Saturday, December 10, 2016

SAP Center

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The Carolina Hurricanes head to SAP Center to take on the San Jose Sharks on Saturday, December 10, 2016. The opening line for this matchup has the Hurricanes at +131 and the Sharks at -145. The over/under is 5.

Carolina comes into this game having played 27 contests. They have an overall record of 11-10-6 and away from home they have a record of 4-7-6. Currently they are 7th in the Metropolitan Division. They've tallied 66 goals and surrendered 72 goals for a point differential of -6. The Hurricanes have an overall record of 4-4-2 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 10-16 and an over/under record of 10-12-5. San Jose comes into this game with a record of 15-10-1 including 9-4-0 at home this season. They are 3rd in the Pacific Division. They've scored 62 goals and surrendered 55 for a goal differential of +7. The Sharks have a record of 6-3-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 15-11 while their over/under record sits at 3-17-6.

Jeff Skinner has accumulated 21 total points this season for the Hurricanes. He has 9 goals this season with 88 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 10%. He has a total of 12 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Victor Rask has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 15% by scoring 9 goals on 59 shots. He has 10 assists giving him a total of 19 points on the season. Cam Ward has 9 wins and 7 losses this season in net for the Hurricanes. He has had 586 shots against him and has given up 46 goals. He has made 540 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Brent Burns has accumulated 23 total points this season for the Sharks. He has 11 goals this season with 112 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 10%. He has a total of 12 assists on the season and averages 24 minutes played per game. Joe Pavelski has averaged 20 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 9% by scoring 8 goals on 89 shots. He has 16 assists giving him a total of 24 points on the season. Martin Jones has 13 wins and 9 losses this season in net for the Sharks. He has had 566 shots against him and has given up 45 goals. He has made 521 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

The Hurricanes have 28 total points this season. They have scored 66 goals while giving up 72 goals. They have had 80 power play opportunities and have scored 15 goals on those chances for a percentage of 19%. The Hurricanes have allowed 75 power play opportunities and given up 6 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 92%. They average 30 shots per game and as a team are shooting 8.27% for the season to this point. They allow 28 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.

The Sharks have a total of 31 points on the season. They have 15 power play goals on 81 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 19%. They have allowed 65 power play opportunities and have given up 11 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 83%. As a team, the Hurricanes have a total of 62 goals scored while they've given up 55 goals to this point. They average 31 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 7.63%. As a team they give up 26 shots per game and have a save percentage of 92%.

Carolina has a Corsi percentage of 51.7% as they've attempted 1,534 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 1,431 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 50.9% as they have 1,117 attempts while they've given up 1,077 shots on the defensive end. The Hurricanes start possessions in the offensive zone 55.5% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 44.5% for the season. They have 765 face off wins compared to 733 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 51.1%. On defense Carolina has 505 hits and they've blocked 354 shots from the opposition.

San Jose has attempted 1,569 shots at full strength and they've given up 1,379 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 53.2% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 54% as they have 1,150 shots while they've given up 981 attempts on defense. The Sharks have an offensive zone percentage of 54.8% and their defensive zone percentage is 45.2% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 48.8% as they've compiled 758 face off wins this season and they have suffered 795 face off losses. On defense San Jose has blocked 398 shot attempts and they have 515 hits as a unit.

Carolina Hurricanes Betting Trends

The Carolina Hurricanes are 10-16 straight up

The Carolina Hurricanes are 10-12-5 against the over/under

San Jose Sharks Betting Trends

The San Jose Sharks are 15-11 straight up

The San Jose Sharks are 3-17-6 against the over/under

Carolina Hurricanes Injuries

12/08/16 C Elias Lindholm Lower Body "?" Saturday vs. San Jose
11/28/16 C Jordan Staal Concussion out indefinitely
11/21/16 GO Eddie Lack Concussion out indefinitely
11/11/16 LW Bryan Bickell Illness out indefinitely

San Jose Sharks Injuries

12/07/16 D David Schlemko Lower Body "?" Friday vs Anaheim
11/21/16 C Tomas Hertl Knee out indefinitely

Guy's Pick: Take Carolina +131

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