Friday, November 25, 2016

SAP Center

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The New York Islanders travel to SAP Center to play the San Jose Sharks on Friday, November 25, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Islanders at +193 and the Sharks at -215. The over/under has been set at 5.

New York comes into this matchup having played 19 games. They have an overall record of 6-9-4 and on the road they have a record of 1-5-1. Currently they are 8th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 47 goals and given up 60 goals for a point differential of -13. The Islanders have an overall record of 2-4-4 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 5-13 and an over/under record of 8-8-3. San Jose shows up with a record of 11-8-1 including 6-2-0 at home this season. They are 2nd in the Pacific Division. They've scored 47 goals and surrendered 43 for a goal differential of +4. The Sharks have a record of 5-4-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 11-9 while their over/under record sits at 2-15-3.

Brock Nelson has accumulated 12 total points this season for the Islanders. He has 5 goals this season with 39 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 13%. He has a total of 7 assists on the season and averages 16 minutes played per game. John Tavares has averaged 21 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 9% by scoring 5 goals on 56 shots. He has 9 assists giving him a total of 14 points on the season. Jaroslav Halak has 3 wins and 5 losses this season in net for the Islanders. He has had 398 shots against him and has given up 38 goals. He has made 360 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

Brent Burns has accumulated 16 total points this season for the Sharks. He has 7 goals this season with 81 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 9%. He has a total of 9 assists on the season and averages 24 minutes played per game. Joe Pavelski has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 10% by scoring 6 goals on 61 shots. He has 11 assists giving him a total of 17 points on the season. Martin Jones has 9 wins and 7 losses this season in net for the Sharks. He has had 412 shots against him and has given up 35 goals. He has made 377 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

The Islanders have 16 total points this season. They have scored 47 goals while giving up 60 goals. They have had 57 power play opportunities and have scored 7 goals on those chances for a percentage of 12%. The Islanders have allowed 73 power play opportunities and given up 14 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 81%. They average 29 shots per game and as a team are shooting 8.48% for the season to this point. They allow 32 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.

The Sharks have a total of 23 points on the season. They have 11 power play goals on 65 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 17%. They have allowed 51 power play opportunities and have given up 6 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 88%. As a team, the Islanders have a total of 47 goals scored while they've given up 43 goals to this point. They average 31 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 7.47%. As a team they give up 26 shots per game and have a save percentage of 92%.

New York has a Corsi percentage of 44.7% as they've attempted 970 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 1,200 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 46.2% as they have 721 attempts while they've given up 839 shots on the defensive end. The Islanders 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 516 face off wins compared to 565 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 47.7%. On defense New York has 499 hits and they've blocked 361 shots from the opposition.

San Jose has attempted 1,151 shots at full strength and they've given up 993 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 53.7% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 54.3% as they have 833 shots while they've given up 701 attempts on defense. The Sharks have an offensive zone percentage of 53.6% and their defensive zone percentage is 46.4% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 47.6% as they've compiled 546 face off wins this season and they have suffered 601 face off losses. On defense San Jose has blocked 292 shot attempts and they have 330 hits as a unit.

New York Islanders Betting Trends

The New York Islanders are 5-13 straight up

The New York Islanders are 8-8-3 against the over/under

San Jose Sharks Betting Trends

The San Jose Sharks are 11-9 straight up

The San Jose Sharks are 2-15-3 against the over/under

New York Islanders Injuries

11/23/16 RW Cal Clutterbuck Concussion "?" Friday vs San Jose
11/14/16 D Dennis Seidenberg Jaw out indefinitely
10/22/16 D Ryan Pulock Foot expected to miss 4-6 weeks
10/10/16 C Mikhail Grabovski Concussion out indefinitely

San Jose Sharks Injuries

11/23/16 C Melker Karlsson Foot "?" Friday vs NY Islanders
11/21/16 C Tomas Hertl Knee out indefinitely

Josh's Pick: Take New York +193

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