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Posted at 12:30 PM EST.

10:05 PM EST. OT included. The Red Wings went into L.A. last night and out-chanced the Kings, 34-23 but lost 4-2. The Kings were under fire the entire second period. In their opening season game, the Red Wings took the Jackets to OT before losing but they have played well enough to be 2-0 instead of 0-1-1. That said, this is more about fading the Ducks.

If we’re sticking to playing value, the Red Wings are absolutely worth a play here. Through the first two games of the season, Anaheim owns the worst puck possession numbers in the entire league but came out smelling like roses with two victories in two tries. On Saturday night, the Ducks went into Arizona and won 1-0, but credit John Gibson and not the team with the victory. For 60 minutes, the Ducks were under siege, as Arizona held a dominating 14-2 edge in High Danger Scoring Chances. The Ducks were also dominated in San Jose and as it stands right now, the Ducks have been out-chanced (scoring chances) 61-24 after two games. Yeah, Gibson can steal another one here but the Ducks have looked completely out of sorts and we simply cannot attribute it to being “slow out of the gate” Anaheim has looked outmatched in both games and until they show us something different, we’ll gladly fade them at these prices.

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