A couple of squads excited to get at it, the Arizona Coyotes and the Dallas Stars open the season at the American Airlines Center for a Western Conference matchup. The match will get underway at 8:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, October 4 and it will air live on Fox Sports Arizona.
Arizona Coyotes vs. Dallas Stars Odds
With a moneyline of -200, Dallas comes into the contest as the heavy favorite. The line for Arizona sits at +170 and the Over/Under (O/U) is set at 6 goals (-130 for the over, +110 for the under).
The Arizona Coyotes were just 29-53 straight up (SU) last season, while the Dallas Stars finished 42-40.
The visiting Coyotes managed to score 2.54 goals per game on offense (29.9 shot attempts per game), while the defense gave up 3.12 goals per contest. Opponents attempted 32.1 shots per game on the Coyotes last year.
Fueled by an offense that managed 31.2 shot attempts per outing, the Stars recorded 2.87 goals/game. They allowed 29.8 shots and 2.74 goals per game on defense.
In terms of the power play in 2017-18, the Stars outperformed the Coyotes on both offense and defense. They scored on an impressive 19.3 percent of their extra-man advantages and killed off 80.9 percent of the power plays faced by their defense. On the other hand, the Coyotes found paydirt on 16.3 percent of their power play chances during the 2017-18 season. They managed to kill off 79.4 percent of all opposition power plays.
Arizona Coyotes vs. Dallas Stars Betting Picks
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Notes
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Dallas was 4-3 in games that ended in a shootout last year. Arizona was 2-5 in shootouts.
Dallas’ skaters recorded 5.6 takeaways per game and allowed 8.5 giveaways per game.
Arizona skaters converted 5.5 takeaways per matchup while yielding 7.3 giveaways per game in 2017-18
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