NHL Hockey Game Matchups

IN ACTION TODAY			NHL Hockey Game Matchup Report for Monday 5/12/2008
Monday, 5/12/2008 (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 %
5: DETROIT 6: DALLAS	-120 +100	5.0	64-30 53-43	39-37-18 41-38-17	3.2 / 2.2 2.9 / 2.5	34.9 26.9	9.2% 10.8%	4.7 4.4	21.1% 19.8%	23.6 26.0	13.6% 11.2%	4.3 4.3	15.7% 15.0%

News Coverage: DETROIT \| DALLAS						Offensive Statistics				Defensive Statistics
Teams	Line	GF/GA	SU	Units	O/U	SOG	SHT %	PP	PP %	SOG	SHT %	PP	PP %
5: DETROIT 6: DALLAS	5.0 +100	3.2 / 2.2 2.9 / 2.5	64-30 53-43	+7.5 +2.6	39-37-18 41-38-17	3278 2586	9.2% 10.8%	446 424	21.1% 19.8%	2218 2495	0.0% 9.5%	407 412	15.7% 15.0%

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	4.7	0, -141
DALLAS	TURCO	3.8	0, +141

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	64-30	+7.5	184-98	+6.4	602-410	-14.5	39-37	115-128	470-470
in a road game where where the total is 5 or less	16-10	+1.6	26-20	+0.8	99-94	-20.2	13-5	18-11	79-69
second half of the season	35-19	-0.4	105-61	-8.1	349-243	-20.4	20-23	67-74	269-275
in the conference finals	2-0	+2	4-4	0	16-11	+3.6	0-1	4-3	13-12
when leading in a playoff series	6-2	+3.1	9-7	-1.2	42-22	+8.1	5-2	7-5	29-26
after a 3 game unbeaten streak	26-9	+5.5	58-26	+10	165-121	-16.2	13-17	30-42	136-131
when playing against a team with a winning record	29-11	+11.6	83-43	+28.2	300-192	+40.4	14-15	48-57	220-234
when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season	16-8	+4.4	51-26	+17.8	192-123	+27.2	9-9	30-32	137-149

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	53-43	+2.6	160-112	+15.8	573-421	+32.1	41-38	116-128	402-500
in a home game where where the total is 5 or less	17-13	-2.5	31-24	-8.3	187-138	-8.4	13-12	23-21	130-153
second half of the season	30-26	-0.6	88-67	+0.2	333-251	+11.2	25-22	70-68	242-278
after 3 or more consecutive unders	5-7	-1.3	21-19	-3	88-81	-15.6	6-2	19-16	72-82
in the conference finals	0-2	-2	0-2	-2	10-12	-2.3	0-1	0-1	8-9
when trailing in a playoff series	0-1	-1	4-5	-2.4	20-18	-0.9	0-1	2-7	18-18
revenging a loss versus opponent	26-15	+8.5	60-37	+13	60-37	+13	16-16	33-50	33-50
after scoring 1 goal or less in their previous game	9-8	-1.7	34-17	+10.4	133-78	+36.4	6-7	21-23	98-94
when playing against a team with a winning record	26-20	+9.6	79-58	+23.9	255-211	+17.8	20-15	55-64	192-223
when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season	18-12	+8.5	48-33	+15.8	157-123	+17.4	12-12	31-39	115-134

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.

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	64-30-0	+7.5	64-30	+7.5	39-37	3.2	34.9	2.2	23.6
Team Stats (Road Games)	28-18-0	+2.4	28-18	+2.4	18-20	3.2	33.3	2.3	25.2
Last 5 Games	5-0-0	+5	5-0	+5	3-1	4.6	36.0	1.6	24.6
Playoff Games	10-2-0	+7.1	10-2	+7.1	6-4	3.7	38.2	1.9	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)	94	301	93	104	97	8	20	3278	9.2%	446	94	21.1%	517
Team Stats (Road Games)	46	145	43	57	43	2	6	1530	9.5%	206	44	21.4%	241
Team Stats (Last 5 Games)	5	23	10	11	2	0	4	180	12.8%	31	10	32.3%	41
Team Stats (Playoffs)	12	44	17	17	9	1	6	458	9.6%	62	14	22.6%	75
Stats Against (All Games)		207	62	79	60	7	13	2218	9.3%	407	64	15.7%	347
Stats Against (Road Games)		104	34	37	29	4	8	1158	9.0%	212	34	16.0%	175
Stats Against (Last 5 Games)		8	3	2	3	0	0	123	6.5%	24	5	20.8%	14
Stats Against (Playoffs)		23	6	10	7	0	4	288	8.0%	50	7	14.0%	41

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)	52	50	1174	1078	91.8%	2	35-15	+4.5	35-15-0	+4	21-22
CHRIS OSGOOD (Road Games)	27	25	624	584	93.6%	1	17-8	+5.2	17-8-0	+5	8-13
CHRIS OSGOOD (Last 4 Games)	4	4	103	96	93.2%	0	4-0	+4	4-0-0	+4	2-1
CHRIS OSGOOD (Playoff Games)	9	9	198	186	93.9%	0	8-1	+6.4	8-1-0	+6	4-3

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	53-43-0	+2.6	53-43	+2.6	41-38	2.9	26.9	2.5	26.0
Team Stats (Home Games)	27-20-0	-4.4	27-20	-4.4	19-23	2.9	27.4	2.3	24.7
Last 5 Games	1-4-0	-3.6	1-4	-3.6	0-3	1.4	27.6	2.4	34.6
Playoff Games	8-6-0	+2.8	8-6	+2.8	4-6	2.6	28.5	2.1	27.9

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)	96	279	72	102	98	11	15	2586	10.8%	424	84	19.8%	473
Team Stats (Home Games)	47	138	35	49	52	5	6	1286	10.7%	208	39	18.7%	235
Team Stats (Last 5 Games)	5	7	1	5	0	1	0	138	5.1%	20	3	15.0%	11
Team Stats (Playoffs)	14	37	7	10	18	3	2	399	9.3%	68	16	23.5%	63
Stats Against (All Games)		237	76	62	95	8	13	2495	9.5%	412	62	15.0%	394
Stats Against (Home Games)		106	35	24	47	2	5	1163	9.1%	183	26	14.2%	164
Stats Against (Last 5 Games)		12	4	3	4	1	0	173	6.9%	26	5	19.2%	19
Stats Against (Playoffs)		30	10	10	9	1	1	390	7.7%	61	11	18.0%	47

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 (Home Games)	25	23	606	541	89.3%	0	12-11	-2.9	12-11-0	-4	13-10
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 (Home Games)	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0
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)	76	75	1932	1763	91.3%	2	40-35	-2.8	40-35-0	-3	30-30
MARTY TURCO (Home Games)	38	38	912	835	91.6%	2	21-17	-6.9	21-17-0	-6	14-19
MARTY TURCO (Last 4 Games)	4	4	149	139	93.3%	0	1-3	-2	1-3-0	-2	0-2
MARTY TURCO (Playoff Games)	14	14	389	360	92.5%	0	8-6	+2.8	8-6-0	+2	4-6

Average power rating of opponents played: DETROIT 3.03, DALLAS 3.22

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
4/16/2008	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	4-1	W	0, -210	W	5 un	P
5/10/2008	DALLAS	2-1	W	0, -215	W	5 un	U
5/12/2008	at DALLAS

DALLAS - Schedule
Date	Opponent	Score	SU	Line	ATS	Total	O/U
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	1-4	L	0, +175	L	5 un	P
5/10/2008	at DETROIT	1-2	L	0, +180	L	5 un	U
5/12/2008	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 32-23 (+3.1 Units) against the spread versus DALLAS since 1996

DETROIT is 29-19-7 straight up against DALLAS since 1996

27 of 49 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Under=+3.0 Units)

Games over the last 3 seasons

DETROIT is 10-4 (+5.2 Units) against the spread versus DALLAS over the last 3 seasons

DETROIT is 10-4-0 straight up against DALLAS over the last 3 seasons

8 of 12 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+4.0 Units)

All games played at DALLAS since 1996

DETROIT is 15-11 (+3.3 Units) against the spread versus DALLAS since 1996

DETROIT is 12-10-4 straight up against DALLAS since 1996

14 of 23 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Under=+4.1 Units)

Games played at DALLAS over the last 3 seasons.

DETROIT is 4-2 (+2.2 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

5 of 6 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+4.3 Units)

						Team Statistics			Goalie Statistics
Date	Teams	Score	Line	Total	Result	Shots	AST	Pwr Play	Starter	Shots	Saves
5/10/2008	DALLAS	1	0, +180		Under	18	2	5-1	TURCO	34	32
	DETROIT	2	0, -215	5 un	SU ATS	34	3	6-1	OSGOOD	18	17
5/8/2008	DALLAS	1	0, +175			21	1	4-0	TURCO	31	27
	DETROIT	4	0, -210	5 un	SU ATS	31	8	7-3	OSGOOD	21	20
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

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

DALLAS

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

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

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