Thursday, December 15, 2016

TD Garden

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The Anaheim Ducks travel to TD Garden to play the Boston Bruins on Thursday, December 15, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Ducks at +104 and the Bruins at -115. The over/under has been set at 5.

Anaheim comes into this matchup having played 30 games. They have an overall record of 15-10-5 and on the road they have a record of 5-6-4. Currently they are 2nd in the Pacific Division. They've scored 83 goals and given up 81 goals for a point differential of +2. The Ducks have an overall record of 6-3-1 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 14-15 and an over/under record of 10-10-10. Boston shows up with a record of 16-12-2 including 7-7-0 at home this season. They are 3rd in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 71 goals and surrendered 71 for a goal differential of 0. The Bruins have a record of 5-3-2 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 14-14 while their over/under record sits at 10-16-4.

Corey Perry has accumulated 25 total points this season for the Ducks. He has 6 goals this season with 88 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 7%. He has a total of 19 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Cam Fowler has averaged 24 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 11% by scoring 7 goals on 64 shots. He has 11 assists giving him a total of 18 points on the season. John Gibson has 10 wins and 7 losses this season in net for the Ducks. He has had 571 shots against him and has given up 50 goals. He has made 521 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

Brad Marchand has accumulated 25 total points this season for the Bruins. He has 8 goals this season with 78 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 10%. He has a total of 17 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. David Pastrnak has averaged 17 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 21% by scoring 18 goals on 84 shots. He has 6 assists giving him a total of 24 points on the season. Tuukka Rask has 15 wins and 5 losses this season in net for the Bruins. He has had 591 shots against him and has given up 40 goals. He has made 551 saves for a save percentage of 93%.

The Ducks have 35 total points this season. They have scored 83 goals while giving up 81 goals. They have had 98 power play opportunities and have scored 23 goals on those chances for a percentage of 23%. The Ducks have allowed 103 power play opportunities and given up 20 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 81%. They average 30 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.14% for the season to this point. They allow 29 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.

The Bruins have a total of 34 points on the season. They have 12 power play goals on 87 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 14%. They have allowed 99 power play opportunities and have given up 12 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 88%. As a team, the Ducks have a total of 71 goals scored while they've given up 71 goals to this point. They average 33 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 7.17%. As a team they give up 27 shots per game and have a save percentage of 91%.

Anaheim has a Corsi percentage of 50.5% as they've attempted 1,674 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 1,640 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 50.8% as they have 1,260 attempts while they've given up 1,222 shots on the defensive end. The Ducks start possessions in the offensive zone 49.6% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 50.4% for the season. They have 1,043 face off wins compared to 807 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 56.4%. On defense Anaheim has 757 hits and they've blocked 418 shots from the opposition.

Boston has attempted 1,838 shots at full strength and they've given up 1,564 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 54% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 54.3% as they have 1,378 shots while they've given up 1,158 attempts on defense. The Bruins have an offensive zone percentage of 53.5% and their defensive zone percentage is 46.5% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 52.6% as they've compiled 978 face off wins this season and they have suffered 881 face off losses. On defense Boston has blocked 406 shot attempts and they have 657 hits as a unit.

Anaheim Ducks Betting Trends

The Anaheim Ducks are 14-15 straight up

The Anaheim Ducks are 10-10-10 against the over/under

Boston Bruins Betting Trends

The Boston Bruins are 14-14 straight up

The Boston Bruins are 10-16-4 against the over/under

Anaheim Ducks Injuries

12/13/16 D Clayton Stoner Lower Body out indefinitely
11/17/16 LW Nicolas Kerdiles Concussion out indefinitely
10/14/16 D Simon Despres Concussion out indefinitely
10/12/16 C Nate Thompson Achilles out indefinitely

Boston Bruins Injuries

12/06/16 LW Matt Beleskey Knee expected to miss 6 weeks
11/29/16 D John-Michael Liles Concussion out indefinitely
10/10/16 C Frank Vatrano Foot out indefinitely

Tony's Pick: Take Boston -115

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