Monday, February 29, 2016

Consol Energy Center

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The Arizona Coyotes travel to Consol Energy Center to play the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday, February 29, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Coyotes at +127 and the Penguins at -140. The over/under has been set at 5.

Arizona comes into this matchup having played 62 games. They have an overall record of 27-29-6 and on the road they have a record of 11-17-2. Currently they are 5th in the Pacific Division. They've scored 168 goals and given up 192 goals for a point differential of -24. 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 27-35 and an over/under record of 30-25-7. Pittsburgh shows up with a record of 31-21-8 including 18-9-4 at home this season. They are 4th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 159 goals and surrendered 157 for a goal differential of +2. The Penguins have 8 losses in OT and 4 of them occurred in a shootout. They have a record of 6-3-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 30-29 while their over/under record sits at 24-26-10.

Oliver Ekman-Larsson has accumulated 48 total points this season for the Coyotes. He has 19 goals this season with 196 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 10%. 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 144 shots. He has 26 assists giving him a total of 39 points on the season. Louis Domingue has 12 wins and 13 losses this season in net for the Coyotes. He has had 853 shots against him and has given up 75 goals. He has made 778 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

Sidney Crosby has accumulated 56 total points this season for the Penguins. He has 25 goals this season with 175 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 14%. He has a total of 31 assists on the season and averages 20 minutes played per game. Evgeni Malkin has averaged 20 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 16% by scoring 23 goals on 143 shots. He has 26 assists giving him a total of 49 points on the season. Marc-Andre Fleury has 25 wins and 14 losses this season in net for the Penguins. He has had 1,337 shots against him and has given up 107 goals. He has made 1,230 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

The Coyotes have 60 total points this season. They have scored 167 goals while giving up 191 goals. They have had 232 power play opportunities and have scored 43 goals on those chances for a percentage of 19%. The Coyotes have allowed 221 power play opportunities and given up 49 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 78%. They average 28 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.72% for the season to this point. They allow 31 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 90%.

The Penguins have a total of 70 points on the season. They have 35 power play goals on 191 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 18%. They have allowed 188 power play opportunities and have given up 31 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 84%. As a team, the Coyotes have a total of 157 goals scored while they've given up 153 goals to this point. They average 33 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 7.96%. As a team they give up 31 shots per game and have a save percentage of 92%.

Arizona has a Corsi percentage of 48% as they've attempted 3,290 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,569 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 47.2% as they have 2,437 attempts while they've given up 2,730 shots on the defensive end. The Coyotes start possessions in the offensive zone 49.4% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 50.6% for the season. They have 2,077 face off wins compared to 1,790 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 53.7%. On defense Arizona has 1,360 hits and they've blocked 839 shots from the opposition.

Pittsburgh has attempted 3,501 shots at full strength and they've given up 3,271 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 51.7% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 51.6% as they have 2,662 shots while they've given up 2,493 attempts on defense. The Penguins have an offensive zone percentage of 51.8% and their defensive zone percentage is 48.2% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 50.8% as they've compiled 1,928 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,871 face off losses. On defense Pittsburgh has blocked 778 shot attempts and they have 1,486 hits as a unit.

Arizona Coyotes Betting Trends

The Arizona Coyotes are 27-35 straight up

The Arizona Coyotes are 30-25-7 against the over/under

Pittsburgh Penguins Betting Trends

The Pittsburgh Penguins are 30-29 straight up

The Pittsburgh Penguins are 24-26-10 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

Pittsburgh Penguins Injuries

12/08/15 RW Pascal Dupuis Blood Clot has retired
02/28/16 LW Conor Sheary Upper Body injured last game, "?" Monday vs. Arizona
02/23/16 D Ben Lovejoy Upper Body out indefinitely
02/04/16 RW Eric Fehr Lower Body expected to miss 4-6 weeks
02/02/16 RW Beau Bennett Shoulder out indefinitely
01/23/16 D David Warsofsky Concussion out indefinitely

Josh's Pick: Take Pittsburgh

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