Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Joe Louis Arena

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The Toronto Maple Leafs travel to Joe Louis Arena to play the Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday, January 25, 2017. The opening line for this game has the Maple Leafs at -133 and the Red Wings at +120. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Toronto comes into this matchup having played 45 games. They have an overall record of 22-14-9 and on the road they have a record of 10-6-6. Currently they are 3rd in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 140 goals and given up 131 goals for a point differential of +9. The Maple Leafs have an overall record of 6-2-2 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 21-23 and an over/under record of 21-23-1. Detroit shows up with a record of 20-19-8 including 10-10-4 at home this season. They are 6th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 120 goals and surrendered 136 for a goal differential of -16. The Red Wings have a record of 4-3-3 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 14-27 while their over/under record sits at 21-20-6.

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Auston Matthews has accumulated 38 total points this season for the Maple Leafs. He has 22 goals this season with 157 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 14%. He has a total of 16 assists on the season and averages 18 minutes played per game. Nazem Kadri has averaged 17 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 14% by scoring 20 goals on 141 shots. He has 13 assists giving him a total of 33 points on the season. Frederik Andersen has 20 wins and 10 losses this season in net for the Maple Leafs. He has had 1,230 shots against him and has given up 99 goals. He has made 1,131 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Frans Nielsen has accumulated 26 total points this season for the Red Wings. He has 10 goals this season with 93 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 11%. He has a total of 16 assists on the season and averages 17 minutes played per game. Henrik Zetterberg has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 9% by scoring 9 goals on 102 shots. He has 22 assists giving him a total of 31 points on the season. Petr Mrazek has 10 wins and 11 losses this season in net for the Red Wings. He has had 736 shots against him and has given up 77 goals. He has made 659 saves for a save percentage of 90%.

The Maple Leafs have 53 total points this season. They have scored 140 goals while giving up 131 goals. They have had 141 power play opportunities and have scored 33 goals on those chances for a percentage of 23%. The Maple Leafs have allowed 155 power play opportunities and given up 23 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 85%. They average 33 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.56% for the season to this point. They allow 33 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 92%.

The Red Wings have a total of 48 points on the season. They have 18 power play goals on 159 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 11%. They have allowed 141 power play opportunities and have given up 27 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 81%. As a team, the Maple Leafs have a total of 120 goals scored while they've given up 136 goals to this point. They average 29 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 8.82%. As a team they give up 30 shots per game and have a save percentage of 90%.

Toronto has a Corsi percentage of 50% as they've attempted 2,758 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 2,754 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 50% as they have 2,079 attempts while they've given up 2,080 shots on the defensive end. The Maple Leafs start possessions in the offensive zone 49.8% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 50.2% for the season. They have 1,348 face off wins compared to 1,415 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 48.8%. On defense Toronto has 1,100 hits and they've blocked 674 shots from the opposition.

Detroit has attempted 2,496 shots at full strength and they've given up 2,616 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 48.8% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 48.4% as they have 1,880 shots while they've given up 2,002 attempts on defense. The Red Wings have an offensive zone percentage of 52.2% and their defensive zone percentage is 47.8% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 52.6% as they've compiled 1,488 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,340 face off losses. On defense Detroit has blocked 614 shot attempts and they have 926 hits as a unit.

Toronto Maple Leafs Betting Trends

The Toronto Maple Leafs are 21-23 straight up

The Toronto Maple Leafs are 21-23-1 against the over/under

Detroit Red Wings Betting Trends

The Detroit Red Wings are 14-27 straight up

The Detroit Red Wings are 21-20-6 against the over/under

Toronto Maple Leafs Injuries

12/21/16 RW Ben Smith Hand out indefinitely
10/09/16 LW Joffrey Lupul Abdominal out indefinitely
10/09/16 RW Nathan Horton Back out indefinitely
01/23/17 D Morgan Rielly Knee "?" Wednesday vs Detroit

Detroit Red Wings Injuries

10/27/16 C Joe Vitale Concussion out indefinitely
10/15/15 C Johan Franzen Concussion out indefinitely
01/23/17 C Dylan Larkin Upper Body expected to miss Tuesday vs. Boston & Wednesday vs. Toronto
01/23/17 LW Thomas Vanek Lower Body is downgraded to expected to miss Tuesday vs. Boston
01/19/17 C Steve Ott Shoulder out indefinitely
01/10/17 D Brendan Smith Knee expected to miss 2-3 weeks
01/03/17 GO Jimmy Howard Knee expected to miss 4-6 weeks

Tony's Pick: Take Detroit +120

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