Thursday, March 10, 2016

SAP Center

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The New Jersey Devils travel to SAP Center to play the San Jose Sharks on Thursday, March 10, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Devils at +222 and the Sharks at -250. The over/under has been set at 5.

New Jersey comes into this matchup having played 67 games. They have an overall record of 31-29-7 and on the road they have a record of 16-14-3. Currently they are 7th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 148 goals and given up 170 goals for a point differential of -22. The Devils have 7 overtime losses including 6 of them in a shootout. In the past 10 games they have an overall record of 2-8-0. For the season they have an ATS record of 31-36 and an over/under record of 22-30-15. San Jose shows up with a record of 37-23-6 including 12-14-3 at home this season. They are 3rd in the Pacific Division. They've scored 198 goals and surrendered 174 for a goal differential of +24. The Sharks have 6 losses in OT and 3 of them occurred in a shootout. They have a record of 6-3-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 36-29 while their over/under record sits at 36-25-5.

Mike Cammalleri has accumulated 38 total points this season for the Devils. He has 14 goals this season with 101 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 14%. He has a total of 24 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Adam Henrique has averaged 20 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 18% by scoring 23 goals on 126 shots. He has 19 assists giving him a total of 42 points on the season. Cory Schneider has 26 wins and 23 losses this season in net for the Devils. He has had 1,525 shots against him and has given up 117 goals. He has made 1,408 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Joe Pavelski has accumulated 64 total points this season for the Sharks. He has 31 goals this season with 180 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 17%. He has a total of 33 assists on the season and averages 20 minutes played per game. Patrick Marleau has averaged 20 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 12% by scoring 19 goals on 164 shots. He has 20 assists giving him a total of 39 points on the season. Martin Jones has 33 wins and 17 losses this season in net for the Sharks. He has had 1,504 shots against him and has given up 122 goals. He has made 1,382 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

The Devils have 69 total points this season. They have scored 146 goals while giving up 164 goals. They have had 205 power play opportunities and have scored 43 goals on those chances for a percentage of 21%. The Devils have allowed 211 power play opportunities and given up 38 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 82%. They average 25 shots per game and as a team are shooting 8.86% for the season to this point. They allow 29 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.

The Sharks have a total of 80 points on the season. They have 48 power play goals on 216 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 22%. They have allowed 195 power play opportunities and have given up 40 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 79%. As a team, the Devils have a total of 195 goals scored while they've given up 171 goals to this point. They average 30 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.86%. As a team they give up 28 shots per game and have a save percentage of 91%.

New Jersey has a Corsi percentage of 46.4% as they've attempted 2,954 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,414 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 47.1% as they have 2,286 attempts while they've given up 2,571 shots on the defensive end. The Devils start possessions in the offensive zone 47.6% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 52.4% for the season. They have 1,799 face off wins compared to 2,038 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 46.9%. On defense New Jersey has 1,517 hits and they've blocked 843 shots from the opposition.

San Jose has attempted 3,656 shots at full strength and they've given up 3,619 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 50.3% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 51.9% as they have 2,774 shots while they've given up 2,576 attempts on defense. The Sharks have an offensive zone percentage of 50.1% and their defensive zone percentage is 49.9% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 50.6% as they've compiled 2,003 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,953 face off losses. On defense San Jose has blocked 1,043 shot attempts and they have 1,328 hits as a unit.

New Jersey Devils Betting Trends

The New Jersey Devils are 31-36 straight up

The New Jersey Devils are 22-30-15 against the over/under

San Jose Sharks Betting Trends

The San Jose Sharks are 36-29 straight up

The San Jose Sharks are 36-25-5 against the over/under

New Jersey Devils Injuries

12/29/15 LW Patrik Elias Knee out indefinitely
03/08/16 C Jacob Josefson Upper Body is downgraded to out indefinitely
03/07/16 GO Cory Schneider Groin out indefinitely
03/06/16 D David Warsofsky Lower Body "?" Thursday vs San Jose
02/11/16 LW Michael Cammalleri Hand out indefinitely
01/23/16 C Jiri Tlusty Wrist out for season

San Jose Sharks Injuries

03/03/16 D Matt Tennyson Concussion out indefinitely
02/18/16 C Tommy Wingels Shoulder out indefinitely

Guy's Pick: Take San Jose

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