Saturday, October 22, 2016

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The Colorado Avalanche travel to BB&T Center to play the Florida Panthers on Saturday, October 22, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Avalanche at +127 and the Panthers at -159. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Colorado comes into this matchup having played 4 games. They have an overall record of 3-1-0 and on the road they have a record of 2-1-0. Currently they are 3rd in the Central Division. They've scored 14 goals and given up 11 goals for a point differential of +3. For the season they have an ATS record of 3-1 and an over/under record of 2-2-0. Florida shows up with a record of 2-1-1 including 2-1-0 at home this season. They are 5th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 11 goals and surrendered 10 for a goal differential of +1. Their record against the spread is 2-2 while their over/under record sits at 2-1-1.

Nathan MacKinnon has accumulated 5 total points this season for the Avalanche. He has 1 goals this season with 10 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 10%. He has a total of 4 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Patrick Wiercioch has averaged 15 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 33% by scoring 1 goal on 3 shots. He has 3 assists giving him a total of 4 points on the season. Semyon Varlamov has 2 wins and 1 loss this season in net for the Avalanche. He has had 95 shots against him and has given up 8 goals. He has made 87 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Aleksander Barkov has accumulated 5 total points this season for the Panthers. He has 2 goals this season with 10 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 20%. He has a total of 3 assists on the season and averages 21 minutes played per game. Jon Marchessault has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 18% by scoring 2 goals on 11 shots. He has 3 assists giving him a total of 5 points on the season. Roberto Luongo has 2 wins and 1 loss this season in net for the Panthers. He has had 75 shots against him and has given up 6 goals. He has made 69 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

The Avalanche have 6 total points this season. They have scored 14 goals while giving up 11 goals. They have had 14 power play opportunities and have scored 4 goals on those chances for a percentage of 29%. The Avalanche have allowed 17 power play opportunities and given up 6 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 65%. They average 25 shots per game and as a team are shooting 14.29% for the season to this point. They allow 32 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.

The Panthers have a total of 5 points on the season. They have 1 power play goal on 12 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 8%. They have allowed 8 power play opportunities and have given up no goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 100%. As a team, the Avalanche have a total of 11 goals scored while they've given up 10 goals to this point. They average 33 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 8.40%. As a team they give up 26 shots per game and have a save percentage of 91%.

Colorado has a Corsi percentage of 44.9% as they've attempted 189 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 232 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 44.6% as they have 139 attempts while they've given up 173 shots on the defensive end. The Avalanche start possessions in the offensive zone 43.9% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 56.1% for the season. They have 118 face off wins compared to 126 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 48.4%. On defense Colorado has 125 hits and they've blocked 59 shots from the opposition.

Florida has attempted 235 shots at full strength and they've given up 169 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 58.2% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 58.5% as they have 190 shots while they've given up 135 attempts on defense. The Panthers have an offensive zone percentage of 66.4% and their defensive zone percentage is 33.6% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 51.6% as they've compiled 126 face off wins this season and they have suffered 118 face off losses. On defense Florida has blocked 34 shot attempts and they have 67 hits as a unit.

Colorado Avalanche Betting Trends

The Colorado Avalanche are 3-1 straight up

The Colorado Avalanche are 2-2-0 against the over/under

Florida Panthers Betting Trends

The Florida Panthers are 2-2 straight up

The Florida Panthers are 2-1-1 against the over/under

Colorado Avalanche Injuries

10/20/16 RW Rene Bourque Groin "?" Saturday vs Florida
10/18/16 C John Mitchell Hip out indefinitely

Florida Panthers Injuries

10/21/16 LW Jussi Jokinen Teeth "?" Saturday vs. Colorado
10/10/16 LW Jonathan Huberdeau Ankle expected to miss 3-4 months
10/08/16 C Nick Bjugstad Hand expected to miss 4 weeks

Josh's Pick: Take Florida

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