Sunday, November 20, 2016
Madison Square Garden
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The Florida Panthers travel to Madison Square Garden to play the New York Rangers on Sunday, November 20, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Panthers at +122 and the Rangers at -135. The over/under has been set at 5.
Florida comes into this matchup having played 17 games. They have an overall record of 8-8-1 and on the road they have a record of 2-5-1. Currently they are 6th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 45 goals and given up 48 goals for a point differential of -3. The Panthers have an overall record of 5-5-0 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 8-9 and an over/under record of 9-5-3. New York shows up with a record of 13-5-0 including 8-2-0 at home this season. They are 1st in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 74 goals and surrendered 42 for a goal differential of +32. The Rangers have a record of 8-2-0 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 13-5 while their over/under record sits at 11-6-1.
Aleksander Barkov has accumulated 8 total points this season for the Panthers. He has 2 goals this season with 31 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 6%. 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 15% by scoring 8 goals on 53 shots. He has 6 assists giving him a total of 14 points on the season. Roberto Luongo has 6 wins and 5 losses this season in net for the Panthers. He has had 311 shots against him and has given up 26 goals. He has made 285 saves for a save percentage of 92%.
Mika Zibanejad has accumulated 14 total points this season for the Rangers. He has 4 goals this season with 43 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 9%. He has a total of 10 assists on the season and averages 17 minutes played per game. Mats Zuccarello has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 17% by scoring 7 goals on 41 shots. He has 6 assists giving him a total of 13 points on the season. Henrik Lundqvist has 9 wins and 5 losses this season in net for the Rangers. He has had 359 shots against him and has given up 30 goals. He has made 329 saves for a save percentage of 92%.
The Panthers have 17 total points this season. They have scored 45 goals while giving up 48 goals. They have had 61 power play opportunities and have scored 9 goals on those chances for a percentage of 15%. The Panthers have allowed 52 power play opportunities and given up 9 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 83%. They average 30 shots per game and as a team are shooting 8.69% for the season to this point. They allow 29 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.
The Rangers have a total of 26 points on the season. They have 13 power play goals on 56 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 23%. They have allowed 49 power play opportunities and have given up 7 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 86%. As a team, the Panthers have a total of 74 goals scored while they've given up 42 goals to this point. They average 29 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 14.20%. As a team they give up 29 shots per game and have a save percentage of 92%.
Florida has a Corsi percentage of 53.9% as they've attempted 971 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 829 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 53.3% as they have 746 attempts while they've given up 654 shots on the defensive end. The Panthers start possessions in the offensive zone 54.4% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 45.6% for the season. They have 507 face off wins compared to 530 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 48.9%. On defense Florida has 343 hits and they've blocked 175 shots from the opposition.
New York has attempted 953 shots at full strength and they've given up 1,007 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 48.6% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 50.4% as they have 732 shots while they've given up 719 attempts on defense. The Rangers have an offensive zone percentage of 45.9% and their defensive zone percentage is 54.1% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 49.3% as they've compiled 530 face off wins this season and they have suffered 545 face off losses. On defense New York has blocked 288 shot attempts and they have 316 hits as a unit.
Florida Panthers Betting Trends
The Florida Panthers are 8-9 straight up
The Florida Panthers are 9-5-3 against the over/under
New York Rangers Betting Trends
The New York Rangers are 13-5 straight up
The New York Rangers are 11-6-1 against the over/under
Florida Panthers Injuries
11/17/16 D Alex Petrovic Lower Body expected to miss Saturday vs Ottawa and Sunday vs NY Rangers
11/17/16 LW Jussi Jokinen Illness "?" Saturday vs Ottawa
10/10/16 LW Jonathan Huberdeau Achilles expected to miss 3-4 months
10/08/16 C Nick Bjugstad Hand out indefinitely
New York Rangers Injuries
11/18/16 LW Pavel Buchnevich Back "?" Sunday vs Florida
10/27/16 RW Josh Jooris Shoulder out indefinitely
Josh's Pick: Take Florida +122
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