Saturday, February 27, 2016

Wells Fargo Center

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The Arizona Coyotes travel to Wells Fargo Center to play the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday, February 27, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Coyotes at +115 and the Flyers at -138. The over/under has been set at 5.

Arizona comes into this matchup having played 61 games. They have an overall record of 27-28-6 and on the road they have a record of 11-16-2. Currently they are 5th in the Pacific Division. They've scored 166 goals and given up 188 goals for a point differential of -22. The Coyotes have 6 overtime losses including 1 of them in a shootout. In the past 10 games they have an overall record of 3-7-0. For the season they have an ATS record of 27-34 and an over/under record of 29-25-7. Philadelphia shows up with a record of 27-22-11 including 14-8-7 at home this season. They are 7th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 148 goals and surrendered 163 for a goal differential of -15. The Flyers have 11 losses in OT and 6 of them occurred in a shootout. They have a record of 4-4-2 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 27-33 while their over/under record sits at 22-23-15.

Oliver Ekman-Larsson has accumulated 47 total points this season for the Coyotes. He has 18 goals this season with 193 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 9%. He has a total of 29 assists on the season and averages 25 minutes played per game. Mikkel Boedker has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 9% by scoring 13 goals on 140 shots. He has 25 assists giving him a total of 38 points on the season. Louis Domingue has 12 wins and 12 losses this season in net for the Coyotes. He has had 820 shots against him and has given up 71 goals. He has made 749 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

Claude Giroux has accumulated 49 total points this season for the Flyers. He has 16 goals this season with 163 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 10%. He has a total of 33 assists on the season and averages 21 minutes played per game. Jakub Voracek has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 6% by scoring 10 goals on 177 shots. He has 38 assists giving him a total of 48 points on the season. Steve Mason has 13 wins and 15 losses this season in net for the Flyers. He has had 1,117 shots against him and has given up 95 goals. He has made 1,022 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

The Coyotes have 60 total points this season. They have scored 165 goals while giving up 187 goals. They have had 228 power play opportunities and have scored 43 goals on those chances for a percentage of 19%. The Coyotes have allowed 217 power play opportunities and given up 48 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 78%. They average 28 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.78% for the season to this point. They allow 31 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 90%.

The Flyers have a total of 65 points on the season. They have 36 power play goals on 196 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 18%. They have allowed 209 power play opportunities and have given up 44 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 79%. As a team, the Coyotes have a total of 146 goals scored while they've given up 157 goals to this point. They average 30 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 8.03%. As a team they give up 32 shots per game and have a save percentage of 92%.

Arizona has a Corsi percentage of 47.8% as they've attempted 3,222 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,515 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 47.1% as they have 2,396 attempts while they've given up 2,688 shots on the defensive end. The Coyotes start possessions in the offensive zone 49.1% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 50.9% for the season. They have 2,041 face off wins compared to 1,768 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 53.6%. On defense Arizona has 1,336 hits and they've blocked 827 shots from the opposition.

Philadelphia has attempted 3,499 shots at full strength and they've given up 3,477 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 50.2% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 50% as they have 2,552 shots while they've given up 2,549 attempts on defense. The Flyers have an offensive zone percentage of 50.4% and their defensive zone percentage is 49.6% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 50.1% as they've compiled 1,809 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,804 face off losses. On defense Philadelphia has blocked 928 shot attempts and they have 1,709 hits as a unit.

Arizona Coyotes Betting Trends

The Arizona Coyotes are 27-34 straight up

The Arizona Coyotes are 29-25-7 against the over/under

Philadelphia Flyers Betting Trends

The Philadelphia Flyers are 27-33 straight up

The Philadelphia Flyers are 22-23-15 against the over/under

Arizona Coyotes Injuries

10/19/15 C Joe Vitale Eye out for season
02/15/16 GO Anders Lindback Achilles out for season
02/07/16 C Boyd Gordon Hand out indefinitely
02/02/16 GO Mike Smith Lower Body expected to miss 4-6 weeks

Philadelphia Flyers Injuries

02/26/16 C Claude Giroux Concussion "?" Saturday vs Arizona
02/22/16 D Michael Del Zotto Wrist out for season

Josh's Pick: Take Philadelphia

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