Monday, March 28, 2016

SAP Center

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The Los Angeles Kings travel to SAP Center to play the San Jose Sharks on Monday, March 28, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Kings at +100 and the Sharks at -110. The over/under has been set at 5.

Los Angeles comes into this matchup having played 75 games. They have an overall record of 45-25-5 and on the road they have a record of 21-14-3. Currently they are 1st in the Pacific Division. They've scored 206 goals and given up 175 goals for a point differential of +31. The Kings have 5 overtime losses including 2 of them in a shootout. In the past 10 games they have an overall record of 6-3-1. For the season they have an ATS record of 45-30 and an over/under record of 25-29-21. San Jose shows up with a record of 41-28-6 including 16-18-3 at home this season. They are 3rd in the Pacific Division. They've scored 219 goals and surrendered 196 for a goal differential of +23. The Sharks have 6 losses in OT and 3 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 40-34 while their over/under record sits at 39-30-6.

Anze Kopitar has accumulated 68 total points this season for the Kings. He has 25 goals this season with 163 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 15%. He has a total of 43 assists on the season and averages 21 minutes played per game. Jeff Carter has averaged 18 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 9% by scoring 20 goals on 216 shots. He has 35 assists giving him a total of 55 points on the season. Jonathan Quick has 38 wins and 20 losses this season in net for the Kings. He has had 1,655 shots against him and has given up 135 goals. He has made 1,520 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Joe Pavelski has accumulated 71 total points this season for the Sharks. He has 35 goals this season with 207 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 17%. He has a total of 36 assists on the season and averages 20 minutes played per game. Patrick Marleau has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 11% by scoring 21 goals on 196 shots. He has 21 assists giving him a total of 42 points on the season. Martin Jones has 35 wins and 21 losses this season in net for the Sharks. He has had 1,631 shots against him and has given up 133 goals. He has made 1,498 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

The Kings have 95 total points this season. They have scored 204 goals while giving up 173 goals. They have had 219 power play opportunities and have scored 45 goals on those chances for a percentage of 21%. The Kings have allowed 264 power play opportunities and given up 49 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 81%. They average 32 shots per game and as a team are shooting 8.46% for the season to this point. They allow 28 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 92%.

The Sharks have a total of 88 points on the season. They have 55 power play goals on 249 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 22%. They have allowed 214 power play opportunities and have given up 43 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 80%. As a team, the Kings have a total of 216 goals scored while they've given up 193 goals to this point. They average 30 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.48%. As a team they give up 27 shots per game and have a save percentage of 91%.

Los Angeles has a Corsi percentage of 54.8% as they've attempted 4,672 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,854 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 54.7% as they have 3,515 attempts while they've given up 2,915 shots on the defensive end. The Kings start possessions in the offensive zone 54.6% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 45.4% for the season. They have 2,311 face off wins compared to 2,277 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 50.4%. On defense Los Angeles has 2,279 hits and they've blocked 939 shots from the opposition.

San Jose has attempted 4,212 shots at full strength and they've given up 4,041 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 51% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 52.9% as they have 3,204 shots while they've given up 2,856 attempts on defense. The Sharks have an offensive zone percentage of 51.1% and their defensive zone percentage is 48.9% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 50.4% as they've compiled 2,259 face off wins this season and they have suffered 2,224 face off losses. On defense San Jose has blocked 1,185 shot attempts and they have 1,527 hits as a unit.

Los Angeles Kings Betting Trends

The Los Angeles Kings are 45-30 straight up

The Los Angeles Kings are 25-29-21 against the over/under

San Jose Sharks Betting Trends

The San Jose Sharks are 40-34 straight up

The San Jose Sharks are 39-30-6 against the over/under

Los Angeles Kings Injuries

10/22/15 D Matt Greene Shoulder out indefinitely
03/26/16 RW Kris Versteeg Foot "?" Monday vs San Jose
03/04/16 C Jordan Nolan Back out indefinitely
02/13/16 RW Marian Gaborik Knee out indefinitely

San Jose Sharks Injuries

03/26/16 RW Joonas Donskoi Lower Body "?" Monday vs Los Angeles
03/22/16 D Marc-Edouard Vlasic Lower Body expected to miss 7-10 days
03/19/16 LW Matthew Nieto Hand out indefinitely
03/03/16 D Matt Tennyson Concussion out indefinitely

Tony's Pick: Take Los Angeles

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