Thursday, March 24, 2016

SAP Center

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The Edmonton Oilers travel to SAP Center to play the San Jose Sharks on Thursday, March 24, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Oilers at +190 and the Sharks at -230. The over/under has been set at 5.

Edmonton comes into this matchup having played 76 games. They have an overall record of 29-40-7 and on the road they have a record of 11-22-5. Currently they are 7th in the Pacific Division. They've scored 183 goals and given up 223 goals for a point differential of -40. The Oilers have 7 overtime losses including 2 of them in a shootout. In the past 10 games they have an overall record of 4-6-0. For the season they have an ATS record of 29-47 and an over/under record of 35-36-5. San Jose shows up with a record of 41-26-6 including 16-16-3 at home this season. They are 3rd in the Pacific Division. They've scored 214 goals and surrendered 186 for a goal differential of +28. The Sharks have 6 losses in OT and 3 of them occurred in a shootout. They have a record of 6-4-0 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 40-32 while their over/under record sits at 37-30-6.

Taylor Hall has accumulated 58 total points this season for the Oilers. He has 23 goals this season with 270 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 9%. He has a total of 35 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Leon Draisaitl has averaged 18 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 14% by scoring 18 goals on 126 shots. He has 30 assists giving him a total of 48 points on the season. Cam Talbot has 19 wins and 25 losses this season in net for the Oilers. He has had 1,507 shots against him and has given up 122 goals. He has made 1,385 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Joe Pavelski has accumulated 69 total points this season for the Sharks. He has 34 goals this season with 197 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 17%. He has a total of 35 assists on the season and averages 20 minutes played per game. Patrick Marleau has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 11% by scoring 20 goals on 186 shots. He has 21 assists giving him a total of 41 points on the season. Martin Jones has 35 wins and 20 losses this season in net for the Sharks. He has had 1,615 shots against him and has given up 130 goals. He has made 1,485 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

The Oilers have 65 total points this season. They have scored 179 goals while giving up 221 goals. They have had 220 power play opportunities and have scored 39 goals on those chances for a percentage of 18%. The Oilers have allowed 232 power play opportunities and given up 46 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 80%. They average 29 shots per game and as a team are shooting 8.13% for the season to this point. They allow 31 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.

The Sharks have a total of 88 points on the season. They have 53 power play goals on 239 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 22%. They have allowed 210 power play opportunities and have given up 42 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 80%. As a team, the Oilers have a total of 211 goals scored while they've given up 183 goals to this point. They average 30 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.52%. As a team they give up 28 shots per game and have a save percentage of 91%.

Edmonton has a Corsi percentage of 48.4% as they've attempted 4,171 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 4,451 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 48% as they have 3,045 attempts while they've given up 3,301 shots on the defensive end. The Oilers start possessions in the offensive zone 48.8% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 51.2% for the season. They have 2,253 face off wins compared to 2,364 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 48.8%. On defense Edmonton has 1,670 hits and they've blocked 1,150 shots from the opposition.

San Jose has attempted 4,088 shots at full strength and they've given up 3,958 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 50.8% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 52.6% as they have 3,103 shots while they've given up 2,801 attempts on defense. The Sharks have an offensive zone percentage of 50.7% and their defensive zone percentage is 49.3% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 50.4% as they've compiled 2,198 face off wins this season and they have suffered 2,166 face off losses. On defense San Jose has blocked 1,157 shot attempts and they have 1,471 hits as a unit.

Edmonton Oilers Betting Trends

The Edmonton Oilers are 29-47 straight up

The Edmonton Oilers are 35-36-5 against the over/under

San Jose Sharks Betting Trends

The San Jose Sharks are 40-32 straight up

The San Jose Sharks are 37-30-6 against the over/under

Edmonton Oilers Injuries

12/21/15 D Andrew Ference Hip out for season
03/23/16 LW Patrick Maroon Illness "?" Thursday vs San Jose
03/22/16 C Ryan Nugent-Hopkins Head injured last game, "?" Thursday vs San Jose
03/13/16 D Oscar Klefbom Foot out indefinitely
03/12/16 D Adam Pardy Hand out indefinitely
03/07/16 D Brandon Davidson Knee likely out for season
02/29/16 LW Benoit Pouliot Shoulder out indefinitely
02/17/16 D Eric Gryba Knee out for season

San Jose Sharks Injuries

03/22/16 D Marc-Edouard Vlasic Lower Body expected to miss 1 week
03/19/16 LW Matthew Nieto Hand out indefinitely
03/03/16 D Matt Tennyson Concussion out indefinitely

Guy's Pick: Take Edmonton

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