Thursday, November 3, 2016

Gila River Arena

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The Nashville Predators travel to Gila River Arena to play the Arizona Coyotes on Thursday, November 3, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Predators at -125 and the Coyotes at +101. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Nashville comes into this matchup having played 9 games. They have an overall record of 3-5-1 and on the road they have a record of 1-4-1. Currently they are 7th in the Central Division. They've scored 24 goals and given up 29 goals for a point differential of -5. For the season they have an ATS record of 3-6 and an over/under record of 5-3-1. Arizona shows up with a record of 3-6-0 including 2-1-0 at home this season. They are 7th in the Pacific Division. They've scored 27 goals and surrendered 35 for a goal differential of -8. Their record against the spread is 3-6 while their over/under record sits at 5-4-0.

P.K. Subban has accumulated 5 total points this season for the Predators. He has 2 goals this season with 20 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 10%. He has a total of 3 assists on the season and averages 24 minutes played per game. Viktor Arvidsson has averaged 14 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 15% by scoring 4 goals on 27 shots. He has 2 assists giving him a total of 6 points on the season. Pekka Rinne has 2 wins and 4 losses this season in net for the Predators. He has had 220 shots against him and has given up 19 goals. He has made 201 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

Radim Vrbata has accumulated 6 total points this season for the Coyotes. He has 4 goals this season with 21 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 19%. He has a total of 2 assists on the season and averages 17 minutes played per game. Jordan Martinook has averaged 14 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 21% by scoring 3 goals on 14 shots. He has 2 assists giving him a total of 5 points on the season. Louis Domingue has 2 wins and 5 losses this season in net for the Coyotes. He has had 194 shots against him and has given up 22 goals. He has made 172 saves for a save percentage of 89%.

The Predators have 7 total points this season. They have scored 24 goals while giving up 29 goals. They have had 33 power play opportunities and have scored 11 goals on those chances for a percentage of 33%. The Predators have allowed 31 power play opportunities and given up 9 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 71%. They average 30 shots per game and as a team are shooting 8.79% for the season to this point. They allow 32 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.

The Coyotes have a total of 6 points on the season. They have 3 power play goals on 30 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 10%. They have allowed 31 power play opportunities and have given up 8 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 74%. As a team, the Predators have a total of 27 goals scored while they've given up 35 goals to this point. They average 29 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 10.19%. As a team they give up 35 shots per game and have a save percentage of 89%.

Nashville has a Corsi percentage of 48.3% as they've attempted 525 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 563 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 46.5% as they have 371 attempts while they've given up 427 shots on the defensive end. The Predators start possessions in the offensive zone 51.5% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 48.5% for the season. They have 274 face off wins compared to 287 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 48.8%. On defense Nashville has 205 hits and they've blocked 136 shots from the opposition.

Arizona has attempted 510 shots at full strength and they've given up 582 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 46.7% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 45.3% as they have 367 shots while they've given up 444 attempts on defense. The Coyotes have an offensive zone percentage of 45.8% and their defensive zone percentage is 54.2% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 51.4% as they've compiled 282 face off wins this season and they have suffered 267 face off losses. On defense Arizona has blocked 138 shot attempts and they have 223 hits as a unit.

Nashville Predators Betting Trends

The Nashville Predators are 3-6 straight up

The Nashville Predators are 5-3-1 against the over/under

Arizona Coyotes Betting Trends

The Arizona Coyotes are 3-6 straight up

The Arizona Coyotes are 5-4-0 against the over/under

Nashville Predators Injuries

11/02/16 C Mike Fisher Upper Body "?" Thursday vs. Arizona
10/17/16 D Anthony Bitetto Upper Body expected to miss 4-6 weeks
10/17/16 RW Miikka Salomaki Upper Body expected to miss 6-8 weeks

Arizona Coyotes Injuries

11/01/16 C Martin Hanzal Lower Body injured last game, "?" Thursday vs Nashville
11/01/16 D Michael Stone Upper Body "?" Thursday vs Nashville
11/01/16 RW Tobias Rieder Lower Body injured last game, "?" Thursday vs Nashville
10/23/16 GO Mike Smith Knee out indefinitely

Josh's Pick: Take Arizona

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