NHL Hockey Game Matchups

IN ACTION TODAY			NHL Hockey Game Matchup Report for Thursday 5/1/2008
Thursday, 5/1/2008 (7:05 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 %
1: PITTSBURGH 2: NY RANGERS	-125 +105	5.5	54-35 46-44	38-47-4 39-45-6	3.1 / 2.6 2.7 / 2.5	28.1 31.3	11.0% 8.5%	4.7 4.6	21.3% 15.8%	30.6 26.0	10.1% 10.2%	4.3 4.1	17.9% 16.7%

News Coverage: PITTSBURGH \| NY RANGERS						Offensive Statistics				Defensive Statistics
Teams	Line	GF/GA	SU	Units	O/U	SOG	SHT %	PP	PP %	SOG	SHT %	PP	PP %
1: PITTSBURGH 2: NY RANGERS	5.5 +105	3.1 / 2.6 2.7 / 2.5	54-35 46-44	+14.2 -13.2	38-47-4 39-45-6	2504 2818	11.0% 8.5%	414 411	21.3% 15.8%	2720 2343	0.0% 9.5%	385 371	17.9% 16.7%

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
PITTSBURGH	FLEURY	4.3	0, -157
NY RANGERS	LUNDQVIST	3.2	0, +157

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

PITTSBURGH - 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	54-35	+14.2	124-134	+2.4	438-486	-59.2	38-47	121-123	446-421
in a road game where where the total is 5.5	17-10	+8.1	18-10	+9.7	66-73	-1.3	10-17	10-18	63-81
second half of the season	34-17	+16.2	78-68	+24.8	254-280	-23.8	21-26	69-67	265-231
vs. division opponents	18-17	-1.8	50-49	+7.2	142-151	-8.3	17-17	48-45	144-129
after a division game	17-17	-4	45-53	-5.4	146-144	+3.4	14-18	47-47	137-132
in the second round of the playoffs	3-0	+3.3	3-0	+3.3	11-11	+0.5	2-1	2-1	9-7
when leading in a playoff series	5-0	+5.3	5-0	+5.3	11-10	-0.7	2-3	2-3	10-7
after a win by 2 goals or more	20-15	+1.5	37-32	+3.7	141-111	+18.5	15-20	38-29	134-112
after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game	19-17	-3.3	50-54	-4.5	164-152	-1.4	15-21	50-48	164-146
after a 3 game unbeaten streak	10-8	+0.7	22-15	+5.6	75-57	+6.6	7-11	19-18	63-60
when playing against a team with a winning record	25-17	+10	54-69	+2.4	200-256	-25.8	22-19	55-61	229-194
when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season	15-9	+8.2	31-36	+6.4	112-149	-14.4	13-10	32-30	131-104

NY RANGERS - 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	46-44	-13.2	138-130	-26	427-482	-123.8	39-45	108-146	420-447
in a home game where where the total is 5.5	16-5	+8.9	27-10	+12.4	95-86	-8.2	8-13	14-23	91-93
second half of the season	26-25	-8.2	77-73	-17.6	226-268	-76.1	22-26	59-84	218-248
vs. division opponents	24-16	+2.2	57-51	-11.6	138-162	-52	18-20	40-59	129-150
after a division game	23-16	+1.1	54-53	-15.8	140-160	-47.1	17-20	39-63	133-156
in the second round of the playoffs	0-3	-3.5	2-7	-5.6	6-8	-1.2	2-1	4-5	5-9
when trailing in a playoff series	0-2	-2.5	2-6	-4.6	5-8	-2.7	1-1	3-5	5-8
revenging a home loss versus opponent	11-2	+9.2	26-18	+7	26-18	+7	5-8	18-23	18-23
revenging a loss versus opponent	19-15	-1	55-53	-10	55-53	-10	14-19	40-62	40-62
after allowing 4 goals or more	9-14	-10.5	31-39	-19.3	125-165	-60.6	8-13	29-34	135-139
after a loss by 2 goals or more in their previous game	11-10	-1.6	31-23	+3.9	126-131	-15.3	8-11	23-27	122-125
after 3 or more consecutive losses	4-3	-0.1	16-18	-5	55-51	-1.6	3-4	12-20	54-48
when playing against a team with a winning record	24-21	+0.7	62-71	-12.8	182-262	-78.6	18-25	56-71	198-227
when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season	16-8	+7.9	35-42	-9.8	102-152	-46.2	11-12	31-43	103-134

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.

PITTSBURGH - Current Season Performance
	Straight Up		Against Spread			Team		Opponent
	W-L-T	Units	W-L	Units	O-U	Score	Shots	Score	Shots
All Games	54-35-0	+14.2	54-35	+14.2	38-47	3.1	28.1	2.6	30.6
Team Stats (Road Games)	24-20-0	+6.1	24-20	+6.1	18-24	2.8	28.1	2.8	32.5
Last 5 Games	5-0-0	+5.3	5-0	+5.3	2-3	3.8	29.4	1.8	29.0
Playoff Games	7-0-0	+7.3	7-0	+7.3	3-4	4.0	33.7	1.7	28.7
vs. Division	18-17-0	-1.8	18-17	-1.8	17-17	2.9	26.1	2.7	30.1

PITTSBURGH 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)	89	275	77	93	99	8	20	2504	11.0%	414	88	21.3%	478
Team Stats (Road Games)	44	123	34	43	42	5	13	1237	9.9%	196	36	18.4%	204
Team Stats (Last 5 Games)	5	19	3	7	9	0	2	147	12.9%	25	6	24.0%	34
Team Stats (Playoffs)	7	28	6	9	13	0	3	236	11.9%	37	10	27.0%	51
Team Stats (vs. Division)	35	101	35	37	30	0	3	913	11.1%	161	39	24.2%	184
Stats Against (All Games)		228	67	84	69	8	9	2720	8.4%	385	69	17.9%	407
Stats Against (Road Games)		124	34	53	34	3	5	1432	8.7%	194	41	21.1%	223
Stats Against (Last 5 Games)		9	2	6	1	0	0	145	6.2%	18	1	5.6%	17
Stats Against (Playoffs)		12	2	8	2	0	0	201	6.0%	26	2	7.7%	23
Stats Against (vs. Division)		94	30	33	28	3	2	1052	8.9%	173	32	18.5%	173

PITTSBURGH - Goalie Statistics
	Goalie Statistics						Team's record in starts
Goalie	Games	Starts	Shots	Saves	PCT	SHO	ATS	Units	SU	Units	O-U
TY CONKLIN (All Games)	33	31	1013	935	92.3%	2	18-13	+2.7	18-13-0	+3	16-15
TY CONKLIN (Road Games)	17	15	518	471	90.9%	0	7-8	-1.5	7-8-0	-1	8-7
TY CONKLIN (vs. Division)	10	9	322	291	90.4%	0	5-4	+0.5	5-4-0	+1	7-2
TY CONKLIN (Last 4 Games)	4	4	120	107	89.2%	0	1-3	-3.6	1-3-0	-3	3-1
TY CONKLIN (Playoff Games)	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0
PATRICK EHELECHNER (All Games)	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0
PATRICK EHELECHNER (Road Games)	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0
PATRICK EHELECHNER (vs. Division)	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0
PATRICK EHELECHNER (Playoff Games)	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0
MARC-ANDRE FLEURY (All Games)	42	39	1110	1026	92.4%	5	26-13	+9.3	26-13-0	+9	15-21
MARC-ANDRE FLEURY (Road Games)	19	16	494	457	92.5%	1	9-7	+2.1	9-7-0	+1	6-9
MARC-ANDRE FLEURY (vs. Division)	19	19	562	522	92.9%	3	11-8	+2	11-8-0	+1	8-10
MARC-ANDRE FLEURY (Last 4 Games)	4	4	111	103	92.8%	1	4-0	+4.3	4-0-0	+4	2-2
MARC-ANDRE FLEURY (Playoff Games)	7	7	201	189	94.0%	2	7-0	+7.3	7-0-0	+7	3-4
DANNY SABOURIN (All Games)	24	19	596	539	90.4%	1	10-9	+2.1	10-9-0	+3	7-11
DANNY SABOURIN (Road Games)	16	13	420	385	91.7%	1	8-5	+5.6	8-5-0	+6	4-8
DANNY SABOURIN (vs. Division)	7	7	170	149	87.6%	1	2-5	-4.2	2-5-0	-4	2-5
DANNY SABOURIN (Last 4 Games)	4	3	102	92	90.2%	0	2-1	+1.6	2-1-0	+2	2-0
DANNY SABOURIN (Playoff Games)	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0

NY RANGERS - Current Season Performance
	Straight Up		Against Spread			Team		Opponent
	W-L-T	Units	W-L	Units	O-U	Score	Shots	Score	Shots
All Games	46-44-0	-13.2	46-44	-13.2	39-45	2.7	31.3	2.5	26.0
Team Stats (Home Games)	26-18-0	-5.2	26-18	-5.2	19-23	2.7	33.5	2.3	24.7
Last 5 Games	2-3-0	-1.5	2-3	-1.5	4-1	3.4	30.2	3.6	26.4
Playoff Games	4-4-0	-0.8	4-4	-0.8	6-2	3.2	29.9	3.0	27.4
vs. Division	24-16-0	+2.2	24-16	+2.2	18-20	2.7	30.9	2.2	25.6

NY RANGERS 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)	90	239	82	71	74	12	15	2818	8.5%	411	65	15.8%	413
Team Stats (Home Games)	44	117	42	34	34	7	6	1472	7.9%	203	32	15.8%	206
Team Stats (Last 5 Games)	5	17	6	7	4	0	2	151	11.3%	20	3	15.0%	29
Team Stats (Playoffs)	8	26	7	9	10	0	3	239	10.9%	31	5	16.1%	47
Team Stats (vs. Division)	40	110	33	36	34	7	9	1235	8.9%	183	30	16.4%	192
Stats Against (All Games)		223	57	88	66	14	15	2343	9.5%	371	62	16.7%	361
Stats Against (Home Games)		102	27	48	23	4	4	1088	9.4%	161	27	16.8%	166
Stats Against (Last 5 Games)		18	4	8	7	0	1	132	13.6%	20	6	30.0%	33
Stats Against (Playoffs)		24	5	11	8	1	1	219	11.0%	37	9	24.3%	41
Stats Against (vs. Division)		87	26	32	25	6	6	1026	8.5%	163	24	14.7%	138

NY RANGERS - Goalie Statistics
	Goalie Statistics						Team's record in starts
Goalie	Games	Starts	Shots	Saves	PCT	SHO	ATS	Units	SU	Units	O-U
CHRIS HOLT (All Games)	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0
CHRIS HOLT (Home Games)	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0
CHRIS HOLT (vs. Division)	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0
CHRIS HOLT (Playoff Games)	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0
HENRIK LUNDQVIST (All Games)	80	79	2041	1858	91.0%	13	41-38	-10.6	41-38-0	-10	34-40
HENRIK LUNDQVIST (Home Games)	43	42	1036	946	91.3%	8	25-17	-3.7	25-17-0	-4	17-23
HENRIK LUNDQVIST (vs. Division)	37	36	925	848	91.7%	6	21-15	-0.1	21-15-0	0	16-18
HENRIK LUNDQVIST (Last 4 Games)	4	4	100	86	86.0%	1	1-3	-2.5	1-3-0	-2	3-1
HENRIK LUNDQVIST (Playoff Games)	8	8	218	195	89.4%	1	4-4	-0.8	4-4-0	0	6-2
AL MONTOYA (All Games)	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0
AL MONTOYA (Home Games)	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0
AL MONTOYA (vs. Division)	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0
AL MONTOYA (Playoff Games)	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0
STEPHEN VALIQUETTE (All Games)	13	11	296	271	91.6%	1	5-6	-2.6	5-6-0	-2	5-5
STEPHEN VALIQUETTE (Home Games)	3	2	50	42	84.0%	0	1-1	-1.5	1-1-0	-1	2-0
STEPHEN VALIQUETTE (vs. Division)	4	4	99	95	96.0%	0	3-1	+2.4	3-1-0	+2	2-2
STEPHEN VALIQUETTE (Last 4 Games)	4	4	103	96	93.2%	0	2-2	+0.1	2-2-0	0	2-2
STEPHEN VALIQUETTE (Playoff Games)	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0

Average power rating of opponents played: PITTSBURGH 2.91, NY RANGERS 3.05

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.

PITTSBURGH - Schedule
Date	Opponent	Score	SU	Line	ATS	Total	O/U
4/6/2008	at PHILADELPHIA	0-2	L	0, -150	L	6 un	U
4/9/2008	OTTAWA	4-0	W	0, -200	W	5.5 un	U
4/11/2008	OTTAWA	5-3	W	0, -240	W	5 ov	O
4/14/2008	at OTTAWA	4-1	W	0, -125	W	5.5 un	U
4/16/2008	at OTTAWA	3-1	W	0, -165	W	5.5 un	U
4/25/2008	NY RANGERS	5-4	W	0, -145	W	5 ov	O
4/27/2008	NY RANGERS	2-0	W	0, -150	W	5.5 un	U
4/29/2008	at NY RANGERS	5-3	W	0, +130	W	5 ov	O
5/1/2008	at NY RANGERS

NY RANGERS - Schedule
Date	Opponent	Score	SU	Line	ATS	Total	O/U
4/4/2008	NY ISLANDERS	3-4	L	0, -300	L	5 un	O
4/6/2008	at NEW JERSEY	2-3	L	0, -105	L	5 un	P
4/9/2008	at NEW JERSEY	4-1	W	0, +100	W	4.5 ov	O
4/11/2008	at NEW JERSEY	2-1	W	0, +110	W	4.5 ov	U
4/13/2008	NEW JERSEY	3-4	L	0, -145	L	4.5 ev	O
4/16/2008	NEW JERSEY	5-3	W	0, -160	W	4.5 ov	O
4/18/2008	at NEW JERSEY	5-3	W	0, -120	W	5 un	O
4/25/2008	at PITTSBURGH	4-5	L	0, +125	L	5 ov	O
4/27/2008	at PITTSBURGH	0-2	L	0, +130	L	5.5 un	U
4/29/2008	PITTSBURGH	3-5	L	0, -150	L	5 ov	O
5/1/2008	PITTSBURGH

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

PITTSBURGH is 33-29 (+5.9 Units) against the spread versus NY RANGERS since 1996

PITTSBURGH is 33-28-5 straight up against NY RANGERS since 1996

34 of 63 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Under=+2.6 Units)

Games over the last 3 seasons

PITTSBURGH is 14-13 (+3.7 Units) against the spread versus NY RANGERS over the last 3 seasons

PITTSBURGH is 14-13-0 straight up against NY RANGERS over the last 3 seasons

16 of 26 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+4.9 Units)

All games played at NY RANGERS since 1996

NY RANGERS is 18-13-2 straight up against PITTSBURGH since 1996

16 of 33 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=-2.9 Units, Under=-0.0 Units)

Games played at NY RANGERS over the last 3 seasons.

NY RANGERS is 9-4 (+2.3 Units) against the spread versus PITTSBURGH over the last 3 seasons

NY RANGERS is 9-4-0 straight up against PITTSBURGH over the last 3 seasons

7 of 13 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+0.4 Units)

						Team Statistics			Goalie Statistics
Date	Teams	Score	Line	Total	Result	Shots	AST	Pwr Play	Starter	Shots	Saves
4/29/2008	PITTSBURGH	5	0, +130		SU ATS	17	10	3-2	FLEURY	39	36
	NY RANGERS	3	0, -150	5 ov	Over	39	6	5-0	LUNDQVIST	17	12
4/27/2008	NY RANGERS	0	0, +130		Under	26	0	6-0	LUNDQVIST	31	30
	PITTSBURGH	2	0, -150	5.5 un	SU ATS	32	4	5-1	FLEURY	26	26
4/25/2008	NY RANGERS	4	0, +125		Over	24	8	3-1	LUNDQVIST	26	21
	PITTSBURGH	5	0, -145	5 ov	SU ATS	26	9	5-1	FLEURY	24	20
3/31/2008	PITTSBURGH	1	0, +135		Under	22	2	4-0	FLEURY	27	25
	NY RANGERS	2	0, -155	5.5 un	SU ATS	27	4	5-2	LUNDQVIST	22	21
3/30/2008	NY RANGERS	1	0, +110		Under	27	2	8-1	LUNDQVIST	20	17
	PITTSBURGH	3	0, -130	5.5 un	SU ATS	20	6	4-1	FLEURY	27	26
3/18/2008	PITTSBURGH	2	0, +125		Over	24	4	1-0	CONKLIN	30	25
	NY RANGERS	5	0, -145	5.5 un	SU ATS	30	7	2-1	LUNDQVIST	24	22
1/14/2008	NY RANGERS	1	0, +120		Under	44	2	6-1	LUNDQVIST	22	19
	PITTSBURGH	4	0, -140	5.5 un	SU ATS	23	7	5-2	CONKLIN	44	43
12/18/2007	PITTSBURGH	0	0, +125		Under	18	0	5-0	SABOURIN	31	27
	NY RANGERS	4	0, -145	5.5 un	SU ATS	31	8	7-2	LUNDQVIST	18	18
11/17/2007	NY RANGERS	4	0, +100		SU ATS	26	8	6-1	LUNDQVIST	23	20
	PITTSBURGH	3	0, -120	5.5 un	Over	23	5	2-0	FLEURY	26	22
11/8/2007	PITTSBURGH	2	0, +155		Over	28	4	6-1	FLEURY	39	35
	NY RANGERS	4	0, -175	5.5 ov	SU ATS	39	7	7-2	LUNDQVIST	28	26
10/23/2007	NY RANGERS	0	0, +120		Under	36	0	4-0	LUNDQVIST	22	21
	PITTSBURGH	1	0, -140	6 ev	SU ATS	22	2	5-1	FLEURY	36	36
4/7/2007	NY RANGERS	1	0, +145		Under	29	2	4-0	LUNDQVIST	30	28
	PITTSBURGH	2	0, -165	6 ov	SU ATS	30	4	6-2	FLEURY	29	28
3/19/2007	PITTSBURGH	1	0, +125		Under	22	2	4-0	THIBAULT	42	40
	NY RANGERS	2	0, -145	6 ev	SU ATS	42	4	5-0	LUNDQVIST	22	21
3/10/2007	NY RANGERS	2	0, +125		Under	28	3	5-0	LUNDQVIST	23	20
	PITTSBURGH	3	0, -145	6 ev	SU ATS	23	5	9-2	FLEURY	28	26
3/1/2007	PITTSBURGH	4	0, +105		SU ATS	33	4	4-1	FLEURY	35	32
	NY RANGERS	3	0, -125	6 ov	Over	35	6	4-1	LUNDQVIST	33	30

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

PITTSBURGH

[LW] Gary Roberts is "?" Tuesday vs NY Rangers. - Groin - 04/27/08

NY RANGERS

No significant injuries.

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