Monday, February 22, 2016

Verizon Center

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The Arizona Coyotes travel to Verizon Center to play the Washington Capitals on Monday, February 22, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Coyotes at +105 and the Capitals at -116. 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. Washington shows up with a record of 43-10-4 including 22-4-2 at home this season. They are 1st in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 191 goals and surrendered 131 for a goal differential of +60. The Capitals have 4 losses in OT and 1 of them occurred in a shootout. They have a record of 8-2-0 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 42-14 while their over/under record sits at 24-22-11.

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%.

Alex Ovechkin has accumulated 53 total points this season for the Capitals. He has 38 goals this season with 292 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 13%. He has a total of 15 assists on the season and averages 20 minutes played per game. Evgeny Kuznetsov has averaged 18 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 14% by scoring 17 goals on 125 shots. He has 43 assists giving him a total of 60 points on the season. Braden Holtby has 37 wins and 6 losses this season in net for the Capitals. He has had 1,309 shots against him and has given up 99 goals. He has made 1,210 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 Capitals have a total of 90 points on the season. They have 42 power play goals on 181 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 23%. They have allowed 177 power play opportunities and have given up 28 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 84%. As a team, the Coyotes have a total of 188 goals scored while they've given up 130 goals to this point. They average 31 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 10.79%. As a team they give up 29 shots per game and have a save percentage of 92%.

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.

Washington has attempted 3,233 shots at full strength and they've given up 3,249 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 49.9% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 50.6% as they have 2,428 shots while they've given up 2,373 attempts on defense. The Capitals have an offensive zone percentage of 51.1% and their defensive zone percentage is 48.9% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 49.7% as they've compiled 1,674 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,692 face off losses. On defense Washington has blocked 876 shot attempts and they have 1,338 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

Washington Capitals Betting Trends

The Washington Capitals are 42-14 straight up

The Washington Capitals are 24-22-11 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

Washington Capitals Injuries

02/20/16 RW Jay Beagle Hand expected to miss another week

Tony's Pick: Take Arizona

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