Saturday, October 15, 2016

BB&T Center

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The Detroit Red Wings travel to BB&T Center to play the Florida Panthers on Saturday, October 15, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Red Wings at +131 and the Panthers at -145. The over/under has been set at 5.

Detroit comes into this matchup after having a regular season record of 41-30-11 last season and on the road they had a record of 19-17-5. They finished 3rd in the Atlantic Division. They scored 211 goals and gave up 224 goals for a point differential of -13. The Red Wings had 11 overtime losses including 5 of them in a shootout. In their last 10 games they had an overall record of 5-5-0. For the season they had an ATS record of 40-40 and an over/under record of 31-36-15. Florida had a regular season record of 47-26-9 including 25-11-5 at home last season. They were 1st in the Atlantic Division. They scored 239 goals and surrendered 203 for a goal differential of +36. The Panthers had 9 losses in OT and 3 of them occurred in a shootout. They had a record of 7-3-0 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread was 44-35 while their over/under record sat at 33-31-18.

Dylan Larkin accumulated 45 total points last season for the Red Wings. He had 23 goals last year with 221 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 10%. He had a total of 22 assists on the season and averaged 17 minutes played per game. Henrik Zetterberg averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game last year. In that time he had a shooting percentage of 6% by scoring 13 goals on 214 shots. He had 37 assists giving him a total of 50 points on the season. Petr Mrazek had 27 wins and 16 losses last season in net for the Red Wings. He had 1,448 shots against him and gave up 115 goals. He made 1,333 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Jaromir Jagr accumulated 66 total points last season for the Panthers. He had 27 goals last year with 143 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 19%. He had a total of 39 assists on the season and averaged 17 minutes played per game. Jussi Jokinen averaged 18 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he had a shooting percentage of 12% by scoring 18 goals on 153 shots. He had 42 assists giving him a total of 60 points on the season. Roberto Luongo had 35 wins and 19 losses this season in net for the Panthers. He had 1,801 shots against him and gave up 141 goals. He made 1,660 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

The Red Wings had 93 total points last season. They scored 211 goals while giving up 224 goals. They had 266 power play opportunities and scored 50 goals on those chances for a percentage of 19%. The Red Wings allowed 271 power play opportunities and gave up 50 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 82%. They averaged 30 shots per game and as a team they shot 8.68% for the season. They allowed 30 shots to their opposition per contest and had a team save percentage of 92%.

The Panthers had a total of 103 points on the season. They had 47 power play goals on 278 opportunities for a percentage of 17%. They allowed 268 power play opportunities and gave up 55 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 79%. As a team, the Red Wings had a total of 239 goals scored while they gave up 203 goals during the campaign. They averaged 29 shots per contest and had a team shooting percentage of 10.14%. As a team they gave up 29 shots per game and had a save percentage of 92%.

Detroit had a Corsi percentage of 51.3% as they attempted 4,458 shots on net at full strength while they gave up 4,239 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage was at 50.3% as they had 3,370 attempts while they gave up 3,330 shots on the defensive end. The Red Wings started possessions in the offensive zone 53.5% of the time while their defensive zone percentage was at 46.5% for the season. They had 2,417 face off wins compared to 2,367 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage was 50.5%. On defense Detroit had 1,651 hits and they blocked 909 shots from the opposition.

Florida attempted 4,101 shots at full strength and they gave up 4,253 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage was at 49.1% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they were at 49.2% as they had 3,213 shots while they gave up 3,311 attempts on defense. The Panthers had an offensive zone percentage of 49.2% and their defensive zone percentage was 50.8% this season. They had a faceoff win percentage of 50.1% as they compiled 2,548 face off wins this season and they suffered 2,540 face off losses. On defense Florida blocked 942 shot attempts and they had 1,910 hits as a unit.

Detroit Red Wings Betting Trends

The Detroit Red Wings were 40-40 straight up last season

The Detroit Red Wings were 31-36-15 against the over/under

Florida Panthers Betting Trends

The Florida Panthers were 44-35 straight up last season

The Florida Panthers were 33-31-18 against the over/under

Detroit Red Wings Injuries

10/15/15 C Johan Franzen Concussion out indefinitely
10/13/16 D Alexey Marchenko Upper Body "?" Saturday vs. Florida
10/13/16 D Niklas Kronwall Knee "?" Saturday vs. Florida
10/10/16 RW Tomas Jurco Back out indefinitely
01/11/16 LW Drew Miller Knee out 4-6 months

Florida Panthers Injuries

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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