Saturday, February 6, 2016

Wells Fargo Center

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The New York Rangers travel to Wells Fargo Center to play the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday, February 6, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Rangers at -115 and the Flyers at +104. The over/under has been set at 5.

New York comes into this matchup having played 51 games. They have an overall record of 28-18-5 and on the road they have a record of 9-13-3. Currently they are 2nd in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 148 goals and given up 134 goals for a point differential of +14. The Rangers have 5 overtime losses including 2 of them in a shootout. In the past 10 games they have an overall record of 6-4-0. For the season they have an ATS record of 28-23 and an over/under record of 23-20-8. Philadelphia shows up with a record of 23-18-8 including 12-7-5 at home this season. They are 6th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 119 goals and surrendered 132 for a goal differential of -13. The Flyers have 8 losses in OT and 4 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 23-26 while their over/under record sits at 19-19-11.

Rick Nash has accumulated 33 total points this season for the Rangers. He has 12 goals this season with 149 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 8%. He has a total of 21 assists on the season and averages 17 minutes played per game. Mats Zuccarello has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 17% by scoring 18 goals on 104 shots. He has 19 assists giving him a total of 37 points on the season. Henrik Lundqvist has 24 wins and 14 losses this season in net for the Rangers. He has had 1278 shots against him and has given up 102 goals. He has made 1176 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Claude Giroux has accumulated 43 total points this season for the Flyers. He has 16 goals this season with 141 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 11%. He has a total of 27 assists on the season and averages 21 minutes played per game. Jakub Voracek has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 6% by scoring 8 goals on 145 shots. He has 33 assists giving him a total of 41 points on the season. Steve Mason has 12 wins and 12 losses this season in net for the Flyers. He has had 948 shots against him and has given up 80 goals. He has made 868 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

The Rangers have 61 total points this season. They have scored 146 goals while giving up 132 goals. They have had 144 power play opportunities and have scored 24 goals on those chances for a percentage of 17%. The Rangers have allowed 156 power play opportunities and given up 34 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 78%. They average 29 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.74% for the season to this point. They allow 30 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.

The Flyers have a total of 54 points on the season. They have 29 power play goals on 156 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 19%. They have allowed 170 power play opportunities and have given up 37 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 78%. As a team, the Rangers have a total of 117 goals scored while they've given up 128 goals to this point. They average 30 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 7.87%. As a team they give up 32 shots per game and have a save percentage of 92%.

New York has a Corsi percentage of 48.2% as they've attempted 2,564 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 2,756 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 49.2% as they have 1,937 attempts while they've given up 2,000 shots on the defensive end. The Rangers start possessions in the offensive zone 51.4% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 48.6% for the season. They have 1,381 face off wins compared to 1,383 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 50%. On defense New York has 1,292 hits and they've blocked 756 shots from the opposition.

Philadelphia has attempted 2,690 shots at full strength and they've given up 2,691 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 50% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 49.6% as they have 1,962 shots while they've given up 1,997 attempts on defense. The Flyers have an offensive zone percentage of 49.8% and their defensive zone percentage is 50.2% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 49.8% as they've compiled 1,391 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,403 face off losses. On defense Philadelphia has blocked 694 shot attempts and they have 1,348 hits as a unit.

New York Rangers Betting Trends

The New York Rangers are 28-23 straight up

The New York Rangers are 23-20-8 against the over/under

Philadelphia Flyers Betting Trends

The Philadelphia Flyers are 23-26 straight up

The Philadelphia Flyers are 19-19-11 against the over/under

New York Rangers Injuries

02/05/16 LW Rick Nash Knee "?" Saturday vs. Philadelphia
02/03/16 D Kevin Klein Thumb out indefinitely

Philadelphia Flyers Injuries

02/02/16 GO Michal Neuvirth Liver expected to miss 7-10 days

Tony's Pick: Take New York

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