Hockey Today
SCOREBOARD
Monday, Feb. 9
New York Rangers at New Jersey (7 p.m. EST). The Rangers are coming off a 10-2 loss in Dallas on Friday night, their fourth straight setback. The Devils have lost two straight at home, falling to Washington and Los Angeles.
STARS
Sunday
— Pavel Datsyuk and Ty Conklin, Red Wings. Datsyuk scored twice, and Conklin made 25 saves for his sixth shutout of the season in Detroit’s 3-0 victory in Pittsburgh.
— Jeff Carter, Flyers, scored his 33rd and 34th goals of the season in Philadelphia’s 3-2 road victory over Atlanta.
— Niklas Backstrom and Mikko Koivu, Wild. Backstrom made 28 saves and stopped all four attempts in the shootout, and Koivu scored in the fourth round in Minnesota’s 3-2 home victory over Edmonton.
SIDELINED
Buffalo All-Star left wing Thomas Vanek will be sidelined three to four weeks after fracturing his jaw Saturday night in Ottawa. Third in the NHL with 32 goals, Vanek had surgery Sunday. He was struck by Ottawa defenseman Anton Volchenkov’s slap shot.
SCOUTING
Tim Stapleton scored four goals, and Andre Deveaux added three to help the Toronto Marlies (Maple Leafs) rout the visiting Grand Rapids Griffins (Red Wings) 10-5 on Sunday in the American Hockey League. … Jeff Skinner had three goals in the Kitchener Rangers’ 4-1 home victory over the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds on Sunday night in the Ontario Hockey League. Skinner has six goals and two assists in his last three games.
SPEAKING
“These are great hockey fans, and they show you their emotions. Once or twice in your career you’ve got these games, so basically you try to enjoy it because this doesn’t happen often. You try to use their energy to your advantage.”—Detroit’s Marian Hossa, booed loudly and serenaded by chants of “Traitor! Traitor!” in his first game in Pittsburgh since signing with Detroit during the offseason. Hossa had a third-period goal in the Red Wings’ 3-0 victory over the Penguins.
New York Rangers vs. New Jersey Devils
The Rangers were pounded 10-2 by the Stars last time out, as +115 road underdogs. The 12 goals sailed OVER the posted over/under (5.5)
Nikolai Zherdev scored both goals, while Stephen Valiquette allowed all 10 goals off 39 shots in the loss.
The Devils let the Kings escape with a 3-1 win at the Prudential Center Saturday night.
Los Angeles won as a +162 road underdogs while the final score played under the 5.5-goal total.
Current streak:
New York has lost 4 straight games.
Team records:
New York: 29-19-5
New Jersey: 33-17-3
New York most recently:
When playing on Monday are 7-3
Before playing Florida are 6-4
After playing Dallas are 3-3-1
After a loss are 4-6
New Jersey most recently:
When playing on Monday are 6-4
Before playing Buffalo are 8-2
After playing Los Angeles are 6-6-2
After a loss are 7-3
A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 6 of the NY Rangers last 7 games when playing New Jersey
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of the NY Rangers last 12 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of the NY Rangers last 6 games when playing on the road against New Jersey
NY Rangers are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing on the road against New Jersey
The total has gone OVER in 6 of New Jersey's last 7 games when playing NY Rangers
The total has gone OVER in 5 of New Jersey's last 6 games when playing at home against NY Rangers
New Jersey is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of New Jersey's last 5 games
Next up:
NY Rangers home to Washington, Wednesday, February 11
New Jersey home to NY Islanders, Wednesday, February 11
Montreal Canadiens vs. Calgary Flames
The Canadiens gave up three third-period goal to lose 5-2 to the Maple Leafs at the Bell Centre Saturday.
Toronto won as a +180 road underdogs while the final score played over the 6-goal total.
Curtis McElhinney stopped 23 shots in Calgary's 2-1 loss to Anaheim on Saturday afternoon.
The Flames lost as -180 favorites, while the final score played UNDER the day's posted total of 5.5.
Current streak:
Montreal has lost 2 straight games.
Calgary has lost 4 straight games.
Team records:
Montreal: 29-18-6
Calgary: 30-18-4
Montreal most recently:
When playing on Monday are 5-5
Before playing Edmonton are 5-5
After playing Toronto are 6-4
After a loss are 6-4
Calgary most recently:
When playing on Monday are 6-4
Before playing Los Angeles are 5-5
After playing Anaheim are 8-2
After a loss are 4-6
A few trends to consider:
Montreal is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Calgary
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Montreal's last 6 games on the road
Montreal is 2-7 SU in its last 9 games
Montreal is 1-4-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Calgary
Calgary is 10-3 SU in its last 13 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Calgary's last 10 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Calgary's last 9 games
Calgary is 4-1-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Montreal
Next up:
Montreal at Edmonton, Wednesday, February 11
Calgary at Anaheim, Wednesday, February 11
NY RANGERS (29-19-0-5, 63 pts.) at NEW JERSEY (33-17-0-3, 69 pts.)
Top Trends for this game.
NY RANGERS are 14-22 ATS (-16.1 Units) after allowing 4 goals or more over the last 2 seasons.
NEW JERSEY is 33-20 ATS (+65.0 Units) in all games this season.
NY RANGERS are 19-6 ATS (+11.5 Units) revenging a home loss versus opponent over the last 2 seasons.
Head-to-Head Series History
NY RANGERS is 16-9 (+6.4 Units) against the spread versus NEW JERSEY over the last 3 seasons
NY RANGERS is 16-9-0 straight up against NEW JERSEY over the last 3 seasons
10 of 19 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.8 Units)
MONTREAL (29-18-0-6, 64 pts.) at CALGARY (30-18-0-4, 64 pts.)
Top Trends for this game.
CALGARY is 18-10 ATS (+28.1 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
MONTREAL is 72-66 ATS (+149.7 Units) in road games after a division game since 1996.
Head-to-Head Series History
MONTREAL is 2-0 (+2.0 Units) against the spread versus CALGARY over the last 3 seasons
MONTREAL is 2-0-0 straight up against CALGARY over the last 3 seasons
1 of 2 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.0 Units)
NY RANGERS vs. NEW JERSEY
NY Rangers are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games when playing on the road against New Jersey
The total has gone OVER in 5 of the NY Rangers last 6 games when playing on the road against New Jersey
New Jersey is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of New Jersey's last 5 games
MONTREAL vs. CALGARY
Montreal is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Calgary
Montreal is 2-7 SU in its last 9 games
Calgary is 10-3 SU in its last 13 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Calgary's last 10 games at home
Hot teams
-- Devils won nine of their last eleven games.
Cold teams
-- Rangers lost their last four games, outscored 19-5.
-- Flames lost their last four games, scoring seven goals. Canadiens lost seven of their last nine games.
Totals
-- Three of Devils' last four games went over the total.
-- Six of last nine Calgary games went over the total.
Back-to-Back
-- Nothing tonight.
Series Records
-- Rangers won four of their last five visits to New Jersey.