Saturday, March 19, 2016

BB&T Center

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The Detroit Red Wings travel to BB&T Center to play the Florida Panthers on Saturday, March 19, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Red Wings at +122 and the Panthers at -135. The over/under has been set at 5.

Detroit comes into this matchup having played 71 games. They have an overall record of 35-25-11 and on the road they have a record of 17-13-5. Currently they are 4th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 179 goals and given up 187 goals for a point differential of -8. The Red Wings have 11 overtime losses including 5 of them in a shootout. In the past 10 games they have an overall record of 5-5-0. For the season they have an ATS record of 34-36 and an over/under record of 25-34-12. Florida shows up with a record of 40-22-9 including 22-9-5 at home this season. They are 1st in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 202 goals and surrendered 172 for a goal differential of +30. The Panthers have 9 losses in OT and 3 of them occurred in a shootout. They have a record of 5-4-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 38-31 while their over/under record sits at 26-29-16.

Dylan Larkin has accumulated 41 total points this season for the Red Wings. He has 20 goals this season with 189 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 11%. He has a total of 21 assists on the season and averages 17 minutes played per game. Henrik Zetterberg has averaged 0 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 0% by scoring 13 goals on 184 shots. He has 31 assists giving him a total of 44 points on the season. Petr Mrazek has 26 wins and 15 losses this season in net for the Red Wings. He has had 1,359 shots against him and has given up 103 goals. He has made 1,256 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Jaromir Jagr has accumulated 55 total points this season for the Panthers. He has 24 goals this season with 124 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 19%. He has a total of 31 assists on the season and averages 17 minutes played per game. Jussi Jokinen has averaged 18 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 11% by scoring 15 goals on 131 shots. He has 37 assists giving him a total of 52 points on the season. Roberto Luongo has 30 wins and 17 losses this season in net for the Panthers. He has had 1,585 shots against him and has given up 124 goals. He has made 1,461 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

The Red Wings have 81 total points this season. They have scored 177 goals while giving up 182 goals. They have had 229 power play opportunities and have scored 38 goals on those chances for a percentage of 17%. The Red Wings have allowed 237 power play opportunities and given up 45 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 81%. They average 30 shots per game and as a team are shooting 8.37% for the season to this point. They allow 30 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.

The Panthers have a total of 89 points on the season. They have 42 power play goals on 244 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 17%. They have allowed 231 power play opportunities and have given up 42 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 82%. As a team, the Red Wings have a total of 195 goals scored while they've given up 169 goals to this point. They average 28 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.66%. As a team they give up 30 shots per game and have a save percentage of 92%.

Detroit has a Corsi percentage of 51.4% as they've attempted 3,872 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,657 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 50.3% as they have 2,917 attempts while they've given up 2,879 shots on the defensive end. The Red Wings start possessions in the offensive zone 53.9% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 46.1% for the season. They have 2,056 face off wins compared to 2,042 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 50.2%. On defense Detroit has 1,436 hits and they've blocked 778 shots from the opposition.

Florida has attempted 3,530 shots at full strength and they've given up 3,718 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 48.7% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 49% as they have 2,766 shots while they've given up 2,879 attempts on defense. The Panthers have an offensive zone percentage of 48.8% and their defensive zone percentage is 51.2% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 49.9% as they've compiled 2,194 face off wins this season and they have suffered 2,200 face off losses. On defense Florida has blocked 839 shot attempts and they have 1,712 hits as a unit.

Detroit Red Wings Betting Trends

The Detroit Red Wings are 34-36 straight up

The Detroit Red Wings are 25-34-12 against the over/under

Florida Panthers Betting Trends

The Florida Panthers are 38-31 straight up

The Florida Panthers are 26-29-16 against the over/under

Detroit Red Wings Injuries

10/15/15 C Johan Franzen Concussion out indefinitely
03/17/16 GO Petr Mrazek Illness "?" Saturday vs Florida
03/13/16 D Niklas Kronwall Knee "?" Saturday vs. Florida
01/11/16 LW Drew Miller Knee out 4-6 months

Florida Panthers Injuries

03/17/16 D Erik Gudbranson Lower Body "?" Saturday vs Detroit
03/15/16 C Derek MacKenzie Foot expected to miss 2 weeks
02/06/16 D Willie Mitchell Concussion out indefinitely
01/04/16 C David Bolland Ankle out indefinitely

Guy's Pick: Take Florida

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