Wednesday, March 8, 2017

TD Garden

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The Detroit Red Wings travel to TD Garden to play the Boston Bruins on Wednesday, March 8, 2017. The opening line for this game has the Red Wings at +231 and the Bruins at -260. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Detroit comes into this matchup having played 63 games. They have an overall record of 25-27-11 and on the road they have a record of 13-13-6. Currently they are 8th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 158 goals and given up 187 goals for a point differential of -29. The Red Wings have an overall record of 3-6-1 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 18-38 and an over/under record of 28-27-8. Boston shows up with a record of 34-26-6 including 17-14-0 at home this season. They are 3rd in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 182 goals and surrendered 174 for a goal differential of +8. The Bruins have a record of 7-3-0 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 32-32 while their over/under record sits at 31-28-7.

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Henrik Zetterberg has accumulated 51 total points this season for the Red Wings. He has 14 goals this season with 147 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 10%. He has a total of 37 assists on the season and averages 19.5 minutes played per game. Anthony Mantha has averaged 16.8 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 12% by scoring 14 goals on 113 shots. He has 19 assists giving him a total of 33 points on the season. Petr Mrazek has 15 wins and 17 losses this season in net for the Red Wings. He has had 1,146 shots against him and has given up 112 goals. He has made 1,034 saves for a save percentage of 90%.

David Pastrnak has accumulated 55 total points this season for the Bruins. He has 26 goals this season with 206 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 13%. He has a total of 29 assists on the season and averages 17.9 minutes played per game. Brad Marchand has averaged 19.4 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 16% by scoring 30 goals on 192 shots. He has 38 assists giving him a total of 68 points on the season. Tuukka Rask has 30 wins and 16 losses this season in net for the Bruins. He has had 1,292 shots against him and has given up 113 goals. He has made 1,179 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

The Red Wings have 61 total points this season. They have scored 158 goals while giving up 187 goals. They have had 201 power play opportunities and have scored 26 goals on those chances for a percentage of 13%. The Red Wings have allowed 187 power play opportunities and given up 35 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 81%. They average 28 shots per game and as a team are shooting 8.86% for the season to this point. They allow 31 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 90%.

The Bruins have a total of 74 points on the season. They have 41 power play goals on 203 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 20%. They have allowed 210 power play opportunities and have given up 30 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 86%. As a team, the Red Wings have a total of 182 goals scored while they've given up 174 goals to this point. They average 34 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 8.15%. As a team they give up 26 shots per game and have a save percentage of 90%.

Detroit has a Corsi percentage of 48.4% as they've attempted 3,287 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,507 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 48.1% as they have 2,494 attempts while they've given up 2,687 shots on the defensive end. The Red Wings start possessions in the offensive zone 51.9% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 48.1% for the season. They have 1,980 face off wins compared to 1,780 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 52.7%. On defense has 1,230 hits and they've blocked 820 shots from the opposition.

Boston has attempted 4,098 shots at full strength and they've given up 3,347 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 55% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 55.8% as they have 3,111 shots while they've given up 2,466 attempts on defense. The Bruins have an offensive zone percentage of 53.6% and their defensive zone percentage is 46.4% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 52.8% as they've compiled 2,156 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,926 face off losses. On defense has blocked 881 shot attempts and they have 1,422 hits as a unit.

Detroit Red Wings Betting Trends

The Detroit Red Wings are 18-38 straight up

The Detroit Red Wings are 28-27-8 against the over/under

Boston Bruins Betting Trends

The Boston Bruins are 32-32 straight up

The Boston Bruins are 31-28-7 against the over/under

Detroit Red Wings Injuries

10/27/16 C Joe Vitale Concussion out indefinitely
10/15/15 C Johan Franzen Concussion out indefinitely
03/06/17 RW Gustav Nyquist Illness "?" Tuesday vs. Toronto
03/06/17 D Ryan Sproul Lower Body out indefinitely
02/10/17 D Jonathan Ericsson Wrist out for season
01/03/17 GO Jimmy Howard Knee out indefinitely

Boston Bruins Injuries

No key injuries to report

Tony's Pick: Take Boston -260

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