Monday, March 7, 2016

BB&T Center

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The Boston Bruins travel to BB&T Center to play the Florida Panthers on Monday, March 7, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Bruins at +109 and the Panthers at -120. The over/under has been set at 5.

Boston comes into this matchup having played 66 games. They have an overall record of 36-23-7 and on the road they have a record of 21-7-3. Currently they are 3rd in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 202 goals and given up 180 goals for a point differential of +22. The Bruins have 7 overtime losses including 1 of them in a shootout. In the past 10 games they have an overall record of 6-3-1. For the season they have an ATS record of 35-30 and an over/under record of 30-28-8. Florida shows up with a record of 36-21-8 including 20-9-4 at home this season. They are 2nd in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 177 goals and surrendered 156 for a goal differential of +21. The Panthers have 8 losses in OT and 3 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 35-29 while their over/under record sits at 23-29-13.

Patrice Bergeron has accumulated 57 total points this season for the Bruins. He has 26 goals this season with 222 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 12%. He has a total of 31 assists on the season and averages 20 minutes played per game. Loui Eriksson has averaged 20 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 17% by scoring 24 goals on 139 shots. He has 25 assists giving him a total of 49 points on the season. Tuukka Rask has 26 wins and 18 losses this season in net for the Bruins. He has had 1,523 shots against him and has given up 124 goals. He has made 1,399 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Jaromir Jagr has accumulated 48 total points this season for the Panthers. He has 21 goals this season with 111 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 19%. He has a total of 27 assists on the season and averages 17 minutes played per game. Jussi Jokinen has averaged 18 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 9% by scoring 11 goals on 123 shots. He has 35 assists giving him a total of 46 points on the season. Roberto Luongo has 27 wins and 16 losses this season in net for the Panthers. He has had 1,454 shots against him and has given up 110 goals. He has made 1,344 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

The Bruins have 79 total points this season. They have scored 198 goals while giving up 179 goals. They have had 194 power play opportunities and have scored 41 goals on those chances for a percentage of 21%. The Bruins have allowed 219 power play opportunities and given up 39 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 82%. They average 31 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.57% for the season to this point. They allow 31 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.

The Panthers have a total of 80 points on the season. They have 37 power play goals on 225 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 16%. They have allowed 218 power play opportunities and have given up 41 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 81%. As a team, the Bruins have a total of 171 goals scored while they've given up 153 goals to this point. They average 28 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.42%. As a team they give up 30 shots per game and have a save percentage of 92%.

Boston has a Corsi percentage of 49.2% as they've attempted 3,713 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,829 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 49.5% as they have 2,803 attempts while they've given up 2,863 shots on the defensive end. The Bruins 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 2,077 face off wins compared to 2,059 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 50.2%. On defense Boston has 1,735 hits and they've blocked 966 shots from the opposition.

Florida has attempted 3,183 shots at full strength and they've given up 3,379 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 48.5% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 48.7% as they have 2,498 shots while they've given up 2,628 attempts on defense. The Panthers have an offensive zone percentage of 48.6% and their defensive zone percentage is 51.4% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 49.4% as they've compiled 1,968 face off wins this season and they have suffered 2,013 face off losses. On defense Florida has blocked 751 shot attempts and they have 1,589 hits as a unit.

Boston Bruins Betting Trends

The Boston Bruins are 35-30 straight up

The Boston Bruins are 30-28-8 against the over/under

Florida Panthers Betting Trends

The Florida Panthers are 35-29 straight up

The Florida Panthers are 23-29-13 against the over/under

Boston Bruins Injuries

11/03/15 C Chris Kelly Leg out indefinitely
03/06/16 D Kevan Miller Upper Body injured last game, doubtful Monday vs. Florida
02/08/16 GO Malcolm Subban Throat out indefinitely

Florida Panthers Injuries

02/29/16 C Derek MacKenzie Concussion out indefinitely
02/24/16 LW Jonathan Huberdeau Neck out indefinitely
02/06/16 D Willie Mitchell Concussion out indefinitely
01/04/16 C David Bolland Ankle out indefinitely

Guy's Pick: Take Florida

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