NHL Hockey Game Matchups

IN ACTION TODAY			NHL Hockey Game Matchup Report for Thursday 5/8/2008
Thursday, 5/8/2008 (8:05 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 %
53: DALLAS 54: DETROIT	+175 -205	5.0	53-41 62-30	41-37-16 39-36-17	2.9 / 2.5 3.2 / 2.2	27.1 34.9	10.9% 9.2%	4.4 4.7	20.0% 20.8%	25.9 23.7	11.4% 13.5%	4.2 4.3	14.5% 15.8%

News Coverage: DALLAS \| DETROIT						Offensive Statistics				Defensive Statistics
Teams	Line	GF/GA	SU	Units	O/U	SOG	SHT %	PP	PP %	SOG	SHT %	PP	PP %
53: DALLAS 54: DETROIT	5.0 -205	2.9 / 2.5 3.2 / 2.2	53-41 62-30	+4.6 +5.5	41-37-16 39-36-17	2547 3213	10.9% 9.2%	415 433	20.0% 20.8%	2430 2179	0.0% 9.4%	399 398	14.5% 15.8%

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
DALLAS	TURCO	4.1	0, +114
DETROIT	OSGOOD	4.4	0, -114

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

DALLAS - 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	53-41	+4.6	160-110	+17.8	573-419	+34.1	41-37	116-127	402-499
in a road game where where the total is 5 or less	21-14	+11.4	29-25	+7.7	175-142	+14.4	16-8	25-16	122-148
second half of the season	30-24	+1.4	88-65	+2.2	333-249	+13.2	25-21	70-67	242-277
when playing with 3 or more days rest	6-6	-1	15-17	-8.9	55-58	-27.4	5-4	17-12	48-55
after a division game	23-20	-0.2	62-45	+6.5	176-126	+17.8	23-13	50-46	115-153
after 3 or more consecutive unders	5-5	+0.7	21-17	-1	88-79	-13.6	6-1	19-15	72-81
in the conference finals	0-0	0	0-0	0	10-10	-0.3	0-0	0-0	8-8
revenging a loss versus opponent	26-13	+10.5	60-35	+15	60-35	+15	16-15	33-49	33-49
when playing against a team with a winning record	26-18	+11.6	79-56	+25.9	255-209	+19.8	20-14	55-63	192-222
when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season	18-10	+10.5	48-31	+17.8	157-121	+19.4	12-11	31-38	115-133

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	62-30	+5.5	182-98	+4.4	600-410	-16.5	39-36	115-127	470-469
in a home game where where the total is 5 or less	16-6	+1.5	27-10	+6.2	114-57	+20.8	9-4	15-9	84-56
second half of the season	33-19	-2.4	103-61	-10.1	347-243	-22.4	20-22	67-73	269-274
when playing with 3 or more days rest	7-2	+3	24-6	+13.8	71-41	+12.6	3-4	9-15	55-50
after 3 or more consecutive overs	13-3	+6.3	22-9	+7.4	74-43	+12.9	5-5	10-14	55-56
in the conference finals	0-0	0	2-4	-2	14-11	+1.6	0-0	4-2	13-11
after a win by 2 goals or more	31-9	+15.2	80-37	+9.1	235-166	-25.6	15-16	49-50	176-198
after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game	27-9	+11.2	78-33	+8.9	226-173	-43	14-14	46-51	173-202
after a 3 game unbeaten streak	24-9	+3.5	56-26	+8	163-121	-18.2	13-16	30-41	136-130
when playing against a team with a winning record	27-11	+9.6	81-43	+26.2	298-192	+38.4	14-14	48-56	220-233
when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season	14-8	+2.4	49-26	+15.8	190-123	+25.2	9-8	30-31	137-148

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.

DALLAS - Current Season Performance
	Straight Up		Against Spread			Team		Opponent
	W-L-T	Units	W-L	Units	O-U	Score	Shots	Score	Shots
All Games	53-41-0	+4.6	53-41	+4.6	41-37	2.9	27.1	2.5	25.9
Team Stats (Road Games)	26-21-0	+9	26-21	+9	22-14	3.0	26.8	2.7	27.0
Last 5 Games	3-2-0	+0.8	3-2	+0.8	1-3	2.4	30.8	1.8	31.8
Playoff Games	8-4-0	+4.8	8-4	+4.8	4-5	2.9	30.0	2.0	27.1

DALLAS 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)	94	277	71	101	98	11	15	2547	10.9%	415	83	20.0%	470
Team Stats (Road Games)	47	139	36	52	46	6	9	1261	11.0%	207	44	21.3%	235
Team Stats (Last 5 Games)	5	12	1	4	6	2	1	154	7.8%	17	4	23.5%	19
Team Stats (Playoffs)	12	35	6	9	18	3	2	360	9.7%	59	15	25.4%	60
Stats Against (All Games)		231	72	60	95	8	13	2430	9.5%	399	58	14.5%	383
Stats Against (Road Games)		125	37	36	48	6	8	1267	9.9%	216	32	14.8%	219
Stats Against (Last 5 Games)		9	2	2	4	1	0	159	5.7%	20	2	10.0%	12
Stats Against (Playoffs)		24	6	8	9	1	1	325	7.4%	48	7	14.6%	36

DALLAS - Goalie Statistics
	Goalie Statistics						Team's record in starts
Goalie	Games	Starts	Shots	Saves	PCT	SHO	ATS	Units	SU	Units	O-U
JOHAN HOLMQVIST (All Games)	47	43	1163	1034	88.9%	0	21-22	-1.6	21-22-0	-3	26-17
JOHAN HOLMQVIST (Road Games)	22	20	557	493	88.5%	0	9-11	+1.3	9-11-0	+1	13-7
JOHAN HOLMQVIST (Last 4 Games)	4	3	109	95	87.2%	0	1-2	-1.4	1-2-0	-1	3-0
JOHAN HOLMQVIST (Playoff Games)	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0
TOBIAS STEPHAN (All Games)	1	1	40	38	95.0%	0	0-1	-1.4	0-1-0	-1	0-1
TOBIAS STEPHAN (Road Games)	1	1	40	38	95.0%	0	0-1	-1.4	0-1-0	-1	0-1
TOBIAS STEPHAN (Last 4 Games)	1	1	40	38	95.0%	0	0-1	-1.4	0-1-0	-1	0-1
TOBIAS STEPHAN (Playoff Games)	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0
MARTY TURCO (All Games)	74	73	1867	1704	91.3%	2	40-33	-0.8	40-33-0	-1	30-29
MARTY TURCO (Road Games)	36	35	955	869	91.0%	0	19-16	+6.1	19-16-0	+4	16-10
MARTY TURCO (Last 4 Games)	4	4	128	121	94.5%	0	2-2	-0.6	2-2-0	-1	0-3
MARTY TURCO (Playoff Games)	12	12	324	301	92.9%	0	8-4	+4.8	8-4-0	+4	4-5

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	62-30-0	+5.5	62-30	+5.5	39-36	3.2	34.9	2.2	23.7
Team Stats (Home Games)	34-12-0	+3.1	34-12	+3.1	21-16	3.3	36.6	2.2	22.2
Last 5 Games	5-0-0	+5	5-0	+5	4-1	4.8	38.8	1.8	25.0
Playoff Games	8-2-0	+5.1	8-2	+5.1	6-3	3.8	39.3	2.1	24.9

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)	92	295	89	102	97	8	20	3213	9.2%	433	90	20.8%	506
Team Stats (Home Games)	46	150	46	45	54	6	14	1683	8.9%	227	46	20.3%	265
Team Stats (Last 5 Games)	5	24	9	11	4	0	5	194	12.4%	27	7	25.9%	40
Team Stats (Playoffs)	10	38	13	15	9	1	6	393	9.7%	49	10	20.4%	64
Stats Against (All Games)		205	61	78	60	7	13	2179	9.4%	398	63	15.8%	344
Stats Against (Home Games)		101	27	41	31	3	5	1021	9.9%	186	29	15.6%	169
Stats Against (Last 5 Games)		9	3	3	3	0	0	125	7.2%	21	4	19.0%	17
Stats Against (Playoffs)		21	5	9	7	0	4	249	8.4%	41	6	14.6%	38

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)	50	48	1135	1041	91.7%	2	33-15	+2.5	33-15-0	+2	21-21
CHRIS OSGOOD (Home Games)	23	23	511	457	89.4%	1	16-7	-2.8	16-7-0	-3	13-8
CHRIS OSGOOD (Last 4 Games)	4	4	105	96	91.4%	0	4-0	+4	4-0-0	+4	4-0
CHRIS OSGOOD (Playoff Games)	7	7	159	149	93.7%	0	6-1	+4.4	6-1-0	+4	4-2

Average power rating of opponents played: DALLAS 3.18, DETROIT 3.02

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.

DALLAS - Schedule
Date	Opponent	Score	SU	Line	ATS	Total	O/U
4/12/2008	at ANAHEIM	5-2	W	0, +155	W	4.5 ov	O
4/15/2008	ANAHEIM	2-4	L	0, -125	L	4.5 ov	O
4/17/2008	ANAHEIM	3-1	W	0, -130	W	5 un	U
4/18/2008	at ANAHEIM	2-5	L	0, +130	L	4.5 ov	O
4/20/2008	ANAHEIM	4-1	W	0, -150	W	5 un	P
4/25/2008	at SAN JOSE	3-2	W	0, +125	W	5 un	P
4/27/2008	at SAN JOSE	5-2	W	0, +145	W	5 un	O
4/29/2008	SAN JOSE	2-1	W	0, -125	W	5 ev	U
4/30/2008	SAN JOSE	1-2	L	0, -160	L	5 un	U
5/2/2008	at SAN JOSE	2-3	L	0, +125	L	5 un	P
5/4/2008	SAN JOSE	2-1	W	0, -155	W	5 un	U
5/8/2008	at DETROIT

DETROIT - Schedule
Date	Opponent	Score	SU	Line	ATS	Total	O/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	8-2	W	0, -155	W	5 ov	O
5/8/2008	DALLAS

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 30-23 (+1.1 Units) against the spread versus DALLAS since 1996

DETROIT is 27-19-7 straight up against DALLAS since 1996

26 of 48 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Under=+2.0 Units)

Games over the last 3 seasons

DETROIT is 8-4 (+3.2 Units) against the spread versus DALLAS over the last 3 seasons

DETROIT is 8-4-0 straight up against DALLAS over the last 3 seasons

7 of 11 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+3.0 Units)

All games played at DETROIT since 1996

DETROIT is 15-9-3 straight up against DALLAS since 1996

13 of 25 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=+0.4 Units)

Games played at DETROIT over the last 3 seasons.

DETROIT is 4-2 (+1.0 Units) against the spread versus DALLAS over the last 3 seasons

DETROIT is 4-2-0 straight up against DALLAS over the last 3 seasons

3 of 5 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+1.1 Units)

						Team Statistics			Goalie Statistics
Date	Teams	Score	Line	Total	Result	Shots	AST	Pwr Play	Starter	Shots	Saves
3/13/2008	DALLAS	3	0, +145		Over	19	6	2-1	TURCO	30	26
	DETROIT	5	0, -165	5 ov	SU ATS	31	10	6-1	OSGOOD	19	16
2/17/2008	DETROIT	0	0, -125		Under	28	0	4-0	HOWARD	31	30
	DALLAS	1	0, +105	5.5 un	SU ATS	31	2	4-0	TURCO	28	28
1/5/2008	DETROIT	3	0, -135		SU ATS	23	6	2-0	HASEK	22	22
	DALLAS	0	0, +115	5 ov	Under	22	0	2-0	SMITH	22	20
1/2/2008	DALLAS	1	0, +150			24	2	3-0	TURCO	26	22
	DETROIT	4	0, -170	5 ov	SU ATS	26	8	3-0	OSGOOD	24	23
3/30/2007	DALLAS	4	0, +125		SU ATS	24	6	5-1	SMITH	34	31
	DETROIT	3	0, -145	5 ov	Over	34	6	5-0	HASEK	24	21
2/14/2007	DETROIT	3	0, +120		SU ATS	32	6	1-0	OSGOOD	18	17
	DALLAS	1	0, -140	5 ov	Under	18	2	3-1	SMITH	31	29

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

DALLAS

[C] Stu Barnes missed last game, "?" Thursday vs Detroit. - Head - 05/05/08

[D] Philippe Boucher out indefinitely. - Hip - 04/18/08

DETROIT

[D] Chris Chelios is "?" Thursday vs Dallas. - Lower Body - 05/05/08

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

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