NHL Hockey Game Matchups

IN ACTION TODAY			NHL Hockey Game Matchup Report for Thursday 4/24/2008
Thursday, 4/24/2008 (7:35 PM) View the FoxSheet for this Matchup						Offensive Statistics				Defensive Statistics
Teams	Line	OU	W-L	Ov/Un/P	GF/GA	SOG	SHT %	PP	PP %	SOG	SHT %	PP	PP %
1: COLORADO 2: DETROIT	+165 -190	5.0	48-40 58-30	35-46-7 35-36-17	2.8 / 2.6 3.1 / 2.2	28.8 34.8	9.8% 8.9%	4.2 4.7	14.7% 20.2%	27.7 23.6	10.2% 13.2%	3.7 4.3	18.3% 15.5%

News Coverage: COLORADO \| DETROIT						Offensive Statistics				Defensive Statistics
Teams	Line	GF/GA	SU	Units	O/U	SOG	SHT %	PP	PP %	SOG	SHT %	PP	PP %
1: COLORADO 2: DETROIT	5.0 -190	2.8 / 2.6 3.1 / 2.2	48-40 58-30	+2.8 +1.5	35-46-7 35-36-17	2530 3062	9.8% 8.9%	367 410	14.7% 20.2%	2437 2074	0.0% 9.5%	323 380	18.3% 15.5%

Power Rating Line
The power rating system is based on recent game results. The section should be used to compare the relative strength of the two teams involved. A power line is calculated using both teams ratings and home field advantage. Where the power line differs significantly from the current line, the team with the edge is indicated.

		Power Rating Line
Teams	Goalies	Rating	Estimated Line	Edge
COLORADO	THEODORE	4.1	0, -116
DETROIT	OSGOOD	3.8	0, +116

Team Trends and Angles
All team trends listed below apply to the current game.

COLORADO - Recent ATS Trends
	ATS Win/Loss Record						Over/Under
	Current Year		Last 3 Years		Since 1996		Current	Last 3	Since 1996
Description	W-L	Units	W-L	Units	W-L	Units	O-U	O-U	O-U
in all games	48-40	+2.8	139-122	-1.4	544-456	-32.6	35-46	130-117	469-461
in a road game where where the total is 5 or less	6-6	+1	6-7	0	110-97	+3.1	4-3	5-3	102-72
in April games	6-2	+3.6	16-9	+6.3	66-46	+0.5	3-1	12-8	56-45
second half of the season	27-22	+3.1	80-64	+11	334-258	+8.4	17-25	70-64	283-266
when playing with 3 or more days rest	4-3	+0.7	10-13	-5.6	57-50	-7.4	5-2	15-7	57-39
after a division game	23-14	+7.8	54-46	+0.3	155-139	-26.8	17-15	55-36	147-122
in the second round of the playoffs	0-0	0	0-4	-4.6	21-19	-3.9	0-0	1-3	17-20
revenging a home loss versus opponent	7-7	+0.4	22-27	-3.9	22-27	-3.9	5-8	20-28	20-28
revenging a loss versus opponent	21-20	-1.4	53-59	-9.7	53-59	-9.7	14-23	52-55	52-55
after a 3 game unbeaten streak	4-6	-3.4	14-17	-7.5	111-91	-10	1-7	10-17	88-96
when playing against a team with a winning record	20-18	+1.8	67-66	+3	256-239	-14.3	8-23	65-58	227-228
when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season	12-13	-1	38-42	-2.3	156-153	-18	4-14	37-35	136-141

DETROIT - Recent ATS Trends
	ATS Win/Loss Record						Over/Under
	Current Year		Last 3 Years		Since 1996		Current	Last 3	Since 1996
Description	W-L	Units	W-L	Units	W-L	Units	O-U	O-U	O-U
in all games	58-30	+1.5	178-98	+0.4	596-410	-20.5	35-36	111-127	466-469
in a home game where where the total is 5 or less	14-6	-0.5	25-10	+4.2	112-57	+18.8	7-4	13-9	82-56
in April games	6-3	+1.8	24-12	+4.4	70-50	-4.7	3-4	9-18	44-59
second half of the season	29-19	-6.4	99-61	-14.1	343-243	-26.4	16-22	63-73	265-274
when playing with 3 or more days rest	6-2	+2	23-6	+12.8	70-41	+11.6	2-4	8-15	54-50
after a division game	24-13	-0.6	74-27	+18.9	189-114	+7.9	16-16	39-50	134-141
in the second round of the playoffs	0-0	0	4-2	+2.2	21-17	-6.7	0-0	0-3	14-16
after shutting out their opponent in their previous game	5-4	-1.2	20-8	+5.4	50-40	-9.5	4-5	12-14	45-37
after a win by 2 goals or more	29-9	+13.2	78-37	+7.1	233-166	-27.6	13-16	47-50	174-198
when playing against a team with a winning record	23-11	+5.6	77-43	+22.2	294-192	+34.4	10-14	44-56	216-233
when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season	10-8	-1.6	45-26	+11.8	186-123	+21.2	5-8	26-31	133-148

Team Statistics
Peformance statistics for each team in various situations are listed below. Categories where a team has performed poorly are denoted in red. Categories where a team has performed well are denoted in green.

COLORADO - Current Season Performance
	Straight Up		Against Spread			Team		Opponent
	W-L-T	Units	W-L	Units	O-U	Score	Shots	Score	Shots
All Games	48-40-0	+2.8	48-40	+2.8	35-46	2.8	28.7	2.6	27.7
Team Stats (Road Games)	19-25-0	-4.9	19-25	-4.9	13-26	2.5	26.4	2.8	27.7
Last 5 Games	3-2-0	+0.5	3-2	+0.5	1-1	2.8	31.8	2.0	34.0
Playoff Games	4-2-0	+1.6	4-2	+1.6	1-1	2.8	30.2	2.0	33.3

COLORADO Team Statistics
		Scoring						Shots On Goal		Power Plays
	Games	Goals	1rst	2nd	3rd	OT	EN	Shots	Pct	Num	Conv	Pct	Ast
Team Stats (All Games)	88	248	60	98	79	12	14	2530	9.8%	367	54	14.7%	434
Team Stats (Road Games)	44	110	26	41	38	6	7	1160	9.5%	171	23	13.5%	189
Team Stats (Last 5 Games)	5	14	7	3	4	0	0	159	8.8%	29	5	17.2%	23
Team Stats (Playoffs)	6	17	7	5	5	1	0	181	9.4%	30	6	20.0%	29
Stats Against (All Games)		231	75	69	78	9	14	2437	9.5%	323	59	18.3%	403
Stats Against (Road Games)		123	38	36	43	6	8	1219	10.1%	161	29	18.0%	210
Stats Against (Last 5 Games)		10	1	1	6	2	0	170	5.9%	16	2	12.5%	14
Stats Against (Playoffs)		12	1	1	8	2	0	200	6.0%	21	3	14.3%	17

COLORADO - Goalie Statistics
	Goalie Statistics						Team's record in starts
Goalie	Games	Starts	Shots	Saves	PCT	SHO	ATS	Units	SU	Units	O-U
PETER BUDAJ (All Games)	35	31	849	767	90.3%	1	16-15	-1.8	16-15-0	-1	17-13
PETER BUDAJ (Road Games)	17	15	424	382	90.1%	1	5-10	-5.1	5-10-0	-5	5-9
PETER BUDAJ (Last 4 Games)	4	3	71	65	91.5%	0	1-2	-1.2	1-2-0	-1	2-0
PETER BUDAJ (Playoff Games)	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0
VITALIY KOLESNIK (All Games)	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0
VITALIY KOLESNIK (Road Games)	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0
VITALIY KOLESNIK (Playoff Games)	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0
JOSE THEODORE (All Games)	59	57	1567	1432	91.4%	3	32-25	+4.6	32-25-0	+6	18-33
JOSE THEODORE (Road Games)	30	29	779	706	90.6%	1	14-15	+0.2	14-15-0	0	8-17
JOSE THEODORE (Last 4 Games)	4	4	139	132	95.0%	0	3-1	+1.5	3-1-0	+1	1-1
JOSE THEODORE (Playoff Games)	6	6	200	188	94.0%	0	4-2	+1.6	4-2-0	+1	1-1
MICHAEL WALL (All Games)	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0
MICHAEL WALL (Road Games)	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0
MICHAEL WALL (Playoff Games)	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0
TYLER WEIMAN (All Games)	1	0	10	10	100.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0
TYLER WEIMAN (Road Games)	1	0	10	10	100.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0
TYLER WEIMAN (Last 4 Games)	1	0	10	10	100.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0
TYLER WEIMAN (Playoff Games)	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0

DETROIT - Current Season Performance
	Straight Up		Against Spread			Team		Opponent
	W-L-T	Units	W-L	Units	O-U	Score	Shots	Score	Shots
All Games	58-30-0	+1.5	58-30	+1.5	35-36	3.1	34.8	2.2	23.6
Team Stats (Home Games)	32-12-0	+1.1	32-12	+1.1	19-16	3.2	36.5	2.2	22.3
Last 5 Games	3-2-0	+0.1	3-2	+0.1	2-2	2.8	40.4	2.2	24.8
Playoff Games	4-2-0	+1.1	4-2	+1.1	2-3	2.8	40.3	2.0	24.0

DETROIT Team Statistics
		Scoring						Shots On Goal		Power Plays
	Games	Goals	1rst	2nd	3rd	OT	EN	Shots	Pct	Num	Conv	Pct	Ast
Team Stats (All Games)	88	274	80	92	95	8	16	3062	8.9%	410	83	20.2%	468
Team Stats (Home Games)	44	141	42	41	53	6	10	1607	8.8%	215	43	20.0%	248
Team Stats (Last 5 Games)	5	14	3	5	5	1	1	202	6.9%	22	3	13.6%	21
Team Stats (Playoffs)	6	17	4	5	7	1	2	242	7.0%	26	3	11.5%	26
Stats Against (All Games)		196	58	75	57	7	13	2074	9.5%	380	59	15.5%	327
Stats Against (Home Games)		97	26	39	30	3	5	980	9.9%	178	29	16.3%	162
Stats Against (Last 5 Games)		11	2	5	4	0	4	124	8.9%	19	2	10.5%	19
Stats Against (Playoffs)		12	2	6	4	0	4	144	8.3%	23	2	8.7%	21

DETROIT - Goalie Statistics
	Goalie Statistics						Team's record in starts
Goalie	Games	Starts	Shots	Saves	PCT	SHO	ATS	Units	SU	Units	O-U
ADAM BERKHOEL (All Games)	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0
ADAM BERKHOEL (Home Games)	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0
ADAM BERKHOEL (Playoff Games)	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0
DOMINIK HASEK (All Games)	44	42	930	839	90.2%	4	29-13	+5.4	29-13-0	+6	18-14
DOMINIK HASEK (Home Games)	24	23	497	456	91.8%	4	18-5	+5.9	18-5-0	+6	8-8
DOMINIK HASEK (Last 4 Games)	4	4	103	95	92.2%	0	3-1	+1.6	3-1-0	+2	2-2
DOMINIK HASEK (Playoff Games)	3	3	75	68	90.7%	0	2-1	+0.6	2-1-0	+1	2-1
JIMMY HOWARD (All Games)	4	2	95	88	92.6%	1	0-2	-2.4	0-2-0	-2	0-1
JIMMY HOWARD (Home Games)	1	0	10	9	90.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0
JIMMY HOWARD (Last 4 Games)	4	2	95	88	92.6%	1	0-2	-2.4	0-2-0	-2	0-1
JIMMY HOWARD (Playoff Games)	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0
CHRIS OSGOOD (All Games)	46	44	1030	945	91.7%	2	29-15	-1.5	29-15-0	-2	17-21
CHRIS OSGOOD (Home Games)	21	21	470	420	89.4%	1	14-7	-4.8	14-7-0	-5	11-8
CHRIS OSGOOD (Last 4 Games)	4	4	76	72	94.7%	0	2-2	-0.8	2-2-0	-1	1-2
CHRIS OSGOOD (Playoff Games)	3	3	54	53	98.1%	0	2-1	+0.4	2-1-0	0	0-2

Average power rating of opponents played: COLORADO 3.14, DETROIT 3.04

Current Season Results And Upcoming Games
Here are the most recent results and upcoming schedules for the two teams involved. Lines, total, game scores, results versus the spread, straight up and against the total are all displayed.

COLORADO - Schedule
Date	Opponent	Score	SU	Line	ATS	Total	O/U
3/28/2008	EDMONTON	5-4	W	0, -190	W	6 un	O
3/30/2008	at MINNESOTA	2-3	L	0, +105	L	5 ov	P
4/1/2008	at VANCOUVER	4-2	W	0, -105	W	5 ov	O
4/6/2008	MINNESOTA	4-3	W	0, -190	W	5 ov	O
4/9/2008	at MINNESOTA	3-2	W	0, +105	W	5 ov	P
4/11/2008	at MINNESOTA	2-3	L	0, +120	L	5 ev	P
4/14/2008	MINNESOTA	2-3	L	0, -160	L	5 ov	P
4/15/2008	MINNESOTA	5-1	W	0, -155	W	5 ev	O
4/17/2008	at MINNESOTA	3-2	W	0, +110	W	5 ov	P
4/19/2008	MINNESOTA	2-1	W	0, -170	W	5 ov	U
4/24/2008	at DETROIT

DETROIT - Schedule
Date	Opponent	Score	SU	Line	ATS	Total	O/U
3/28/2008	ST LOUIS	3-4	L	0, -300	L	5 ov	O
3/30/2008	NASHVILLE	1-0	W	0, -175	W	5 ov	U
4/2/2008	at CHICAGO	2-6	L	0, -125	L	5.5 un	O
4/3/2008	COLUMBUS	3-2	W	0, -270	W	5 ov	P
4/6/2008	CHICAGO	4-1	W	0, -165	W	5.5 ev	U
4/10/2008	NASHVILLE	3-1	W	0, -280	W	5 ov	U
4/12/2008	NASHVILLE	4-2	W	0, -260	W	5 un	O
4/14/2008	at NASHVILLE	3-5	L	0, -135	L	5 ov	O
4/16/2008	at NASHVILLE	2-3	L	0, -155	L	5 ov	P
4/18/2008	NASHVILLE	2-1	W	0, -260	W	5 ov	U
4/20/2008	at NASHVILLE	3-0	W	0, -155	W	5 ov	U
4/24/2008	COLORADO

Head-to-Head Series History
Listed below is a summary of the games results in recent Head-to-Head matchups.

All games in this series since 1996

DETROIT is 41-28 (+4.8 Units) against the spread versus COLORADO since 1996

DETROIT is 40-28-1 straight up against COLORADO since 1996

33 of 64 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=-0.3 Units, Under=-6.3 Units)

Games over the last 3 seasons

DETROIT is 10-2 (+7.1 Units) against the spread versus COLORADO over the last 3 seasons

DETROIT is 10-2-0 straight up against COLORADO over the last 3 seasons

6 of 12 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=-0.6 Units, Under=-0.7 Units)

All games played at DETROIT since 1996

DETROIT is 21-13-0 straight up against COLORADO since 1996

17 of 32 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=+0.6 Units)

Games played at DETROIT over the last 3 seasons.

DETROIT is 5-1 (+3.0 Units) against the spread versus COLORADO over the last 3 seasons

DETROIT is 5-1-0 straight up against COLORADO over the last 3 seasons

3 of 6 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=-0.3 Units, Under=-0.2 Units)

						Team Statistics			Goalie Statistics
Date	Teams	Score	Line	Total	Result	Shots	AST	Pwr Play	Starter	Shots	Saves
2/18/2008	DETROIT	4	0, -145		SU ATS	40	8	5-2	OSGOOD	18	18
	COLORADO	0	0, +125	5.5 ov	Under	18	0	3-0	THEODORE	40	36
2/1/2008	COLORADO	0	0, +245		Under	15	0	3-0	BUDAJ	35	34
	DETROIT	2	0, -290	5.5 ev	SU ATS	36	4	4-0	HASEK	15	15
1/8/2008	COLORADO	0	0, +215		Under	19	0	1-0	THEODORE	25	24
	DETROIT	1	0, -255	5.5 ov	SU ATS	25	2	2-0	HASEK	19	19
12/27/2007	DETROIT	4	0, -125		SU ATS	29	6	1-0	HASEK	24	22
	COLORADO	2	0, +105	5.5 un	Over	24	2	4-0	BUDAJ	28	25
3/4/2007	COLORADO	4	0, +175		SU ATS	27	7	4-0	BUDAJ	34	31
	DETROIT	3	0, -205	6 ov	Over	34	6	1-0	OSGOOD	27	23
1/28/2007	COLORADO	1	0, +155		Under	12	2	3-1	THEODORE	41	38
	DETROIT	3	0, -175	6 un	SU ATS	41	6	3-0	HASEK	12	11
1/20/2007	DETROIT	1	0, +115		Under	28	1	3-0	MCDONALD	30	28
	COLORADO	3	0, -135	6 un	SU ATS	31	4	5-0	BUDAJ	28	27
1/9/2007	DETROIT	4	0, -120		SU ATS	43	5	6-2	HASEK	25	22
	COLORADO	3	0, +100	6 un	Over	25	2	5-1	BUDAJ	43	40

Team Line Action - Where the money is going!

Oddsmakers move a line in part because of one-sided public betting action on a side or total. They also move the line in reaction to wise guys selections. Either way, this section attempts to uncover whether the wise guys and public have a read on a given team. It summarizes both line and total movements. As a general rule, follow the line or total movement when percentages exceed 57% and go against it when they are below 43%.

Key Player Injuries

COLORADO

[LW] Marek Svatos expected to miss remainder of season. - Knee - 03/03/08

[RW] Scott Parker is out indefinitely - Ankle - 03/27/08

[D] Brett Clark expected to miss the remainder of the season. - Shoulder - 02/13/08

DETROIT

[LW] Kirk Maltby is "?" for Game 1 Round 2 of playoffs. - Hamstring - 04/20/08

[C] Tomas Kopecky is out for the season. - Knee - 04/04/08

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