Thursday, March 30, 2017

TD Garden

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The Dallas Stars travel to TD Garden to play the Boston Bruins on Thursday, March 30, 2017. The opening line for this game has the Stars at +197 and the Bruins at -220. The over/under has been set at 6.

Dallas comes into this matchup having played 76 games. They have an overall record of 31-34-11 and on the road they have a record of 11-22-5. Currently they are 6th in the Central Division. They've scored 207 goals and given up 242 goals for a point differential of -35. The Stars have an overall record of 4-5-1 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 31-45 and an over/under record of 40-36-0. Boston shows up with a record of 40-30-6 including 20-16-0 at home this season. They are 4th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 218 goals and surrendered 203 for a goal differential of +15. The Bruins have a record of 6-4-0 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 38-36 while their over/under record sits at 36-32-8.

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Valuable Dallas Stars Betting Trends

The Dallas Stars are 31-45 straight up

The Dallas Stars are 40-36-0 against the over/under

Important Boston Bruins Betting Trends

The Boston Bruins are 38-36 straight up

The Boston Bruins are 36-32-8 against the over/under

Key Dallas Stars Injuries

11/01/16 C Mattias Janmark Knee out for season
03/28/17 RW Jiri Hudler Lower Body "?" Thursday vs. Boston
03/25/17 LW Patrick Sharp Hip out for season
03/03/17 LW Antoine Roussel Hand out indefinitely

Key Boston Bruins Injuries

03/13/17 C Tim Schaller Lower Body out indefinitely

Player Spotlight

Tyler Seguin has accumulated 70 total points this season for the Stars. He has 25 goals this season with 278 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 9%. He has a total of 45 assists on the season and averages 18.5 minutes played per game. Jamie Benn has averaged 19.4 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 13% by scoring 25 goals on 189 shots. He has 42 assists giving him a total of 67 points on the season. Kari Lehtonen has 20 wins and 23 losses this season in net for the Stars. He has had 1,447 shots against him and has given up 138 goals. He has made 1,309 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

Player Spotlight

Brad Marchand has accumulated 81 total points this season for the Bruins. He has 37 goals this season with 217 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 17%. He has a total of 44 assists on the season and averages 19.6 minutes played per game. David Pastrnak has averaged 18.1 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 13% by scoring 32 goals on 247 shots. He has 33 assists giving him a total of 65 points on the season. Tuukka Rask has 34 wins and 20 losses this season in net for the Bruins. He has had 1,495 shots against him and has given up 134 goals. He has made 1,361 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

Useful Team Statistics

The Stars have 73 total points this season. They have scored 207 goals while giving up 242 goals. They have had 248 power play opportunities and have scored 45 goals on those chances for a percentage of 18%. The Stars have allowed 235 power play opportunities and given up 61 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 74%. They average 31 shots per game and as a team are shooting 8.93% for the season to this point. They allow 30 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 90%.

Useful Team Statistics

The Bruins have a total of 86 points on the season. They have 48 power play goals on 232 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 21%. They have allowed 248 power play opportunities and have given up 37 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 85%. As a team, the Stars have a total of 218 goals scored while they've given up 203 goals to this point. They average 34 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 8.55%. As a team they give up 26 shots per game and have a save percentage of 90%.

Advanced Statistics

Dallas has a Corsi percentage of 50.2% as they've attempted 4,544 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 4,499 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 50.6% as they have 3,350 attempts while they've given up 3,268 shots on the defensive end. The Stars start possessions in the offensive zone 48.2% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 51.8% for the season. They have 2,366 face off wins compared to 2,399 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 49.7%. On defense Dallas has 1,465 hits and they've blocked 1,231 shots from the opposition.

Advanced Statistics

Boston has attempted 4,664 shots at full strength and they've given up 3,849 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 54.8% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 55.5% as they have 3,550 shots while they've given up 2,842 attempts on defense. The Bruins have an offensive zone percentage of 53.9% and their defensive zone percentage is 46.1% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 53% as they've compiled 2,491 face off wins this season and they have suffered 2,210 face off losses. On defense Boston has blocked 1,007 shot attempts and they have 1,636 hits as a unit.

Who will win tonight's Stars/Bruins NHL game against the spread?

Tony's Pick: Take Boston -220

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