Thursday, March 3, 2016

Pepsi Center

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The Florida Panthers travel to Pepsi Center to play the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday, March 3, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Panthers at -105 and the Avalanche at -105. The over/under has been set at 5.

Florida comes into this matchup having played 63 games. They have an overall record of 36-19-8 and on the road they have a record of 16-10-4. Currently they are 1st in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 174 goals and given up 148 goals for a point differential of +26. The Panthers have 8 overtime losses including 3 of them in a shootout. In the past 10 games they have an overall record of 5-3-2. For the season they have an ATS record of 35-27 and an over/under record of 22-29-12. Colorado shows up with a record of 32-29-4 including 14-14-4 at home this season. They are 6th in the Central Division. They've scored 175 goals and surrendered 187 for a goal differential of -12. The Avalanche have 4 losses in OT and 0 of them occurred in a shootout. They have a record of 5-5-0 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 30-33 while their over/under record sits at 31-31-3.

Jaromir Jagr has accumulated 46 total points this season for the Panthers. He has 21 goals this season with 107 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 20%. He has a total of 25 assists on the season and averages 17 minutes played per game. Jonathan Huberdeau has averaged 18 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 8% by scoring 11 goals on 134 shots. He has 29 assists giving him a total of 40 points on the season. Roberto Luongo has 27 wins and 15 losses this season in net for the Panthers. He has had 1,428 shots against him and has given up 107 goals. He has made 1,321 saves for a save percentage of 93%.

Gabriel Landeskog has accumulated 43 total points this season for the Avalanche. He has 15 goals this season with 139 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 11%. He has a total of 28 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Nathan MacKinnon has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 9% by scoring 20 goals on 222 shots. He has 28 assists giving him a total of 48 points on the season. Semyon Varlamov has 22 wins and 17 losses this season in net for the Avalanche. He has had 1,288 shots against him and has given up 113 goals. He has made 1,175 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

The Panthers have 80 total points this season. They have scored 168 goals while giving up 145 goals. They have had 217 power play opportunities and have scored 37 goals on those chances for a percentage of 17%. The Panthers have allowed 212 power play opportunities and given up 39 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 82%. They average 28 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.64% for the season to this point. They allow 30 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 92%.

The Avalanche have a total of 68 points on the season. They have 42 power play goals on 218 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 19%. They have allowed 205 power play opportunities and have given up 40 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 80%. As a team, the Panthers have a total of 172 goals scored while they've given up 187 goals to this point. They average 29 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.25%. As a team they give up 32 shots per game and have a save percentage of 91%.

Florida has a Corsi percentage of 47.9% as they've attempted 3,042 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,303 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 48.2% as they have 2,390 attempts while they've given up 2,565 shots on the defensive end. The Panthers start possessions in the offensive zone 48.2% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 51.8% for the season. They have 1,922 face off wins compared to 1,951 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 49.6%. On defense Florida has 1,551 hits and they've blocked 738 shots from the opposition.

Colorado has attempted 3,290 shots at full strength and they've given up 3,998 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 45.1% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 46.4% as they have 2,513 shots while they've given up 2,906 attempts on defense. The Avalanche have an offensive zone percentage of 48.6% and their defensive zone percentage is 51.4% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 49.7% as they've compiled 1,882 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,906 face off losses. On defense Colorado has blocked 1,092 shot attempts and they have 1,487 hits as a unit.

Florida Panthers Betting Trends

The Florida Panthers are 35-27 straight up

The Florida Panthers are 22-29-12 against the over/under

Colorado Avalanche Betting Trends

The Colorado Avalanche are 30-33 straight up

The Colorado Avalanche are 31-31-3 against the over/under

Florida Panthers Injuries

03/01/16 GO Al Montoya Concussion "?" Thursday vs Colorado
02/29/16 C Derek MacKenzie Concussion out indefinitely
02/24/16 LW Jonathan Huberdeau Neck out indefinitely
02/06/16 D Willie Mitchell Concussion out indefinitely
01/04/16 C David Bolland Ankle out indefinitely

Colorado Avalanche Injuries

12/30/15 D Brad Stuart Back out indefinitely
10/06/15 C Jesse Winchester Concussion out indefinitely

Tony's Pick: Take Colorado

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