Saturday, November 5, 2016

Staples Center

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The Calgary Flames travel to Staples Center to play the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday, November 5, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Flames at +138 and the Kings at -172. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Calgary comes into this matchup having played 12 games. They have an overall record of 5-6-1 and on the road they have a record of 3-2-1. Currently they are 3rd in the Pacific Division. They've scored 35 goals and given up 42 goals for a point differential of -7. The Flames have an overall record of 5-4-1 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 4-7 and an over/under record of 7-5-0. Los Angeles shows up with a record of 5-6-0 including 4-2-0 at home this season. They are 5th in the Pacific Division. They've scored 23 goals and surrendered 32 for a goal differential of -9. The Kings have a record of 5-5-0 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 4-6 while their over/under record sits at 4-7-0.

Troy Brouwer has accumulated 7 total points this season for the Flames. He has 4 goals this season with 18 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 22%. He has a total of 3 assists on the season and averages 17 minutes played per game. Michael Frolik has averaged 15 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 17% by scoring 5 goals on 29 shots. He has 4 assists giving him a total of 9 points on the season. Brian Elliott has 3 wins and 5 losses this season in net for the Flames. He has had 226 shots against him and has given up 25 goals. He has made 201 saves for a save percentage of 89%.

Anze Kopitar has accumulated 6 total points this season for the Kings. He has 2 goals this season with 26 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 8%. He has a total of 4 assists on the season and averages 22 minutes played per game. Jeff Carter has averaged 18 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 6% by scoring 2 goals on 32 shots. He has 4 assists giving him a total of 6 points on the season. Peter Budaj has 5 wins and 3 losses this season in net for the Kings. He has had 193 shots against him and has given up 19 goals. He has made 174 saves for a save percentage of 90%.

The Flames have 11 total points this season. They have scored 35 goals while giving up 42 goals. They have had 43 power play opportunities and have scored 4 goals on those chances for a percentage of 9%. The Flames have allowed 52 power play opportunities and given up 14 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 73%. They average 29 shots per game and as a team are shooting 10.12% for the season to this point. They allow 29 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 90%.

The Kings have a total of 10 points on the season. They have 4 power play goals on 32 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 13%. They have allowed 41 power play opportunities and have given up 10 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 76%. As a team, the Flames have a total of 23 goals scored while they've given up 32 goals to this point. They average 31 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 6.80%. As a team they give up 25 shots per game and have a save percentage of 89%.

Calgary has a Corsi percentage of 47.5% as they've attempted 625 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 690 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 48.4% as they have 471 attempts while they've given up 502 shots on the defensive end. The Flames start possessions in the offensive zone 46% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 54% for the season. They have 379 face off wins compared to 373 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 50.4%. On defense Calgary has 255 hits and they've blocked 188 shots from the opposition.

Los Angeles has attempted 697 shots at full strength and they've given up 544 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 56.2% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 55.6% as they have 503 shots while they've given up 402 attempts on defense. The Kings have an offensive zone percentage of 53.3% and their defensive zone percentage is 46.7% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 50.3% as they've compiled 351 face off wins this season and they have suffered 347 face off losses. On defense Los Angeles has blocked 142 shot attempts and they have 345 hits as a unit.

Calgary Flames Betting Trends

The Calgary Flames are 4-7 straight up

The Calgary Flames are 7-5-0 against the over/under

Los Angeles Kings Betting Trends

The Los Angeles Kings are 4-6 straight up

The Los Angeles Kings are 4-7-0 against the over/under

Calgary Flames Injuries

11/04/16 RW Kris Versteeg Lower Body "?" Saturday vs. Los Angeles
10/09/16 D Ladislav Smid Neck out for season

Los Angeles Kings Injuries

11/03/16 LW Andy Andreoff Upper Body out indefinitely
11/03/16 D Tom Gilbert Suspension expected to miss Saturday vs. Calgary & Tuesday vs. Toronto
10/30/16 D Brayden McNabb Upper Body expected to miss 5-7 days
10/22/16 GO Jeff Zatkoff Groin out indefinitely
10/13/16 GO Jonathan Quick Groin out 3-4 months
10/09/16 RW Marian Gaborik Foot out indefinitely

Tony's Pick: Take Los Angeles

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