Monday, February 29, 2016

Wells Fargo Center

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The Calgary Flames travel to Wells Fargo Center to play the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday, February 29, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Flames at +140 and the Flyers at -160. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Calgary comes into this matchup having played 61 games. They have an overall record of 26-31-4 and on the road they have a record of 9-17-3. Currently they are 6th in the Pacific Division. They've scored 166 goals and given up 190 goals for a point differential of -24. The Flames have 4 overtime losses including 2 of them in a shootout. In the past 10 games they have an overall record of 3-6-1. For the season they have an ATS record of 25-35 and an over/under record of 31-26-4. Philadelphia shows up with a record of 28-22-11 including 15-8-7 at home this season. They are 5th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 152 goals and surrendered 165 for a goal differential of -13. The Flyers have 11 losses in OT and 6 of them occurred in a shootout. They have a record of 5-3-2 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 28-33 while their over/under record sits at 23-23-15.

John Gaudreau has accumulated 62 total points this season for the Flames. He has 24 goals this season with 165 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 15%. He has a total of 38 assists on the season and averages 20 minutes played per game. Sean Monahan has averaged 20 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 13% by scoring 19 goals on 144 shots. He has 24 assists giving him a total of 43 points on the season. Jonas Hiller has 9 wins and 8 losses this season in net for the Flames. He has had 563 shots against him and has given up 64 goals. He has made 499 saves for a save percentage of 89%.

Claude Giroux has accumulated 50 total points this season for the Flyers. He has 17 goals this season with 168 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 10%. He has a total of 33 assists on the season and averages 21 minutes played per game. Jakub Voracek has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 6% by scoring 10 goals on 177 shots. He has 38 assists giving him a total of 48 points on the season. Steve Mason has 13 wins and 15 losses this season in net for the Flyers. He has had 1,117 shots against him and has given up 95 goals. He has made 1,022 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

The Flames have 56 total points this season. They have scored 164 goals while giving up 188 goals. They have had 199 power play opportunities and have scored 32 goals on those chances for a percentage of 16%. The Flames have allowed 162 power play opportunities and given up 43 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 73%. They average 29 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.27% for the season to this point. They allow 29 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 90%.

The Flyers have a total of 67 points on the season. They have 37 power play goals on 200 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 19%. They have allowed 213 power play opportunities and have given up 44 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 79%. As a team, the Flames have a total of 150 goals scored while they've given up 159 goals to this point. They average 30 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 8.10%. As a team they give up 32 shots per game and have a save percentage of 92%.

Calgary has a Corsi percentage of 48.8% as they've attempted 3,358 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,526 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 49.2% as they have 2,448 attempts while they've given up 2,526 shots on the defensive end. The Flames start possessions in the offensive zone 51.7% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 48.3% for the season. They have 1,792 face off wins compared to 1,907 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 48.4%. On defense Calgary has 1,230 hits and they've blocked 1,000 shots from the opposition.

Philadelphia has attempted 3,553 shots at full strength and they've given up 3,550 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 50% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 50% as they have 2,594 shots while they've given up 2,590 attempts on defense. The Flyers have an offensive zone percentage of 50.2% and their defensive zone percentage is 49.8% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 49.9% as they've compiled 1,831 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,840 face off losses. On defense Philadelphia has blocked 960 shot attempts and they have 1,732 hits as a unit.

Calgary Flames Betting Trends

The Calgary Flames are 25-35 straight up

The Calgary Flames are 31-26-4 against the over/under

Philadelphia Flyers Betting Trends

The Philadelphia Flyers are 28-33 straight up

The Philadelphia Flyers are 23-23-15 against the over/under

Calgary Flames Injuries

02/27/16 D Kris Russell Lower Body "?" Monday vs Philadelphia
02/19/16 D Ladislav Smid Upper Body out indefinitely
02/12/16 GO Karri Ramo Knee out for season
01/28/16 D Dennis Wideman Suspension out 20 games; eligible to return Mar 14 vs St Louis

Philadelphia Flyers Injuries

02/27/16 RW Jakub Voracek Lower Body "?" Monday vs Calgary
02/22/16 D Michael Del Zotto Wrist out for season

Tony's Pick: Take Calgary

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