. He has 19 goals this season with 145 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 13%. He has a total of 17 assists on the season and averages 20 minutes played per game. Josh Bailey has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 6% by scoring 6 goals on 95 shots. He has 24 assists giving him a total of 30 points on the season. Jaroslav Halak has 6 wins and 8 losses this season in net for the Islanders. He has had 669 shots against him and has given up 64 goals. He has made 605 saves for a save percentage of 90%.

The Blue Jackets have 68 total points this season. They have scored 155 goals while giving up 106 goals. They have had 140 power play opportunities and have scored 35 goals on those chances for a percentage of 25%. The Blue Jackets have allowed 133 power play opportunities and given up 22 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 83%. They average 30 shots per game and as a team are shooting 11.09% for the season to this point. They allow 30 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 92%.

The Islanders have a total of 47 points on the season. They have 19 power play goals on 132 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 14%. They have allowed 138 power play opportunities and have given up 26 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 81%. As a team, the Blue Jackets have a total of 129 goals scored while they've given up 133 goals to this point. They average 30 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.44%. As a team they give up 33 shots per game and have a save percentage of 91%.

Columbus has a Corsi percentage of 49.5% as they've attempted 2,551 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 2,603 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 49.9% as they have 1,923 attempts while they've given up 1,933 shots on the defensive end. The Blue Jackets start possessions in the offensive zone 50.2% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 49.8% for the season. They have 1,336 face off wins compared to 1,464 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 47.7%. On defense Columbus has 872 hits and they've blocked 670 shots from the opposition.

New York has attempted 2,502 shots at full strength and they've given up 2,938 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 46% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 46.8% as they have 1,865 shots while they've given up 2,116 attempts on defense. The Islanders have an offensive zone percentage of 49.3% and their defensive zone percentage is 50.7% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 49% as they've compiled 1,304 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,359 face off losses. On defense New York has blocked 822 shot attempts and they have 1,132 hits as a unit.

Columbus Blue Jackets Betting Trends

The Columbus Blue Jackets are 30-14 straight up

The Columbus Blue Jackets are 17-25-4 against the over/under

New York Islanders Betting Trends

The New York Islanders are 18-26 straight up

The New York Islanders are 23-18-4 against the over/under

Columbus Blue Jackets Injuries

10/10/16 RW David Clarkson Back out indefinitely
01/22/17 D David Savard Back "?" Tuesday vs NY Islanders
01/20/17 D Markus Nutivaara Undisclosed out indefinitely

New York Islanders Injuries

10/10/16 C Mikhail Grabovski Concussion out indefinitely
01/18/17 LW Andrew Ladd Upper Body out indefinitely
01/10/17 D Travis Hamonic Knee out indefinitely

Josh's Pick: Take New York +122

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