Saturday, November 12, 2016

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The New York Islanders travel to BB&T Center to play the Florida Panthers on Saturday, November 12, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Islanders at +131 and the Panthers at -145. The over/under has been set at 5.

New York comes into this matchup having played 14 games. They have an overall record of 5-7-2 and on the road they have a record of 0-4-0. Currently they are 7th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 38 goals and given up 44 goals for a point differential of -6. The Islanders have an overall record of 4-4-2 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 5-9 and an over/under record of 7-6-1. Florida shows up with a record of 6-7-1 including 5-3-0 at home this season. They are 8th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 37 goals and surrendered 37 for a goal differential of 0. The Panthers have a record of 4-6-0 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 6-8 while their over/under record sits at 7-5-2.

John Tavares has accumulated 11 total points this season for the Islanders. He has 5 goals this season with 46 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 11%. He has a total of 6 assists on the season and averages 20 minutes played per game. Brock Nelson has averaged 15 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 11% by scoring 3 goals on 28 shots. He has 7 assists giving him a total of 10 points on the season. Jaroslav Halak has 3 wins and 4 losses this season in net for the Islanders. He has had 289 shots against him and has given up 28 goals. He has made 261 saves for a save percentage of 90%.

Aleksander Barkov has accumulated 7 total points this season for the Panthers. He has 2 goals this season with 26 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 8%. He has a total of 5 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Jon Marchessault has averaged 18 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 16% by scoring 7 goals on 43 shots. He has 6 assists giving him a total of 13 points on the season. Roberto Luongo has 4 wins and 5 losses this season in net for the Panthers. He has had 253 shots against him and has given up 21 goals. He has made 232 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

The Islanders have 12 total points this season. They have scored 38 goals while giving up 44 goals. They have had 38 power play opportunities and have scored 4 goals on those chances for a percentage of 11%. The Islanders have allowed 54 power play opportunities and given up 12 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 78%. They average 30 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.09% for the season to this point. They allow 31 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.

The Panthers have a total of 13 points on the season. They have 9 power play goals on 49 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 18%. They have allowed 40 power play opportunities and have given up 7 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 83%. As a team, the Islanders have a total of 37 goals scored while they've given up 37 goals to this point. They average 30 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 8.73%. As a team they give up 29 shots per game and have a save percentage of 91%.

New York has a Corsi percentage of 45.4% as they've attempted 761 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 915 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 47.2% as they have 568 attempts while they've given up 635 shots on the defensive end. The Islanders start possessions in the offensive zone 51.2% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 48.8% for the season. They have 405 face off wins compared to 434 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 48.3%. On defense New York has 375 hits and they've blocked 280 shots from the opposition.

Florida has attempted 779 shots at full strength and they've given up 678 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 53.5% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 53.2% as they have 612 shots while they've given up 538 attempts on defense. The Panthers have an offensive zone percentage of 55.1% and their defensive zone percentage is 44.9% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 48.1% as they've compiled 414 face off wins this season and they have suffered 447 face off losses. On defense Florida has blocked 140 shot attempts and they have 260 hits as a unit.

New York Islanders Betting Trends

The New York Islanders are 5-9 straight up

The New York Islanders are 7-6-1 against the over/under

Florida Panthers Betting Trends

The Florida Panthers are 6-8 straight up

The Florida Panthers are 7-5-2 against the over/under

New York Islanders Injuries

11/07/16 D Travis Hamonic Upper Body expected to miss 4-6 weeks
10/22/16 D Ryan Pulock Foot expected to miss 4-6 weeks
10/10/16 C Mikhail Grabovski Concussion out indefinitely

Florida Panthers Injuries

11/10/16 D Dylan McIlrath Acquired "?" Saturday vs NY Islanders
10/10/16 LW Jonathan Huberdeau Achilles expected to miss 3-4 months
10/08/16 C Nick Bjugstad Hand out indefinitely

Tony's Pick: Take Florida -145

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