Thursday, April 7, 2016

Bridgestone Arena

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The Arizona Coyotes travel to Bridgestone Arena to play the Nashville Predators on Thursday, April 7, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Coyotes at +201 and the Predators at -225. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Arizona comes into this matchup having played 80 games. They have an overall record of 35-38-7 and on the road they have a record of 13-23-3. Currently they are 4th in the Pacific Division. They've scored 207 goals and given up 241 goals for a point differential of -34. The Coyotes have 7 overtime losses including 1 of them in a shootout. In the past 10 games they have an overall record of 4-6-0. For the season they have an ATS record of 35-45 and an over/under record of 37-35-8. Nashville shows up with a record of 40-26-14 including 22-11-7 at home this season. They are 4th in the Central Division. They've scored 223 goals and surrendered 210 for a goal differential of +13. The Predators have 14 losses in OT and 2 of them occurred in a shootout. They have a record of 5-4-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 38-40 while their over/under record sits at 33-31-16.

Oliver Ekman-Larsson has accumulated 53 total points this season for the Coyotes. He has 21 goals this season with 223 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 9%. He has a total of 32 assists on the season and averages 25 minutes played per game. Max Domi has averaged 16 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 12% by scoring 18 goals on 154 shots. He has 34 assists giving him a total of 52 points on the season. Louis Domingue has 15 wins and 18 losses this season in net for the Coyotes. He has had 1,142 shots against him and has given up 101 goals. He has made 1,041 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

Shea Weber has accumulated 50 total points this season for the Predators. He has 19 goals this season with 187 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 0%. He has a total of 31 assists on the season and averages 0 minutes played per game. Filip Forsberg has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 13% by scoring 32 goals on 240 shots. He has 29 assists giving him a total of 61 points on the season. Pekka Rinne has 33 wins and 21 losses this season in net for the Predators. He has had 1,726 shots against him and has given up 159 goals. He has made 1,567 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

The Coyotes have 77 total points this season. They have scored 206 goals while giving up 240 goals. They have had 294 power play opportunities and have scored 53 goals on those chances for a percentage of 18%. The Coyotes have allowed 293 power play opportunities and given up 67 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 77%. They average 28 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.25% for the season to this point. They allow 31 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 90%.

The Predators have a total of 94 points on the season. They have 49 power play goals on 250 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 20%. They have allowed 239 power play opportunities and have given up 45 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 81%. As a team, the Coyotes have a total of 219 goals scored while they've given up 208 goals to this point. They average 31 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 8.95%. As a team they give up 28 shots per game and have a save percentage of 91%.

Arizona has a Corsi percentage of 47.6% as they've attempted 4,225 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 4,655 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 47.1% as they have 3,143 attempts while they've given up 3,533 shots on the defensive end. The Coyotes start possessions in the offensive zone 50% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 50% for the season. They have 2,698 face off wins compared to 2,248 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 54.5%. On defense Arizona has 1,783 hits and they've blocked 1,122 shots from the opposition.

Nashville has attempted 4,496 shots at full strength and they've given up 4,170 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 51.9% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 53.1% as they have 3,370 shots while they've given up 2,978 attempts on defense. The Predators have an offensive zone percentage of 52.1% and their defensive zone percentage is 47.9% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 48.9% as they've compiled 2,343 face off wins this season and they have suffered 2,449 face off losses. On defense Nashville has blocked 1,192 shot attempts and they have 1,851 hits as a unit.

Arizona Coyotes Betting Trends

The Arizona Coyotes are 35-45 straight up

The Arizona Coyotes are 37-35-8 against the over/under

Nashville Predators Betting Trends

The Nashville Predators are 38-40 straight up

The Nashville Predators are 33-31-16 against the over/under

Arizona Coyotes Injuries

10/19/15 C Joe Vitale Eye out for season
04/05/16 C Martin Hanzal Upper Body "?" Thursday vs Nashville
04/05/16 D Nicklas Grossmann Personal "?" Thursday vs Nashville
03/28/16 D Michael Stone Knee out for season
03/09/16 D Jarred Tinordi Suspension expected to miss 20 games
02/15/16 GO Anders Lindback Achilles out for season

Nashville Predators Injuries

04/05/16 D Anthony Bitetto Lower Body "?" Thursday vs Arizona

Josh's Pick: Take Arizona

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