Saturday, February 11, 2017

Nationwide Arena

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The Detroit Red Wings head to Nationwide Arena to take on the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday, February 11, 2017. The opening line for this contest has the Red Wings at +144 and the Blue Jackets at -160. The over/under has been set at 5.

Detroit comes into this game having played 54 games. They have an overall record of 22-22-10 and away from home they have a record of 11-10-5. The currently are 8th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 137 goals and surrendered 161 goals for a point differential of -24. The Red Wings have an overall record of 3-3-4 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 16-32 and an over/under record of 25-23-6. Columbus shows up with a record of 34-14-5 including 18-7-1 at home this season. They are 3rd in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 173 goals and surrendered 132 for a goal differential of +41. The Blue Jackets have a record of 4-5-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 32-19 while their over/under record sits at 22-27-4.

Thomas Vanek has accumulated 35 total points this season for the Red Wings. He has 13 goals this season with 90 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 14%. He has a total of 22 assists on the season and averages 15 minutes played per game. Henrik Zetterberg has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 10% by scoring 12 goals on 120 shots. He has 27 assists giving him a total of 39 points on the season. Petr Mrazek has 12 wins and 13 losses this season in net for the Red Wings. He has had 899 shots against him and has given up 93 goals. He has made 806 saves for a save percentage of 90%.

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Zach Werenski has accumulated 31 total points this season for the Blue Jackets. He has 8 goals this season with 128 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 6%. He has a total of 23 assists on the season and averages 21 minutes played per game. Cam Atkinson has averaged 18 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 17% by scoring 26 goals on 156 shots. He has 22 assists giving him a total of 48 points on the season. Sergei Bobrovsky has 29 wins and 11 losses this season in net for the Blue Jackets. He has had 1,218 shots against him and has given up 92 goals. He has made 1,126 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

The Red Wings have 54 total points this season. They have scored 137 goals while giving up 161 goals. They have had 178 power play opportunities and have scored 21 goals on those chances for a percentage of 12%. The Red Wings have allowed 157 power play opportunities and given up 30 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 81%. They average 28 shots per game and as a team are shooting 8.99% for the season to this point. They allow 31 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 90%.

The Blue Jackets have a total of 73 points on the season. They have 35 power play goals on 148 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 24%. They have allowed 145 power play opportunities and have given up 27 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 81%. As a team, the Red Wings have a total of 173 goals scored while they've given up 132 goals to this point. They average 30 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 10.79%. As a team they give up 30 shots per game and have a save percentage of 92%.

Detroit has a Corsi percentage of 48.2% as they've attempted 2,802 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,011 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 47.9% as they have 2,123 attempts while they've given up 2,311 shots on the defensive end. The Red Wings start possessions in the offensive zone 51.8% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 48.2% for the season. They have 1,682 face off wins compared to 1,545 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 52.1%. On defense Detroit has 1,078 hits and they've blocked 700 shots from the opposition.

Columbus has attempted 2,921 shots at full strength and they've given up 2,977 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 49.5% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 49.6% as they have 2,190 shots while they've given up 2,223 attempts on defense. The Blue Jackets have an offensive zone percentage of 49.4% and their defensive zone percentage is 50.6% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 47.5% as they've compiled 1,539 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,699 face off losses. On defense Columbus has blocked 754 shot attempts and they have 1,025 hits as a unit.

Detroit Red Wings Betting Trends

The Detroit Red Wings are 16-32 straight up

The Detroit Red Wings are 25-23-6 against the over/under

Columbus Blue Jackets Betting Trends

The Columbus Blue Jackets are 32-19 straight up

The Columbus Blue Jackets are 22-27-4 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
02/10/17 D Jonathan Ericsson Wrist likely out for season
02/09/17 D Niklas Kronwall Knee "?" Saturday vs Columbus
02/06/17 C Frans Nielsen Shoulder out indefinitely
01/03/17 GO Jimmy Howard Knee out indefinitely

Columbus Blue Jackets Injuries

10/10/16 RW David Clarkson Back out indefinitely
02/02/17 D David Savard Back out indefinitely
01/20/17 D Markus Nutivaara Lower Body out indefinitely

Tony's Pick: Take Detroit +144

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