Friday, November 25, 2016

TD Garden

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The Calgary Flames travel to TD Garden to play the Boston Bruins on Friday, November 25, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Flames at +140 and the Bruins at -155. The over/under has been set at 5.

Calgary comes into this matchup having played 22 games. They have an overall record of 9-12-1 and on the road they have a record of 6-5-1. Currently they are 5th in the Pacific Division. They've scored 51 goals and given up 69 goals for a point differential of -18. The Flames have an overall record of 4-6-0 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 8-13 and an over/under record of 9-11-2. Boston shows up with a record of 11-8-0 including 4-4-0 at home this season. They are 4th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 47 goals and surrendered 44 for a goal differential of +3. The Bruins have a record of 6-4-0 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 10-8 while their over/under record sits at 7-10-2.

Michael Frolik has accumulated 14 total points this season for the Flames. He has 6 goals this season with 48 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 13%. He has a total of 8 assists on the season and averages 16 minutes played per game. Troy Brouwer has averaged 17 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 13% by scoring 4 goals on 31 shots. He has 4 assists giving him a total of 8 points on the season. Brian Elliott has 3 wins and 9 losses this season in net for the Flames. He has had 346 shots against him and has given up 41 goals. He has made 305 saves for a save percentage of 88%.

David Pastrnak has accumulated 14 total points this season for the Bruins. He has 10 goals this season with 48 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 21%. He has a total of 4 assists on the season and averages 16 minutes played per game. Brad Marchand has averaged 18 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 13% by scoring 6 goals on 47 shots. He has 11 assists giving him a total of 17 points on the season. Tuukka Rask has 11 wins and 3 losses this season in net for the Bruins. He has had 377 shots against him and has given up 22 goals. He has made 355 saves for a save percentage of 94%.

The Flames have 19 total points this season. They have scored 51 goals while giving up 69 goals. They have had 74 power play opportunities and have scored 7 goals on those chances for a percentage of 9%. The Flames have allowed 81 power play opportunities and given up 21 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 74%. They average 28 shots per game and as a team are shooting 8.21% for the season to this point. They allow 28 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 89%.

The Bruins have a total of 22 points on the season. They have 9 power play goals on 61 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 15%. They have allowed 70 power play opportunities and have given up 10 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 86%. As a team, the Flames have a total of 47 goals scored while they've given up 44 goals to this point. They average 33 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 7.51%. As a team they give up 27 shots per game and have a save percentage of 92%.

Calgary has a Corsi percentage of 50.2% as they've attempted 1,141 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 1,133 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 49.6% as they have 834 attempts while they've given up 847 shots on the defensive end. The Flames start possessions in the offensive zone 50.4% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 49.6% for the season. They have 658 face off wins compared to 621 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 51.4%. On defense Calgary has 441 hits and they've blocked 286 shots from the opposition.

Boston has attempted 1,133 shots at full strength and they've given up 1,010 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 52.9% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 53.6% as they have 850 shots while they've given up 737 attempts on defense. The Bruins have an offensive zone percentage of 52.6% and their defensive zone percentage is 47.4% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 53% as they've compiled 631 face off wins this season and they have suffered 559 face off losses. On defense Boston has blocked 273 shot attempts and they have 361 hits as a unit.

Calgary Flames Betting Trends

The Calgary Flames are 8-13 straight up

The Calgary Flames are 9-11-2 against the over/under

Boston Bruins Betting Trends

The Boston Bruins are 10-8 straight up

The Boston Bruins are 7-10-2 against the over/under

Calgary Flames Injuries

11/16/16 LW Johnny Gaudreau Finger out indefinitely
11/06/16 C Lance Bouma Shoulder out indefinitely
10/09/16 D Ladislav Smid Neck out for season

Boston Bruins Injuries

11/23/16 RW David Pastrnak Upper Body is upgraded to probable Thursday vs. Ottawa
11/23/16 D Zdeno Chara Lower Body out indefinitely
11/10/16 C Noel Acciari Leg out indefinitely
10/12/16 D Kevan Miller Thumb expected to miss 6 weeks
10/10/16 C Frank Vatrano Foot out indefinitely

Josh's Pick: Take Boston -155

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