Saturday, December 10, 2016

Gila River Arena

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The Nashville Predators head to Gila River Arena to take on the Arizona Coyotes on Saturday, December 10, 2016. The opening line for this matchup has the Predators at -135 and the Coyotes at +122. The over/under is 5.

Nashville comes into this game having played 26 contests. They have an overall record of 12-10-4 and away from home they have a record of 3-8-2. Currently they are 5th in the Central Division. They've tallied 77 goals and surrendered 74 goals for a point differential of +3. The Predators have an overall record of 5-4-1 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 12-14 and an over/under record of 14-10-2. Arizona comes into this game with a record of 8-13-5 including 5-5-2 at home this season. They are 7th in the Pacific Division. They've scored 58 goals and surrendered 82 for a goal differential of -24. The Coyotes have a record of 3-4-3 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 6-18 while their over/under record sits at 8-15-3.

Viktor Arvidsson has accumulated 16 total points this season for the Predators. He has 9 goals this season with 85 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 11%. He has a total of 7 assists on the season and averages 16 minutes played per game. P.K. Subban has averaged 25 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 10% by scoring 7 goals on 67 shots. He has 10 assists giving him a total of 17 points on the season. Pekka Rinne has 11 wins and 6 losses this season in net for the Predators. He has had 614 shots against him and has given up 48 goals. He has made 566 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Max Domi has accumulated 16 total points this season for the Coyotes. He has 5 goals this season with 58 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 9%. He has a total of 11 assists on the season and averages 17 minutes played per game. Radim Vrbata has averaged 17 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 11% by scoring 8 goals on 75 shots. He has 9 assists giving him a total of 17 points on the season. Louis Domingue has 4 wins and 9 losses this season in net for the Coyotes. He has had 421 shots against him and has given up 41 goals. He has made 380 saves for a save percentage of 90%.

The Predators have 28 total points this season. They have scored 77 goals while giving up 74 goals. They have had 94 power play opportunities and have scored 20 goals on those chances for a percentage of 21%. The Predators have allowed 85 power play opportunities and given up 16 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 81%. They average 32 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.33% for the season to this point. They allow 30 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.

The Coyotes have a total of 21 points on the season. They have 11 power play goals on 77 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 14%. They have allowed 85 power play opportunities and have given up 17 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 80%. As a team, the Predators have a total of 58 goals scored while they've given up 82 goals to this point. They average 28 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 7.91%. As a team they give up 35 shots per game and have a save percentage of 91%.

Nashville has a Corsi percentage of 51.6% as they've attempted 1,554 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 1,457 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 50.7% as they have 1,138 attempts while they've given up 1,105 shots on the defensive end. The Predators start possessions in the offensive zone 52.2% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 47.8% for the season. They have 793 face off wins compared to 807 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 49.6%. On defense Nashville has 524 hits and they've blocked 352 shots from the opposition.

Arizona has attempted 1,371 shots at full strength and they've given up 1,665 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 45.2% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 44.3% as they have 1,017 shots while they've given up 1,277 attempts on defense. The Coyotes have an offensive zone percentage of 45% and their defensive zone percentage is 55% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 48% as they've compiled 773 face off wins this season and they have suffered 837 face off losses. On defense Arizona has blocked 388 shot attempts and they have 691 hits as a unit.

Nashville Predators Betting Trends

The Nashville Predators are 12-14 straight up

The Nashville Predators are 14-10-2 against the over/under

Arizona Coyotes Betting Trends

The Arizona Coyotes are 6-18 straight up

The Arizona Coyotes are 8-15-3 against the over/under

Nashville Predators Injuries

11/30/16 D Anthony Bitetto Hand out 6 weeks
11/27/16 C Colton Sissons Upper Body out indefinitely
11/27/16 D Ryan Ellis Upper Body out indefinitely
11/26/16 D Matt Carle None has retired
10/17/16 RW Miikka Salomaki Upper Body expected to miss 6-8 weeks

Arizona Coyotes Injuries

11/18/16 RW Brad Richardson Tibia out indefinitely

Tony's Pick: Take Nashville -135

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