Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Madison Square Garden

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The Dallas Stars travel to Madison Square Garden to play the New York Rangers on Tuesday, January 17, 2017. The opening line for this game has the Stars at +138 and the Rangers at -172. The over/under has been set at 6.

Dallas comes into this matchup having played 44 games. They have an overall record of 18-18-8 and on the road they have a record of 6-11-4. Currently they are 5th in the Central Division. They've scored 118 goals and given up 134 goals for a point differential of -16. The Stars have an overall record of 5-4-1 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 18-26 and an over/under record of 21-23-0. New York shows up with a record of 28-15-1 including 13-8-1 at home this season. They are 4th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 152 goals and surrendered 116 for a goal differential of +36. The Rangers have a record of 5-5-0 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 26-16 while their over/under record sits at 24-15-5.

Jason Spezza has accumulated 27 total points this season for the Stars. He has 7 goals this season with 84 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 8%. He has a total of 20 assists on the season and averages 16 minutes played per game. Tyler Seguin has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 10% by scoring 16 goals on 156 shots. He has 27 assists giving him a total of 43 points on the season. Kari Lehtonen has 9 wins and 11 losses this season in net for the Stars. He has had 678 shots against him and has given up 69 goals. He has made 609 saves for a save percentage of 90%.

J.T. Miller has accumulated 32 total points this season for the Rangers. He has 14 goals this season with 79 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 18%. He has a total of 18 assists on the season and averages 16 minutes played per game. Kevin Hayes has averaged 17 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 17% by scoring 13 goals on 78 shots. He has 20 assists giving him a total of 33 points on the season. Henrik Lundqvist has 18 wins and 11 losses this season in net for the Rangers. He has had 837 shots against him and has given up 78 goals. He has made 759 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

The Stars have 44 total points this season. They have scored 118 goals while giving up 134 goals. They have had 153 power play opportunities and have scored 26 goals on those chances for a percentage of 17%. The Stars have allowed 149 power play opportunities and given up 37 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 75%. They average 30 shots per game and as a team are shooting 8.95% for the season to this point. They allow 30 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 90%.

The Rangers have a total of 57 points on the season. They have 30 power play goals on 134 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 22%. They have allowed 124 power play opportunities and have given up 22 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 82%. As a team, the Stars have a total of 152 goals scored while they've given up 116 goals to this point. They average 29 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 11.74%. As a team they give up 29 shots per game and have a save percentage of 91%.

Dallas has a Corsi percentage of 49.6% as they've attempted 2,583 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 2,623 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 50.4% as they have 1,936 attempts while they've given up 1,903 shots on the defensive end. The Stars start possessions in the offensive zone 47% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 53% for the season. They have 1,380 face off wins compared to 1,412 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 49.4%. On defense Dallas has 875 hits and they've blocked 720 shots from the opposition.

New York has attempted 2,396 shots at full strength and they've given up 2,484 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 49.1% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 50.5% as they have 1,813 shots while they've given up 1,775 attempts on defense. The Rangers have an offensive zone percentage of 47.5% and their defensive zone percentage is 52.5% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 47.4% as they've compiled 1,213 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,345 face off losses. On defense New York has blocked 709 shot attempts and they have 912 hits as a unit.

Dallas Stars Betting Trends

The Dallas Stars are 18-26 straight up

The Dallas Stars are 21-23-0 against the over/under

New York Rangers Betting Trends

The New York Rangers are 26-16 straight up

The New York Rangers are 24-15-5 against the over/under

Dallas Stars Injuries

12/07/16 D Julius Honka Wrist 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
01/12/17 D Jamie Oleksiak Hand out indefinitely

New York Rangers Injuries

11/20/16 C Mika Zibanejad Fibula expected to miss 6-8 weeks
01/15/17 GO Antti Raanta Lower Body injured last game, "?"
01/12/17 D Marc Staal Concussion out indefinitely
01/03/17 LW Matt Puempel Concussion out indefinitely

Guy's Pick: Take New York -172

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