Thursday, November 17, 2016

Air Canada Centre

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The Florida Panthers travel to Air Canada Centre to play the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday, November 17, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Panthers at -115 and the Maple Leafs at +104. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Florida comes into this matchup having played 16 games. They have an overall record of 8-7-1 and on the road they have a record of 2-4-1. Currently they are 5th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 44 goals and given up 42 goals for a point differential of +2. The Panthers have an overall record of 5-5-0 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 8-8 and an over/under record of 8-5-3. Toronto shows up with a record of 7-6-3 including 6-2-0 at home this season. They are 6th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 50 goals and surrendered 57 for a goal differential of -7. The Maple Leafs have a record of 6-4-0 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 7-9 while their over/under record sits at 9-7-0.

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 16% by scoring 8 goals on 49 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%.

Auston Matthews has accumulated 12 total points this season for the Maple Leafs. He has 6 goals this season with 63 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 10%. He has a total of 6 assists on the season and averages 17 minutes played per game. Nazem Kadri has averaged 15 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 18% by scoring 7 goals on 38 shots. He has 4 assists giving him a total of 11 points on the season. Frederik Andersen has 7 wins and 4 losses this season in net for the Maple Leafs. He has had 467 shots against him and has given up 45 goals. He has made 422 saves for a save percentage of 90%.

The Panthers have 17 total points this season. They have scored 44 goals while giving up 42 goals. They have had 57 power play opportunities and have scored 9 goals on those chances for a percentage of 16%. The Panthers have allowed 48 power play opportunities and given up 9 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 81%. They average 31 shots per game and as a team are shooting 8.96% for the season to this point. They allow 29 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.

The Maple Leafs have a total of 17 points on the season. They have 9 power play goals on 43 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 21%. They have allowed 48 power play opportunities and have given up 8 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 83%. As a team, the Panthers have a total of 50 goals scored while they've given up 57 goals to this point. They average 33 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.54%. As a team they give up 34 shots per game and have a save percentage of 90%.

Florida has a Corsi percentage of 53.9% as they've attempted 912 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 779 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 53.6% as they have 705 attempts while they've given up 611 shots on the defensive end. The Panthers start possessions in the offensive zone 54.1% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 45.9% for the season. They have 478 face off wins compared to 502 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 48.8%. On defense Florida has 308 hits and they've blocked 168 shots from the opposition.

Toronto has attempted 986 shots at full strength and they've given up 1,013 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 49.3% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 48.9% as they have 734 shots while they've given up 768 attempts on defense. The Maple Leafs have an offensive zone percentage of 50.1% and their defensive zone percentage is 49.9% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 50.5% as they've compiled 495 face off wins this season and they have suffered 485 face off losses. On defense Toronto has blocked 245 shot attempts and they have 434 hits as a unit.

Florida Panthers Betting Trends

The Florida Panthers are 8-8 straight up

The Florida Panthers are 8-5-3 against the over/under

Toronto Maple Leafs Betting Trends

The Toronto Maple Leafs are 7-9 straight up

The Toronto Maple Leafs are 9-7-0 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

Toronto Maple Leafs Injuries

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

Tony's Pick: Take Toronto +104

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