NHL Hockey Game Matchups

IN ACTION TODAY			NHL Hockey Game Matchup Report for Thursday 5/1/2008
Thursday, 5/1/2008 (10:05 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 %
3: DETROIT 4: COLORADO	-155 +135	5.0	61-30 48-43	38-36-17 38-46-7	3.2 / 2.2 2.8 / 2.7	34.9 28.6	9.0% 9.8%	4.7 4.2	20.5% 14.7%	23.6 28.0	13.4% 10.0%	4.3 3.8	15.5% 18.7%

News Coverage: DETROIT \| COLORADO						Offensive Statistics				Defensive Statistics
Teams	Line	GF/GA	SU	Units	O/U	SOG	SHT %	PP	PP %	SOG	SHT %	PP	PP %
3: DETROIT 4: COLORADO	5.0 +135	3.2 / 2.2 2.8 / 2.7	61-30 48-43	+4.5 -0.2	38-36-17 38-46-7	3173 2604	9.0% 9.8%	429 380	20.5% 14.7%	2148 2548	0.0% 9.6%	393 342	15.5% 18.7%

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
DETROIT	OSGOOD	4.3	0, -129
COLORADO	THEODORE	3.6	0, +129

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

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	61-30	+4.5	181-98	+3.4	599-410	-17.5	38-36	114-127	469-469
in a road game where where the total is 5 or less	15-10	+0.6	25-20	-0.2	98-94	-21.2	12-5	17-11	78-69
second half of the season	32-19	-3.4	102-61	-11.1	346-243	-23.4	19-22	66-73	268-274
after 3 or more consecutive overs	12-3	+5.3	21-9	+6.4	73-43	+11.9	4-5	9-14	54-56
in the second round of the playoffs	3-0	+3	7-2	+5.2	24-17	-3.7	3-0	3-3	17-16
when leading in a playoff series	4-2	+1.1	7-7	-3.2	40-22	+6.1	4-1	6-4	28-25
after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game	26-9	+10.2	77-33	+7.9	225-173	-44	13-14	45-51	172-202
after a 3 game unbeaten streak	23-9	+2.5	55-26	+7	162-121	-19.2	12-16	29-41	135-130
when playing against a team with a winning record	26-11	+8.6	80-43	+25.2	297-192	+37.4	13-14	47-56	219-233
when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season	13-8	+1.4	48-26	+14.8	189-123	+24.2	8-8	29-31	136-148

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	48-43	-0.2	139-125	-4.5	544-459	-35.6	38-46	133-117	472-461
in a home game where where the total is 5 or less	7-5	+0.9	7-5	+0.9	105-101	-38.2	5-5	5-5	90-89
second half of the season	27-25	+0	80-67	+7.9	334-261	+5.3	20-25	73-64	286-266
after 3 or more consecutive overs	5-4	+0.5	20-16	-1	67-52	-0.8	2-3	16-14	50-49
in the second round of the playoffs	0-3	-3	0-7	-7.6	21-22	-6.9	3-0	4-3	20-20
when trailing in a playoff series	1-2	-1	1-5	-4.6	16-12	+4.7	3-0	4-2	14-12
revenging a home loss versus opponent	7-8	-0.6	22-28	-4.9	22-28	-4.9	6-8	21-28	21-28
revenging a loss versus opponent	21-23	-4.4	53-62	-12.7	53-62	-12.7	17-23	55-55	55-55
after allowing 4 goals or more	11-15	-6	47-47	-7.6	135-127	-22.3	9-14	42-47	127-125
after 3 or more consecutive losses	4-4	-1.1	11-7	+3.8	22-16	+1.3	2-5	6-11	16-19
when playing against a team with a winning record	20-21	-1.3	67-69	0	256-242	-17.4	11-23	68-58	230-228
when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season	12-16	-4.1	38-45	-5.4	156-156	-21	7-14	40-35	139-141

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.

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	61-30-0	+4.5	61-30	+4.5	38-36	3.2	34.9	2.2	23.6
Team Stats (Road Games)	27-18-0	+1.4	27-18	+1.4	17-20	3.0	33.1	2.3	25.0
Last 5 Games	5-0-0	+5	5-0	+5	3-2	3.6	41.6	1.6	23.0
Playoff Games	7-2-0	+4.1	7-2	+4.1	5-3	3.3	39.2	2.1	24.2

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)	91	287	86	98	96	8	20	3173	9.0%	429	88	20.5%	493
Team Stats (Road Games)	45	137	40	53	42	2	6	1490	9.2%	202	42	20.8%	228
Team Stats (Last 5 Games)	5	18	7	7	3	1	5	208	8.7%	26	5	19.2%	30
Team Stats (Playoffs)	9	30	10	11	8	1	6	353	8.5%	45	8	17.8%	51
Stats Against (All Games)		203	60	78	59	7	13	2148	9.5%	393	61	15.5%	340
Stats Against (Road Games)		102	33	37	28	4	8	1127	9.1%	207	32	15.5%	171
Stats Against (Last 5 Games)		8	2	3	3	0	0	115	7.0%	19	2	10.5%	15
Stats Against (Playoffs)		19	4	9	6	0	4	218	8.7%	36	4	11.1%	34

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 (Road 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 (Road Games)	20	19	433	383	88.5%	0	11-8	-0.5	11-8-0	0	10-6
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 (Road Games)	3	2	85	79	92.9%	1	0-2	-2.4	0-2-0	-2	0-1
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)	49	47	1104	1012	91.7%	2	32-15	+1.5	32-15-0	+1	20-21
CHRIS OSGOOD (Road Games)	26	24	593	555	93.6%	1	16-8	+4.2	16-8-0	+4	7-13
CHRIS OSGOOD (Last 4 Games)	4	4	94	87	92.6%	0	4-0	+4	4-0-0	+4	3-1
CHRIS OSGOOD (Playoff Games)	6	6	128	120	93.7%	0	5-1	+3.4	5-1-0	+3	3-2

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	48-43-0	-0.3	48-43	-0.3	38-46	2.8	28.6	2.7	28.0
Team Stats (Home Games)	29-16-0	+6.7	29-16	+6.7	23-20	3.1	31.2	2.5	27.8
Last 5 Games	2-3-0	-1	2-3	-1	3-1	2.4	24.2	3.2	37.2
Playoff Games	4-5-0	-1.5	4-5	-1.5	4-1	2.7	28.3	2.8	34.6

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)	91	255	62	101	81	12	14	2604	9.8%	380	56	14.7%	447
Team Stats (Home Games)	45	141	35	58	42	6	7	1403	10.0%	201	33	16.4%	251
Team Stats (Last 5 Games)	5	12	4	4	4	0	0	121	9.9%	19	4	21.1%	22
Team Stats (Playoffs)	9	24	9	8	7	1	0	255	9.4%	43	8	18.6%	42
Stats Against (All Games)		244	81	75	79	9	18	2548	9.6%	342	64	18.7%	428
Stats Against (Home Games)		112	39	35	35	3	6	1253	8.9%	169	32	18.9%	201
Stats Against (Last 5 Games)		16	7	7	2	0	4	186	8.6%	23	6	26.1%	31
Stats Against (Playoffs)		25	7	7	9	2	4	311	8.0%	40	8	20.0%	42

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)	37	33	889	806	90.7%	1	16-17	-3.8	16-17-0	-3	19-13
PETER BUDAJ (Home Games)	18	16	425	385	90.6%	0	11-5	+3.4	11-5-0	+4	12-4
PETER BUDAJ (Last 4 Games)	4	4	84	79	94.0%	0	1-3	-2.2	1-3-0	-2	4-0
PETER BUDAJ (Playoff Games)	2	2	40	39	97.5%	0	0-2	-2	0-2-0	-2	2-0
VITALIY KOLESNIK (All Games)	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0
VITALIY KOLESNIK (Home 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)	61	58	1618	1475	91.2%	3	32-26	+3.5	32-26-0	+5	19-33
JOSE THEODORE (Home Games)	30	29	823	757	92.0%	2	18-11	+3.3	18-11-0	+5	11-16
JOSE THEODORE (Last 4 Games)	4	3	126	115	91.3%	0	2-1	+1	2-1-0	+1	1-1
JOSE THEODORE (Playoff Games)	8	7	251	231	92.0%	0	4-3	+0.5	4-3-0	0	2-1
MICHAEL WALL (All Games)	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0
MICHAEL WALL (Home 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 (Home Games)	0	0	0	0	0.0%	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

Average power rating of opponents played: DETROIT 3.03, COLORADO 3.2

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.

DETROIT - Schedule
Date	Opponent	Score	SU	Line	ATS	Total	O/U
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	4-3	W	0, -200	W	5 ov	O
4/26/2008	COLORADO	5-1	W	0, -200	W	5 ov	O
4/29/2008	at COLORADO	4-3	W	0, -115	W	5 ov	O
5/1/2008	at COLORADO

COLORADO - Schedule
Date	Opponent	Score	SU	Line	ATS	Total	O/U
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	3-4	L	0, +170	L	5 ov	O
4/26/2008	at DETROIT	1-5	L	0, +170	L	5 ov	O
4/29/2008	DETROIT	3-4	L	0, -105	L	5 ov	O
5/1/2008	DETROIT

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 44-28 (+7.8 Units) against the spread versus COLORADO since 1996

DETROIT is 43-28-1 straight up against COLORADO since 1996

36 of 67 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=+2.7 Units)

Games over the last 3 seasons

DETROIT is 13-2 (+10.1 Units) against the spread versus COLORADO over the last 3 seasons

DETROIT is 13-2-0 straight up against COLORADO over the last 3 seasons

9 of 15 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+2.4 Units)

All games played at COLORADO since 1996

DETROIT is 21-15 (+6.6 Units) against the spread versus COLORADO since 1996

DETROIT is 20-15-1 straight up against COLORADO since 1996

17 of 33 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=+0.1 Units)

Games played at COLORADO over the last 3 seasons.

DETROIT is 6-1 (+5.1 Units) against the spread versus COLORADO over the last 3 seasons

DETROIT is 6-1-0 straight up against COLORADO over the last 3 seasons

4 of 7 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.7 Units)

						Team Statistics			Goalie Statistics
Date	Teams	Score	Line	Total	Result	Shots	AST	Pwr Play	Starter	Shots	Saves
4/29/2008	DETROIT	4	0, -115		SU ATS	35	8	7-2	OSGOOD	33	30
	COLORADO	3	0, -105	5 ov	Over	33	6	5-2	THEODORE	35	31
4/26/2008	COLORADO	1	0, +170		Over	20	1	5-0	BUDAJ	20	19
	DETROIT	5	0, -200	5 ov	SU ATS	40	9	7-2	OSGOOD	20	19
4/24/2008	COLORADO	3	0, +170		Over	21	6	3-0	BUDAJ	20	20
	DETROIT	4	0, -200	5 ov	SU ATS	36	8	5-1	OSGOOD	21	18
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

DETROIT

[LW] Kirk Maltby is expected to be a healthy scratch Tuesday vs Colorado. - Hamstring - 04/29/08

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

COLORADO

[LW] Wojtek Wolski out indefinitely. - Upper Body - 04/25/08

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

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

[C] Peter Forsberg is upgraded to probable Tuesday vs Detroit. - Groin - 04/28/08

[D] Scott Hannan is downgraded to doubtful Tuesday vs Detroit. - Lower Body - 04/28/08

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

[G] Jose Theodore upgraded to probable Tuesday vs Detroit. - Flu - 04/28/08

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