Tuesday, November 1, 2016

BB&T Center

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The Boston Bruins travel to BB&T Center to play the Florida Panthers on Tuesday, November 1, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Bruins at -102 and the Panthers at -122. The over/under has been set at 5.

Boston comes into this matchup having played 8 games. They have an overall record of 4-4-0 and on the road they have a record of 3-2-0. Currently they are 6th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 18 goals and given up 23 goals for a point differential of -5. For the season they have an ATS record of 4-4 and an over/under record of 3-5-0. Florida shows up with a record of 4-4-1 including 3-1-0 at home this season. They are 5th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 25 goals and surrendered 23 for a goal differential of +2. Their record against the spread is 4-5 while their over/under record sits at 4-3-2.

Brad Marchand has accumulated 10 total points this season for the Bruins. He has 3 goals this season with 17 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 18%. He has a total of 7 assists on the season and averages 18 minutes played per game. David Pastrnak has averaged 16 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 19% by scoring 5 goals on 26 shots. He has 3 assists giving him a total of 8 points on the season. Tuukka Rask has 4 wins and no losses this season in net for the Bruins. He has had 119 shots against him and has given up 5 goals. He has made 114 saves for a save percentage of 96%.

Aleksander Barkov has accumulated 5 total points this season for the Panthers. He has 2 goals this season with 15 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 13%. He has a total of 3 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Jon Marchessault has averaged 18 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 19% by scoring 6 goals on 31 shots. He has 5 assists giving him a total of 11 points on the season. Roberto Luongo has 3 wins and 3 losses this season in net for the Panthers. He has had 156 shots against him and has given up 14 goals. He has made 142 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

The Bruins have 8 total points this season. They have scored 18 goals while giving up 23 goals. They have had 28 power play opportunities and have scored 2 goals on those chances for a percentage of 7%. The Bruins have allowed 34 power play opportunities and given up 5 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 85%. They average 30 shots per game and as a team are shooting 7.63% for the season to this point. They allow 30 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 90%.

The Panthers have a total of 9 points on the season. They have 5 power play goals on 33 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 15%. They have allowed 24 power play opportunities and have given up 6 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 75%. As a team, the Bruins have a total of 25 goals scored while they've given up 23 goals to this point. They average 31 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 8.96%. As a team they give up 27 shots per game and have a save percentage of 91%.

Boston has a Corsi percentage of 51.1% as they've attempted 455 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 436 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 51.5% as they have 341 attempts while they've given up 321 shots on the defensive end. The Bruins start possessions in the offensive zone 52.6% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 47.4% for the season. They have 266 face off wins compared to 249 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 51.7%. On defense Boston has 174 hits and they've blocked 115 shots from the opposition.

Florida has attempted 504 shots at full strength and they've given up 410 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 55.1% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 55.6% as they have 403 shots while they've given up 322 attempts on defense. The Panthers have an offensive zone percentage of 58.7% and their defensive zone percentage is 41.3% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 48.6% as they've compiled 265 face off wins this season and they have suffered 280 face off losses. On defense Florida has blocked 88 shot attempts and they have 175 hits as a unit.

Boston Bruins Betting Trends

The Boston Bruins are 4-4 straight up

The Boston Bruins are 3-5-0 against the over/under

Florida Panthers Betting Trends

The Florida Panthers are 4-5 straight up

The Florida Panthers are 4-3-2 against the over/under

Boston Bruins Injuries

10/29/16 RW David Pastrnak Suspension expected to miss Tuesday vs Florida
10/26/16 RW David Backes Elbow out indefinitely
10/25/16 GO Anton Khudobin Arm expected to miss 3 weeks
10/12/16 D Kevan Miller Hand expected to miss 6 weeks
10/10/16 C Frank Vatrano Foot out indefinitely

Florida Panthers Injuries

10/29/16 LW Jussi Jokinen Lower Body out indefinitely
10/10/16 LW Jonathan Huberdeau Achilles expected to miss 3-4 months
10/08/16 C Nick Bjugstad Hand expected to miss 4 weeks

Tony's Pick: Take Florida

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