Monday, December 21, 2015

Wells Fargo Center

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The St. Louis Blues travel to Wells Fargo Center to play the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday, December 21, 2015. The opening line for this game has the Blues at -131 and the Flyers at +119. The over/under has been set at 5.

St. Louis comes into this matchup having played 34 games. They have an overall record of 20-10-4 and on the road they have a record of 9-4-2. Currently they are 2nd in the Central Division. They've scored 87 goals and given up 81 goals for a point differential of +6. Philadelphia shows up with a record of 14-12-7 including 7-5-4 at home this season. They are 5th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 70 goals and surrendered 89 for a goal differential of -19.

Vladimir Tarasenko has accumulated 36 total points this season for the Blues. He has 21 goals this season with 122 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 17%. He has a total of 15 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Alex Steen has averaged 21 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 12% by scoring 11 goals on 95 shots. He has 21 assists giving him a total of 32 points on the season. Jake Allen has 15 wins and 7 losses this season in net for the Blues. He has had 671 shots against him and has given up 49 goals. He has made 622 saves for a save percentage of 93%.

Claude Giroux has accumulated 28 total points this season for the Flyers. He has 11 goals this season with 88 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 13%. He has a total of 17 assists on the season and averages 20 minutes played per game. Wayne Simmonds has averaged 16 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 9% by scoring 7 goals on 75 shots. He has 10 assists giving him a total of 17 points on the season. Steve Mason has 6 wins and 8 losses this season in net for the Flyers. He has had 580 shots against him and has given up 50 goals. He has made 530 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

The Blues have 44 total points this season. They have scored 86 goals while giving up 80 goals. They have had 96 power play opportunities and have scored 20 goals on those chances for a percentage of 21%. The Blues have allowed 115 power play opportunities and given up 14 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 88%. They average 30 shots per game and as a team are shooting 8.37% for the season to this point. They allow 28 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 92%.

The Flyers have a total of 35 points on the season. They have 15 power play goals on 95 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 16%. They have allowed 114 power play opportunities and have given up 22 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 81%. As a team, the Blues have a total of 69 goals scored while they've given up 86 goals to this point. They average 30 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 6.86%. As a team they give up 33 shots per game and have a save percentage of 92%.

St. Louis Blues Betting Trends

The St. Louis Blues are 19-14 straight up

The St. Louis Blues are 11-18-5 against the over/under

Philadelphia Flyers Betting Trends

The Philadelphia Flyers are 13-19 straight up

The Philadelphia Flyers are 10-15-8 against the over/under

St. Louis Blues Injuries

12/20/15 C Kyle Brodziak Leg "?" Monday vs. Philadelphia
12/06/15 C Steve Ott Hamstring out 3 months
10/24/15 LW Jaden Schwartz Ankle expected to miss 12 weeks
10/07/15 C Patrik Berglund Shoulder out 3 months

Philadelphia Flyers Injuries

11/14/15 D Mark Streit Abdominal out 6 weeks

Tony's Pick: Take St. Louis

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