Friday, February 3, 2017

PNC Arena

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The Edmonton Oilers travel to PNC Arena to play the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday, February 3, 2017. The opening line for this game has the Oilers at -115 and the Hurricanes at +104. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Edmonton comes into this matchup having played 52 games. They have an overall record of 28-16-8 and on the road they have a record of 15-7-5. Currently they are 3rd in the Pacific Division. They've scored 154 goals and given up 137 goals for a point differential of +17. The Oilers have an overall record of 7-2-1 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 25-24 and an over/under record of 19-29-4. Carolina shows up with a record of 22-20-7 including 16-6-1 at home this season. They are 7th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 131 goals and surrendered 141 for a goal differential of -10. The Hurricanes have a record of 5-5-0 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 20-27 while their over/under record sits at 21-21-7.

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Connor McDavid has accumulated 59 total points this season for the Oilers. He has 17 goals this season with 152 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 11%. He has a total of 42 assists on the season and averages 21 minutes played per game. Leon Draisaitl has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 18% by scoring 20 goals on 113 shots. He has 27 assists giving him a total of 47 points on the season. Cam Talbot has 26 wins and 13 losses this season in net for the Oilers. He has had 1,367 shots against him and has given up 109 goals. He has made 1,258 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Victor Rask has accumulated 32 total points this season for the Hurricanes. He has 13 goals this season with 115 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 11%. He has a total of 19 assists on the season and averages 18 minutes played per game. Jeff Skinner has averaged 18 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 10% by scoring 18 goals on 173 shots. He has 18 assists giving him a total of 36 points on the season. Cam Ward has 19 wins and 16 losses this season in net for the Hurricanes. He has had 1,135 shots against him and has given up 106 goals. He has made 1,029 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

The Oilers have 64 total points this season. They have scored 154 goals while giving up 137 goals. They have had 160 power play opportunities and have scored 34 goals on those chances for a percentage of 21%. The Oilers have allowed 152 power play opportunities and given up 27 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 82%. They average 31 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.41% for the season to this point. They allow 30 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 92%.

The Hurricanes have a total of 51 points on the season. They have 25 power play goals on 148 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 17%. They have allowed 123 power play opportunities and have given up 15 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 88%. As a team, the Oilers have a total of 131 goals scored while they've given up 141 goals to this point. They average 30 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 8.83%. As a team they give up 28 shots per game and have a save percentage of 90%.

Edmonton has a Corsi percentage of 51% as they've attempted 3,009 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 2,896 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 51.3% as they have 2,246 attempts while they've given up 2,136 shots on the defensive end. The Oilers start possessions in the offensive zone 51.2% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 48.8% for the season. They have 1,493 face off wins compared to 1,658 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 47.4%. On defense Edmonton has 1,259 hits and they've blocked 760 shots from the opposition.

Carolina has attempted 2,845 shots at full strength and they've given up 2,569 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 52.5% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 51.8% as they have 2,067 shots while they've given up 1,921 attempts on defense. The Hurricanes have an offensive zone percentage of 57.3% and their defensive zone percentage is 42.7% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 51.5% as they've compiled 1,416 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,333 face off losses. On defense Carolina has blocked 648 shot attempts and they have 893 hits as a unit.

Edmonton Oilers Betting Trends

The Edmonton Oilers are 25-24 straight up

The Edmonton Oilers are 19-29-4 against the over/under

Carolina Hurricanes Betting Trends

The Carolina Hurricanes are 20-27 straight up

The Carolina Hurricanes are 21-21-7 against the over/under

Edmonton Oilers Injuries

12/26/16 RW Tyler Pitlick Knee expected to miss 4 months
12/03/16 D Darnell Nurse Ankle out 3 months
10/21/16 D Andrew Ference Hip out indefinitely
10/09/16 RW Iiro Pakarinen Knee out indefinitely
01/31/17 C Jujhar Khaira Wrist out indefinitely

Carolina Hurricanes Injuries

11/11/16 LW Bryan Bickell Illness out indefinitely
02/01/17 RW Lee Stempniak Possible Suspension "?" Friday vs. Edmonton

Josh's Pick: Take Carolina +104

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