Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Bell Centre

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The Florida Panthers travel to Bell Centre to play the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday, November 15, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Panthers at -111 and the Canadiens at -111. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Florida comes into this matchup having played 15 games. They have an overall record of 7-7-1 and on the road they have a record of 1-4-1. Currently they are 6th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 40 goals and given up 39 goals for a point differential of +1. The Panthers have an overall record of 4-6-0 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 7-8 and an over/under record of 7-5-3. Montreal shows up with a record of 13-2-1 including 10-0-0 at home this season. They are 1st in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 53 goals and surrendered 34 for a goal differential of +19. The Canadiens have a record of 8-2-0 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 13-3 while their over/under record sits at 5-6-5.

Aleksander Barkov has accumulated 8 total points this season for the Panthers. He has 2 goals this season with 29 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 7%. He has a total of 6 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Jon Marchessault has averaged 18 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 17% by scoring 8 goals on 47 shots. He has 6 assists giving him a total of 14 points on the season. Roberto Luongo has 5 wins and 5 losses this season in net for the Panthers. He has had 274 shots against him and has given up 23 goals. He has made 251 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Brendan Gallagher has accumulated 9 total points this season for the Canadiens. He has 4 goals this season with 40 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 10%. He has a total of 5 assists on the season and averages 15 minutes played per game. Max Pacioretty has averaged 18 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 7% by scoring 3 goals on 43 shots. He has 9 assists giving him a total of 12 points on the season. Carey Price has 10 wins and 0 losses this season in net for the Canadiens. He has had 323 shots against him and has given up 14 goals. He has made 309 saves for a save percentage of 96%.

The Panthers have 15 total points this season. They have scored 40 goals while giving up 39 goals. They have had 54 power play opportunities and have scored 9 goals on those chances for a percentage of 17%. The Panthers have allowed 45 power play opportunities and given up 8 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 82%. They average 31 shots per game and as a team are shooting 8.57% for the season to this point. They allow 28 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.

The Canadiens have a total of 27 points on the season. They have 11 power play goals on 48 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 23%. They have allowed 64 power play opportunities and have given up 12 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 81%. As a team, the Panthers have a total of 53 goals scored while they've given up 34 goals to this point. They average 28 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 11.91%. As a team they give up 33 shots per game and have a save percentage of 94%.

Florida has a Corsi percentage of 54.6% as they've attempted 864 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 718 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 54.2% as they have 670 attempts while they've given up 567 shots on the defensive end. The Panthers start possessions in the offensive zone 56% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 44% for the season. They have 450 face off wins compared to 472 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 48.8%. On defense Florida has 283 hits and they've blocked 151 shots from the opposition.

Montreal has attempted 871 shots at full strength and they've given up 987 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 46.9% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 46.7% as they have 622 shots while they've given up 710 attempts on defense. The Canadiens have an offensive zone percentage of 43.4% and their defensive zone percentage is 56.6% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 48.5% as they've compiled 488 face off wins this season and they have suffered 518 face off losses. On defense Montreal has blocked 277 shot attempts and they have 360 hits as a unit.

Florida Panthers Betting Trends

The Florida Panthers are 7-8 straight up

The Florida Panthers are 7-5-3 against the over/under

Montreal Canadiens Betting Trends

The Montreal Canadiens are 13-3 straight up

The Montreal Canadiens are 5-6-5 against the over/under

Florida Panthers Injuries

10/10/16 LW Jonathan Huberdeau Achilles expected to miss 3-4 months
10/08/16 C Nick Bjugstad Hand out indefinitely

Montreal Canadiens Injuries

11/08/16 LW Artturi Lehkonen Upper Body out indefinitely
10/21/16 D Zach Redmond Foot expected to miss 6 weeks

Guy's Pick: Take Montreal -111

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