Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Pepsi Center

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The Montreal Canadiens travel to Pepsi Center to play the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday, February 7, 2017. The opening line for this game has the Canadiens at -175 and the Avalanche at +158. The over/under has been set at 5.

Montreal comes into this matchup having played 54 games. They have an overall record of 30-16-8 and on the road they have a record of 12-10-4. Currently they are 1st in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 158 goals and given up 134 goals for a point differential of +24. The Canadiens have an overall record of 3-5-2 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 29-24 and an over/under record of 22-22-10. Colorado shows up with a record of 14-33-2 including 6-18-1 at home this season. They are 7th in the Central Division. They've scored 99 goals and surrendered 168 for a goal differential of -69. The Avalanche have a record of 1-8-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 14-35 while their over/under record sits at 20-21-8.

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Alexander Radulov has accumulated 41 total points this season for the Canadiens. He has 13 goals this season with 100 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 13%. He has a total of 28 assists on the season and averages 18 minutes played per game. Max Pacioretty has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 15% by scoring 25 goals on 163 shots. He has 19 assists giving him a total of 44 points on the season. Carey Price has 23 wins and 12 losses this season in net for the Canadiens. He has had 1,185 shots against him and has given up 93 goals. He has made 1,092 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Matt Duchene has accumulated 32 total points this season for the Avalanche. He has 15 goals this season with 106 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 14%. He has a total of 17 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Nathan MacKinnon has averaged 20 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 7% by scoring 12 goals on 167 shots. He has 22 assists giving him a total of 34 points on the season. Calvin Pickard has 8 wins and 14 losses this season in net for the Avalanche. He has had 735 shots against him and has given up 71 goals. He has made 664 saves for a save percentage of 90%.

The Canadiens have 68 total points this season. They have scored 158 goals while giving up 134 goals. They have had 160 power play opportunities and have scored 36 goals on those chances for a percentage of 23%. The Canadiens have allowed 191 power play opportunities and given up 39 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 80%. They average 29 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.94% for the season to this point. They allow 30 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 92%.

The Avalanche have a total of 30 points on the season. They have 22 power play goals on 156 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 14%. They have allowed 181 power play opportunities and have given up 40 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 78%. As a team, the Canadiens have a total of 99 goals scored while they've given up 168 goals to this point. They average 28 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 7.16%. As a team they give up 32 shots per game and have a save percentage of 90%.

Montreal has a Corsi percentage of 50.5% as they've attempted 3,068 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,003 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 50.5% as they have 2,224 attempts while they've given up 2,176 shots on the defensive end. The Canadiens start possessions in the offensive zone 48.6% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 51.4% for the season. They have 1,660 face off wins compared to 1,642 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 50.3%. On defense Montreal has 1,117 hits and they've blocked 827 shots from the opposition.

Colorado has attempted 2,524 shots at full strength and they've given up 2,827 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 47.2% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 46.9% as they have 1,891 shots while they've given up 2,142 attempts on defense. The Avalanche have an offensive zone percentage of 47.9% and their defensive zone percentage is 52.1% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 53.5% as they've compiled 1,599 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,389 face off losses. On defense Colorado has blocked 685 shot attempts and they have 1,118 hits as a unit.

Montreal Canadiens Betting Trends

The Montreal Canadiens are 29-24 straight up

The Montreal Canadiens are 22-22-10 against the over/under

Colorado Avalanche Betting Trends

The Colorado Avalanche are 14-35 straight up

The Colorado Avalanche are 20-21-8 against the over/under

Montreal Canadiens Injuries

01/04/17 RW Brendan Gallagher Hand expected to miss 8 weeks

Colorado Avalanche Injuries

12/04/16 D Erik Johnson Fibula expected to miss 6-8 weeks
02/04/17 D Fedor Tyutin Groin "?" Tuesday vs Montreal
02/04/17 RW Rene Bourque Upper Body "?" Tuesday vs Montreal
02/04/17 D Tyson Barrie Lower Body "?" Tuesday vs Montreal
01/26/17 GO Semyon Varlamov Hip out for season

Josh's Pick: Take Colorado +158

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