Thursday, October 29, 2015

Amalie Arena

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The Colorado Avalanche travel to Amalie Arena to play the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday, October 29, 2015. The opening line for this game has the Avalanche at +171 and the Lightning at -190. The over/under has been set at 5.

Colorado comes into this matchup having played 8 games. They have an overall record of 2-5-1 and on the road they have a record of 1-2-0. Currently they are 7th in the Central Division. They've scored 20 goals and given up 25 goals for a point differential of -5. Tampa Bay shows up with a record of 5-3-2 including 2-1-0 at home this season. They are 2nd in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 27 goals and surrendered 26 for a goal differential of +1.

Gabriel Landeskog has accumulated 7 total points this season for the Avalanche. He has 5 goals this season with 19 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 26%. He has a total of 2 assists on the season and averages 20 minutes played per game. Nathan MacKinnon is averaging 20 minutes of ice time per contest this season. Over that span he has a shooting percentage of 12% by getting 3 goals by way of 26 shots. He has tallied 4 assists giving him a total of 7 points for the year. Semyon Varlamov has 1 win and 3 losses this season in net for the Avalanche. He has had 137 shots against him and has given up 18 goals. He has made 119 saves for a save percentage of 87%.

Steven Stamkos has accumulated 7 total points this season for the Lightning. He has 5 goals this season with 22 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 23%. He has a total of 2 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Tyler Johnson is averaging 18 minutes of ice time per contest. Over that span he has 0 goals by way of 24 shots. He has tallied 5 assists giving him a total of 5 points for the year. Ben Bishop has 5 wins and 3 losses this season in net for the Lightning. He has had 249 shots against him and has given up 22 goals. He has made 227 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

The Avalanche have 5 total points this season. They have scored 20 goals while giving up 25 goals. They have had 33 power play opportunities and have scored 7 goals on those chances for a percentage of 21%. The Avalanche have allowed 30 power play opportunities and given up 6 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 80%. They average 27 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.39% for the season to this point. They allow 31 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 90%.

The Lightning have a total of 12 points on the season. They have 5 power play goals on 28 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 18%. They have allowed 28 power play opportunities and have given up 7 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 75%. As a team, the Avalanche have a total of 27 goals scored while they've given up 26 goals to this point. They average 27 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 10.04%. As a team they give up 28 shots per game and have a save percentage of 91%.

Colorado Avalanche Betting Trends

The Colorado Avalanche are 2-6 straight up

The Colorado Avalanche are 4-4-0 against the over/under

Tampa Bay Lightning Betting Trends

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 5-5 straight up

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 4-6-0 against the over/under

Colorado Avalanche Injuries

10/27/15 D Brad Stuart Back "?" Thursday vs Tampa Bay
10/06/15 C Jesse Winchester Concussion out indefinitely

Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries

10/27/15 C Brian Boyle Undisclosed "?" Thursday vs Colorado
10/27/15 C Cedric Paquette Foot "?" Thursday vs Colorado
10/06/14 D Mattias Ohlund Knee out indefinitely
10/05/15 GO Andrei Vasilevskiy Blood Clot out indefinitely

Josh's Pick: Take Tampa Bay

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