Monday, November 7, 2016

TD Garden

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The Buffalo Sabres travel to TD Garden to play the Boston Bruins on Monday, November 7, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Sabres at +155 and the Bruins at -196. The over/under has been set at 5.

Buffalo comes into this matchup having played 11 games. They have an overall record of 5-4-2 and on the road they have a record of 4-1-2. Currently they are 6th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 25 goals and given up 25 goals for a point differential of 0. The Sabres have an overall record of 5-3-2 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 5-6 and an over/under record of 3-8-0. Boston shows up with a record of 6-5-0 including 1-3-0 at home this season. They are 7th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 26 goals and surrendered 32 for a goal differential of -6. The Bruins have a record of 5-5-0 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 5-5 while their over/under record sits at 5-6-0.

Ryan O'Reilly has accumulated 8 total points this season for the Sabres. He has 4 goals this season with 37 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 11%. He has a total of 4 assists on the season and averages 22 minutes played per game. Kyle Okposo has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 21% by scoring 5 goals on 24 shots. He has 3 assists giving him a total of 8 points on the season. Robin Lehner has 4 wins and 3 losses this season in net for the Sabres. He has had 239 shots against him and has given up 17 goals. He has made 222 saves for a save percentage of 93%.

Brad Marchand has accumulated 13 total points this season for the Bruins. He has 4 goals this season with 23 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 17%. He has a total of 9 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. David Pastrnak has averaged 16 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 21% by scoring 7 goals on 33 shots. He has 3 assists giving him a total of 10 points on the season. Tuukka Rask has 6 wins and 1 losses this season in net for the Bruins. He has had 207 shots against him and has given up 14 goals. He has made 193 saves for a save percentage of 93%.

The Sabres have 12 total points this season. They have scored 25 goals while giving up 25 goals. They have had 36 power play opportunities and have scored 8 goals on those chances for a percentage of 22%. The Sabres have allowed 35 power play opportunities and given up 6 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 83%. They average 29 shots per game and as a team are shooting 7.86% for the season to this point. They allow 30 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 93%.

The Bruins have a total of 12 points on the season. They have 3 power play goals on 38 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 8%. They have allowed 48 power play opportunities and have given up 8 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 83%. As a team, the Sabres have a total of 26 goals scored while they've given up 32 goals to this point. They average 30 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 7.88%. As a team they give up 29 shots per game and have a save percentage of 90%.

Buffalo has a Corsi percentage of 48.3% as they've attempted 566 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 605 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 47.8% as they have 432 attempts while they've given up 471 shots on the defensive end. The Sabres start possessions in the offensive zone 47.2% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 52.8% for the season. They have 383 face off wins compared to 321 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 54.4%. On defense Buffalo has 223 hits and they've blocked 134 shots from the opposition.

Boston has attempted 618 shots at full strength and they've given up 604 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 50.6% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 50.9% as they have 460 shots while they've given up 444 attempts on defense. The Bruins have an offensive zone percentage of 50.9% and their defensive zone percentage is 49.1% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 51.7% as they've compiled 369 face off wins this season and they have suffered 345 face off losses. On defense Boston has blocked 160 shot attempts and they have 232 hits as a unit.

Buffalo Sabres Betting Trends

The Buffalo Sabres are 5-6 straight up

The Buffalo Sabres are 3-8-0 against the over/under

Boston Bruins Betting Trends

The Boston Bruins are 5-5 straight up

The Boston Bruins are 5-6-0 against the over/under

Buffalo Sabres Injuries

11/05/16 RW Hudson Fasching Groin "?" Monday vs Boston
11/03/16 D Zach Bogosian Knee out indefinitely
10/31/16 LW Nicolas Deslauriers Knee out indefinitely
10/13/16 LW Evander Kane Ribs out indefinitely
10/12/16 C Jack Eichel Ankle out indefinitely

Boston Bruins Injuries

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

Guy's Pick: Take Boston -196

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