Thursday, February 4, 2016

BB&T Center

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The Detroit Red Wings travel to BB&T Center to play the Florida Panthers on Thursday, February 4, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Red Wings at +115 and the Panthers at -138. The over/under has been set at 5.

Detroit comes into this matchup having played 49 games. They have an overall record of 25-16-8 and on the road they have a record of 14-6-3. Currently they are 3rd in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 122 goals and given up 124 goals for a point differential of -2. The Red Wings have 8 overtime losses including 3 of them in a shootout. In the past 10 games they have an overall record of 6-3-1. For the season they have an ATS record of 24-24 and an over/under record of 17-23-9. Florida shows up with a record of 30-15-5 including 16-7-2 at home this season. They are 1st in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 140 goals and surrendered 110 for a goal differential of +30. The Panthers have 5 losses in OT and 1 of them occurred in a shootout. They have a record of 6-3-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 25-20 while their over/under record sits at 18-23-9.

Dylan Larkin has accumulated 33 total points this season for the Red Wings. He has 15 goals this season with 127 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 12%. He has a total of 18 assists on the season and averages 17 minutes played per game. Henrik Zetterberg has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 8% by scoring 9 goals on 112 shots. He has 24 assists giving him a total of 33 points on the season. Petr Mrazek has 18 wins and 9 losses this season in net for the Red Wings. He has had 942 shots against him and has given up 64 goals. He has made 878 saves for a save percentage of 93%.

Jaromir Jagr has accumulated 34 total points this season for the Panthers. He has 15 goals this season with 78 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 19%. He has a total of 19 assists on the season and averages 17 minutes played per game. Jonathan Huberdeau has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 9% by scoring 10 goals on 117 shots. He has 27 assists giving him a total of 37 points on the season. Roberto Luongo has 22 wins and 13 losses this season in net for the Panthers. He has had 1146 shots against him and has given up 80 goals. He has made 1066 saves for a save percentage of 93%.

The Red Wings have 58 total points this season. They have scored 121 goals while giving up 121 goals. They have had 153 power play opportunities and have scored 27 goals on those chances for a percentage of 18%. The Red Wings have allowed 157 power play opportunities and given up 30 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 81%. They average 29 shots per game and as a team are shooting 8.62% for the season to this point. They allow 30 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 92%.

The Panthers have a total of 65 points on the season. They have 29 power play goals on 171 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 17%. They have allowed 162 power play opportunities and have given up 26 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 84%. As a team, the Red Wings have a total of 135 goals scored while they've given up 109 goals to this point. They average 28 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.80%. As a team they give up 30 shots per game and have a save percentage of 93%.

Detroit has a Corsi percentage of 50.2% as they've attempted 2,566 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 2,544 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 49.1% as they have 1,937 attempts while they've given up 2,004 shots on the defensive end. The Red Wings start possessions in the offensive zone 52.9% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 47.1% for the season. They have 1,415 face off wins compared to 1,403 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 50.2%. On defense Detroit has 978 hits and they've blocked 540 shots from the opposition.

Florida has attempted 2,331 shots at full strength and they've given up 2,495 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 48.3% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 48.4% as they have 1,823 shots while they've given up 1,940 attempts on defense. The Panthers have an offensive zone percentage of 48.7% and their defensive zone percentage is 51.3% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 49.2% as they've compiled 1,446 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,493 face off losses. On defense Florida has blocked 555 shot attempts and they have 1,224 hits as a unit.

Detroit Red Wings Betting Trends

The Detroit Red Wings are 24-24 straight up

The Detroit Red Wings are 17-23-9 against the over/under

Florida Panthers Betting Trends

The Florida Panthers are 25-20 straight up

The Florida Panthers are 18-23-9 against the over/under

Detroit Red Wings Injuries

10/15/15 C Johan Franzen Concussion out indefinitely
02/03/16 C Riley Sheahan Illness is downgraded to doubtful Wednesday vs. Tampa Bay
02/02/16 D Niklas Kronwall Knee expected to miss another 1-2 weeks
01/11/16 LW Drew Miller Knee out 4-6 months

Florida Panthers Injuries

02/03/16 RW Jaromir Jagr Lower Body probable Thursday vs. Detroit
02/02/16 D Willie Mitchell Lower Body "?" Thursday vs Detroit
01/04/16 C David Bolland Ankle out indefinitely

Tony's Pick: Take Florida

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