Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Amalie Arena

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The Arizona Coyotes travel to Amalie Arena to play the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday, February 23, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Coyotes at +113 and the Lightning at -125. The over/under has been set at 5.

Arizona comes into this matchup having played 58 games. They have an overall record of 27-25-6 and on the road they have a record of 11-13-2. Currently they are 4th in the Pacific Division. They've scored 161 goals and given up 180 goals for a point differential of -19. The Coyotes have 6 overtime losses including 1 of them in a shootout. In the past 10 games they have an overall record of 3-6-1. For the season they have an ATS record of 27-31 and an over/under record of 29-22-7. Tampa Bay shows up with a record of 33-22-4 including 19-10-2 at home this season. They are 2nd in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 163 goals and surrendered 148 for a goal differential of +15. The Lightning have 4 losses in OT and 3 of them occurred in a shootout. They have a record of 6-4-0 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 32-26 while their over/under record sits at 25-27-7.

Oliver Ekman-Larsson has accumulated 45 total points this season for the Coyotes. He has 17 goals this season with 182 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 9%. He has a total of 28 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 9 losses this season in net for the Coyotes. He has had 725 shots against him and has given up 63 goals. He has made 662 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

Steven Stamkos has accumulated 46 total points this season for the Lightning. He has 25 goals this season with 165 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 15%. He has a total of 21 assists on the season and averages 20 minutes played per game. Nikita Kucherov has averaged 18 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 16% by scoring 24 goals on 152 shots. He has 25 assists giving him a total of 49 points on the season. Ben Bishop has 24 wins and 17 losses this season in net for the Lightning. He has had 1,216 shots against him and has given up 94 goals. He has made 1,122 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

The Coyotes have 60 total points this season. They have scored 160 goals while giving up 179 goals. They have had 217 power play opportunities and have scored 42 goals on those chances for a percentage of 19%. The Coyotes have allowed 207 power play opportunities and given up 46 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 78%. They average 28 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.96% for the season to this point. They allow 31 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 90%.

The Lightning have a total of 70 points on the season. They have 36 power play goals on 204 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 18%. They have allowed 179 power play opportunities and have given up 31 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 83%. As a team, the Coyotes have a total of 160 goals scored while they've given up 145 goals to this point. They average 29 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.40%. As a team they give up 29 shots per game and have a save percentage of 91%.

Arizona has a Corsi percentage of 47.9% as they've attempted 3,071 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,335 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 47.2% as they have 2,284 attempts while they've given up 2,555 shots on the defensive end. The Coyotes start possessions in the offensive zone 49.3% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 50.7% for the season. They have 1,920 face off wins compared to 1,675 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 53.4%. On defense Arizona has 1,272 hits and they've blocked 780 shots from the opposition.

Tampa Bay has attempted 3,247 shots at full strength and they've given up 3,098 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 51.2% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 50.7% as they have 2,436 shots while they've given up 2,371 attempts on defense. The Lightning have an offensive zone percentage of 53.2% and their defensive zone percentage is 46.8% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 49.6% as they've compiled 1,721 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,751 face off losses. On defense Tampa Bay has blocked 727 shot attempts and they have 1,207 hits as a unit.

Arizona Coyotes Betting Trends

The Arizona Coyotes are 27-31 straight up

The Arizona Coyotes are 29-22-7 against the over/under

Tampa Bay Lightning Betting Trends

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 32-26 straight up

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 25-27-7 against the over/under

Arizona Coyotes Injuries

10/19/15 C Joe Vitale Eye out for season
02/20/16 D Oliver Ekman-Larsson Knee injured last game, "?" Monday vs Washington
02/15/16 GO Anders Lindback Achilles likely 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

Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries

12/15/15 F Joel Vermin Hand out 6-8 weeks
10/06/14 D Mattias Ohlund Knee out indefinitely
02/21/16 RW Nikita Kucherov Lower Body "?" Tuesday vs Arizona
02/09/16 D Jason Garrison Lower Body expected to miss 3-5 weeks

Josh's Pick: Take Arizona

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