Thursday, November 17, 2016

Canadian Tire Centre

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The Nashville Predators travel to Canadian Tire Centre to play the Ottawa Senators on Thursday, November 17, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Predators at +104 and the Senators at -115. The over/under has been set at 5.

Nashville comes into this matchup having played 15 games. They have an overall record of 6-6-3 and on the road they have a record of 1-5-2. Currently they are 6th in the Central Division. They've scored 41 goals and given up 43 goals for a point differential of -2. The Predators have an overall record of 4-3-3 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 6-9 and an over/under record of 6-7-2. Ottawa shows up with a record of 10-5-1 including 6-2-1 at home this season. They are 2nd in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 38 goals and surrendered 37 for a goal differential of +1. The Senators have a record of 6-3-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 7-6 while their over/under record sits at 5-11-0.

P.K. Subban has accumulated 8 total points this season for the Predators. He has 3 goals this season with 34 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 9%. He has a total of 5 assists on the season and averages 24 minutes played per game. Viktor Arvidsson has averaged 15 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 11% by scoring 5 goals on 47 shots. He has 5 assists giving him a total of 10 points on the season. Pekka Rinne has 5 wins and 4 losses this season in net for the Predators. He has had 358 shots against him and has given up 25 goals. He has made 333 saves for a save percentage of 93%.

Erik Karlsson has accumulated 14 total points this season for the Senators. He has 3 goals this season with 39 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 8%. He has a total of 11 assists on the season and averages 27 minutes played per game. Bobby Ryan has averaged 16 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 9% by scoring 3 goals on 33 shots. He has 3 assists giving him a total of 6 points on the season. Craig Anderson has 8 wins and 3 losses this season in net for the Senators. He has had 396 shots against him and has given up 26 goals. He has made 370 saves for a save percentage of 93%.

The Predators have 15 total points this season. They have scored 41 goals while giving up 43 goals. They have had 55 power play opportunities and have scored 13 goals on those chances for a percentage of 24%. The Predators have allowed 48 power play opportunities and given up 9 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 81%. They average 30 shots per game and as a team are shooting 8.99% for the season to this point. They allow 31 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 92%.

The Senators have a total of 21 points on the season. They have 4 power play goals on 45 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 9%. They have allowed 48 power play opportunities and have given up 6 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 88%. As a team, the Predators have a total of 38 goals scored while they've given up 37 goals to this point. They average 31 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 7.60%. As a team they give up 31 shots per game and have a save percentage of 93%.

Nashville has a Corsi percentage of 49.7% as they've attempted 873 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 884 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 49.1% as they have 642 attempts while they've given up 666 shots on the defensive end. The Predators start possessions in the offensive zone 50.1% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 49.9% for the season. They have 448 face off wins compared to 459 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 49.4%. On defense Nashville has 315 hits and they've blocked 218 shots from the opposition.

Ottawa has attempted 896 shots at full strength and they've given up 967 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 48.1% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 50.1% as they have 684 shots while they've given up 680 attempts on defense. The Senators have an offensive zone percentage of 55.8% and their defensive zone percentage is 44.2% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 49% as they've compiled 499 face off wins this season and they have suffered 519 face off losses. On defense Ottawa has blocked 287 shot attempts and they have 379 hits as a unit.

Nashville Predators Betting Trends

The Nashville Predators are 6-9 straight up

The Nashville Predators are 6-7-2 against the over/under

Ottawa Senators Betting Trends

The Ottawa Senators are 7-6 straight up

The Ottawa Senators are 5-11-0 against the over/under

Nashville Predators Injuries

11/16/16 GO Pekka Rinne Lower Body is upgraded to probable Thursday vs. Ottawa
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

Ottawa Senators Injuries

10/09/16 LW Clarke MacArthur Concussion out indefinitely

Josh's Pick: Take Nashville +104

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