Monday, February 15, 2016

Gila River Arena

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The Montreal Canadiens travel to Gila River Arena to play the Arizona Coyotes on Monday, February 15, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Canadiens at +102 and the Coyotes at -113. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Montreal comes into this matchup having played 56 games. They have an overall record of 27-25-4 and on the road they have a record of 12-14-2. Currently they are 5th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 155 goals and given up 152 goals for a point differential of +3. The Canadiens have 4 overtime losses including 1 of them in a shootout. In the past 10 games they have an overall record of 4-6-0. For the season they have an ATS record of 26-29 and an over/under record of 28-20-8. Arizona shows up with a record of 25-24-6 including 14-11-4 at home this season. They are 4th in the Pacific Division. They've scored 145 goals and surrendered 169 for a goal differential of -24. The Coyotes have 6 losses in OT and 1 of them occurred in a shootout. They have a record of 3-6-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 25-30 while their over/under record sits at 26-22-7.

Tomas Plekanec has accumulated 42 total points this season for the Canadiens. He has 12 goals this season with 139 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 9%. He has a total of 30 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Max Pacioretty has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 9% by scoring 20 goals on 215 shots. He has 19 assists giving him a total of 39 points on the season. Mike Condon has 13 wins and 16 losses this season in net for the Canadiens. He has had 863 shots against him and has given up 83 goals. He has made 780 saves for a save percentage of 90%.

Oliver Ekman-Larsson has accumulated 41 total points this season for the Coyotes. He has 16 goals this season with 174 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 9%. He has a total of 25 assists on the season and averages 25 minutes played per game. Mikkel Boedker has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 10% by scoring 13 goals on 135 shots. He has 23 assists giving him a total of 36 points on the season. Louis Domingue has 10 wins and 8 losses this season in net for the Coyotes. He has had 632 shots against him and has given up 53 goals. He has made 579 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

The Canadiens have 58 total points this season. They have scored 151 goals while giving up 151 goals. They have had 188 power play opportunities and have scored 35 goals on those chances for a percentage of 19%. The Canadiens have allowed 176 power play opportunities and given up 28 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 84%. They average 32 shots per game and as a team are shooting 8.47% for the season to this point. They allow 28 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 90%.

The Coyotes have a total of 56 points on the season. They have 39 power play goals on 208 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 19%. They have allowed 199 power play opportunities and have given up 44 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 78%. As a team, the Canadiens have a total of 144 goals scored while they've given up 168 goals to this point. They average 28 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.50%. As a team they give up 31 shots per game and have a save percentage of 90%.

Montreal has a Corsi percentage of 53.4% as they've attempted 3,325 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 2,906 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 53% as they have 2,427 attempts while they've given up 2,156 shots on the defensive end. The Canadiens start possessions in the offensive zone 50.8% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 49.2% for the season. They have 1,830 face off wins compared to 1,750 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 51.1%. On defense Montreal has 1,229 hits and they've blocked 750 shots from the opposition.

Arizona has attempted 2,906 shots at full strength and they've given up 3,144 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 48% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 47.2% as they have 2,149 shots while they've given up 2,407 attempts on defense. The Coyotes have an offensive zone percentage of 48.9% and their defensive zone percentage is 51.1% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 53.8% as they've compiled 1,841 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,578 face off losses. On defense Arizona has blocked 737 shot attempts and they have 1,199 hits as a unit.

Montreal Canadiens Betting Trends

The Montreal Canadiens are 26-29 straight up

The Montreal Canadiens are 28-20-8 against the over/under

Arizona Coyotes Betting Trends

The Arizona Coyotes are 25-30 straight up

The Arizona Coyotes are 26-22-7 against the over/under

Montreal Canadiens Injuries

02/12/16 D Nathan Beaulieu Lower Body "?" Monday vs Arizona
02/11/16 D Jeff Petry Lower Body out indefinitely
02/10/16 C Brian Flynn Lower Body expected to miss 6-8 weeks
02/05/16 LW Lucas Lessio Lower Body expected to miss 2-3 weeks
01/27/16 F Daniel Carr Knee expected to miss 3 months
01/21/16 GO Carey Price Knee out indefinitely

Arizona Coyotes Injuries

10/19/15 C Joe Vitale Eye out for season
02/07/16 C Boyd Gordon Hand out indefinitely
02/02/16 GO Mike Smith Lower Body expected to miss 4-6 weeks

Tony's Pick: Take Arizona

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