Saturday, October 15, 2016

Air Canada Centre

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The Boston Bruins travel to Air Canada Centre to play the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday, October 15, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Bruins at -111 and the Maple Leafs at +101. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Boston comes into this matchup after having a regular season record of 42-31-9 last season and on the road they had a record of 25-13-3. They finished 4th in the Atlantic Division. They scored 240 goals and gave up 230 goals for a point differential of +10. The Bruins had 9 overtime losses including 2 of them in a shootout. In their last 10 games they had an overall record of 3-6-1. For the season they had an ATS record of 41-39 and an over/under record of 36-36-10. Toronto had a regular season record of 29-42-11 including 14-18-9 at home last season. They were 8th in the Atlantic Division. They scored 198 goals and surrendered 246 for a goal differential of -48. The Maple Leafs had 11 losses in OT and 6 of them occurred in a shootout. They had a record of 3-7-0 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread was 27-52 while their over/under record sat at 34-36-12.

Patrice Bergeron accumulated 68 total points last season for the Bruins. He had 32 goals last year with 282 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 11%. He had a total of 36 assists on the season and averaged 20 minutes played per game. David Pastrnak averaged 14 minutes of ice time per game last year. In that time he had a shooting percentage of 14% by scoring 15 goals on 108 shots. He had 11 assists giving him a total of 26 points on the season. Tuukka Rask had 31 wins and 22 losses last season in net for the Bruins. He had 1,854 shots against him and gave up 157 goals. He made 1,697 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Nazem Kadri accumulated 45 total points last season for the Maple Leafs. He had 17 goals last year with 260 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 7%. He had a total of 28 assists on the season and averaged 18 minutes played per game. Leo Komarov averaged 18 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he had a shooting percentage of 15% by scoring 19 goals on 130 shots. He had 17 assists giving him a total of 36 points on the season. Frederik Andersen had 22 wins and 9 losses this season in net for the Maple Leafs. He had 1,086 shots against him and gave up 88 goals. He made 998 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

The Bruins had 93 total points last season. They scored 240 goals while giving up 230 goals. They had 234 power play opportunities and scored 48 goals on those chances for a percentage of 21%. The Bruins allowed 270 power play opportunities and gave up 48 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 82%. They averaged 32 shots per game and as a team they shot 9.16% for the season. They allowed 30 shots to their opposition per contest and had a team save percentage of 91%.

The Maple Leafs had a total of 69 points on the season. They had 40 power play goals on 259 opportunities for a percentage of 15%. They allowed 272 power play opportunities and gave up 50 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 82%. As a team, the Bruins had a total of 198 goals scored while they gave up 246 goals during the campaign. They averaged 31 shots per contest and had a team shooting percentage of 7.87%. As a team they gave up 30 shots per game and had a save percentage of 91%.

Boston had a Corsi percentage of 49.8% as they attempted 4,667 shots on net at full strength while they gave up 4,710 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage was at 50.2% as they had 3,553 attempts while they gave up 3,526 shots on the defensive end. The Bruins started possessions in the offensive zone 50.6% of the time while their defensive zone percentage was at 49.4% for the season. They had 2,592 face off wins compared to 2,548 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage was 50.4%. On defense Boston had 2,164 hits and they blocked 1,184 shots from the opposition.

Toronto attempted 5,023 shots at full strength and they gave up 4,557 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage was at 52.4% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they were at 51.2% as they had 3,701 shots while they gave up 3,522 attempts on defense. The Maple Leafs had an offensive zone percentage of 51.2% and their defensive zone percentage was 48.8% this season. They had a faceoff win percentage of 50.6% as they compiled 2,617 face off wins this season and they suffered 2,556 face off losses. On defense Toronto blocked 1,035 shot attempts and they had 2,119 hits as a unit.

Boston Bruins Betting Trends

The Boston Bruins were 41-39 straight up last season

The Boston Bruins were 36-36-10 against the over/under

Toronto Maple Leafs Betting Trends

The Toronto Maple Leafs were 27-52 straight up last season

The Toronto Maple Leafs were 34-36-12 against the over/under

Boston Bruins Injuries

10/13/16 D Adam McQuaid Upper Body "?" Saturday vs. Toronto
10/13/16 C Patrice Bergeron Lower Body "?" Saturday vs. Toronto
10/12/16 D Kevan Miller Hand expected to miss 6 weeks
10/10/16 C Frank Vatrano Foot out indefinitely

Toronto Maple Leafs Injuries

10/13/16 D Matt Hunwick Upper Body "?" Saturday vs. Boston
10/12/16 LW Josh Leivo Lower Body expected to miss 5-7 days
10/09/16 LW Joffrey Lupul Abdominal out indefinitely
10/09/16 RW Nathan Horton Back out indefinitely

Josh's Pick: Take Toronto

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