Thursday, October 27, 2016

Air Canada Centre

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The Florida Panthers travel to Air Canada Centre to play the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday, October 27, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Panthers at -111 and the Maple Leafs at -111. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Florida comes into this matchup having played 6 games. They have an overall record of 3-2-1 and on the road they have a record of 0-1-1. Currently they are 5th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 18 goals and given up 15 goals for a point differential of +3. For the season they have an ATS record of 3-3 and an over/under record of 3-1-2. Toronto shows up with a record of 1-2-3 including 1-1-0 at home this season. They are 7th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 21 goals and surrendered 26 for a goal differential of -5. The Maple Leafs have 3 losses in OT and 1 of them occurred in a shootout. Their record against the spread is 1-5 while their over/under record sits at 4-2-0.

Aleksander Barkov has accumulated 5 total points this season for the Panthers. He has 2 goals this season with 11 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 18%. He has a total of 3 assists on the season and averages 20 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 16% by scoring 3 goals on 19 shots. He has 5 assists giving him a total of 8 points on the season. Roberto Luongo has 3 wins and 1 loss this season in net for the Panthers. He has had 103 shots against him and has given up 8 goals. He has made 95 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Auston Matthews has accumulated 10 total points this season for the Maple Leafs. He has 6 goals this season with 26 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 23%. He has a total of 4 assists on the season and averages 17 minutes played per game. Nazem Kadri has averaged 16 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 25% by scoring 2 goals on 8 shots. He has 2 assists giving him a total of 4 points on the season. Frederik Andersen has 1 win and 1 loss this season in net for the Maple Leafs. He has had 148 shots against him and has given up 22 goals. He has made 126 saves for a save percentage of 85%.

The Panthers have 7 total points this season. They have scored 18 goals while giving up 15 goals. They have had 22 power play opportunities and have scored 3 goals on those chances for a percentage of 14%. The Panthers have allowed 13 power play opportunities and given up 2 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 85%. They average 32 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.42% for the season to this point. They allow 26 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.

The Maple Leafs have a total of 5 points on the season. They have 5 power play goals on 19 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 26%. They have allowed 22 power play opportunities and have given up 4 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 82%. As a team, the Panthers have a total of 21 goals scored while they've given up 26 goals to this point. They average 35 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.91%. As a team they give up 29 shots per game and have a save percentage of 86%.

Florida has a Corsi percentage of 58.1% as they've attempted 346 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 250 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 58.7% as they have 273 attempts while they've given up 192 shots on the defensive end. The Panthers start possessions in the offensive zone 60.9% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 39.1% for the season. They have 187 face off wins compared to 175 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 51.7%. On defense Florida has 110 hits and they've blocked 58 shots from the opposition.

Toronto has attempted 373 shots at full strength and they've given up 360 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 50.9% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 52.7% as they have 282 shots while they've given up 253 attempts on defense. The Maple Leafs have an offensive zone percentage of 52.6% and their defensive zone percentage is 47.4% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 51.4% as they've compiled 200 face off wins this season and they have suffered 189 face off losses. On defense Toronto has blocked 107 shot attempts and they have 131 hits as a unit.

Florida Panthers Betting Trends

The Florida Panthers are 3-3 straight up

The Florida Panthers are 3-1-2 against the over/under

Toronto Maple Leafs Betting Trends

The Toronto Maple Leafs are 1-5 straight up

The Toronto Maple Leafs are 4-2-0 against the over/under

Florida Panthers Injuries

10/25/16 LW Jussi Jokinen Lower Body is downgraded to expected to miss 2 games
10/10/16 LW Jonathan Huberdeau Ankle expected to miss 3-4 months
10/08/16 C Nick Bjugstad Hand expected to miss 4 weeks

Toronto Maple Leafs Injuries

10/20/16 D Stephane Robidas Knee expected to miss 5-7 days
10/18/16 LW Josh Leivo Lower Body out indefinitely
10/09/16 LW Joffrey Lupul Abdominal out indefinitely
10/09/16 RW Nathan Horton Back out indefinitely

Josh's Pick: Take Toronto

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