Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Consol Energy Center

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The Ottawa Senators travel to Consol Energy Center to play the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday, February 2, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Senators at +150 and the Penguins at -182. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Ottawa comes into this matchup having played 50 games. They have an overall record of 23-21-6 and on the road they have a record of 11-13-2. Currently they are 6th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 139 goals and given up 155 goals for a point differential of -16. The Senators have 6 overtime losses including 4 of them in a shootout. In the past 10 games they have an overall record of 4-6-0. For the season they have an ATS record of 19-27 and an over/under record of 23-26-1. Pittsburgh shows up with a record of 24-17-7 including 14-7-4 at home this season. They are 4th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 121 goals and surrendered 120 for a goal differential of +1. The Penguins have 7 losses in OT and 3 of them occurred in a shootout. They have a record of 5-2-3 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 23-24 while their over/under record sits at 17-22-9.

Erik Karlsson has accumulated 52 total points this season for the Senators. He has 11 goals this season with 145 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 8%. He has a total of 41 assists on the season and averages 29 minutes played per game. Kyle Turris has averaged 20 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 11% by scoring 13 goals on 114 shots. He has 17 assists giving him a total of 30 points on the season. Craig Anderson has 20 wins and 15 losses this season in net for the Senators. He has had 1259 shots against him and has given up 107 goals. He has made 1152 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Sidney Crosby has accumulated 41 total points this season for the Penguins. He has 17 goals this season with 141 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 12%. He has a total of 24 assists on the season and averages 20 minutes played per game. Evgeni Malkin has averaged 20 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 17% by scoring 23 goals on 137 shots. He has 24 assists giving him a total of 47 points on the season. Marc-Andre Fleury has 19 wins and 11 losses this season in net for the Penguins. He has had 1061 shots against him and has given up 80 goals. He has made 981 saves for a save percentage of 93%.

The Senators have 52 total points this season. They have scored 135 goals while giving up 151 goals. They have had 150 power play opportunities and have scored 27 goals on those chances for a percentage of 18%. The Senators have allowed 162 power play opportunities and given up 40 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 75%. They average 28 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.52% for the season to this point. They allow 33 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.

The Penguins have a total of 55 points on the season. They have 32 power play goals on 161 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 20%. They have allowed 160 power play opportunities and have given up 26 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 84%. As a team, the Senators have a total of 120 goals scored while they've given up 117 goals to this point. They average 32 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 7.73%. As a team they give up 31 shots per game and have a save percentage of 92%.

Ottawa has a Corsi percentage of 47.5% as they've attempted 2,738 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,031 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 46.5% as they have 1,983 attempts while they've given up 2,284 shots on the defensive end. The Senators start possessions in the offensive zone 50.3% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 49.7% for the season. They have 1,549 face off wins compared to 1,538 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 50.2%. On defense Ottawa has 1,389 hits and they've blocked 747 shots from the opposition.

Pittsburgh has attempted 2,705 shots at full strength and they've given up 2,608 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 50.9% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 50.9% as they have 2,051 shots while they've given up 1,980 attempts on defense. The Penguins have an offensive zone percentage of 51.5% and their defensive zone percentage is 48.5% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 50.3% as they've compiled 1,501 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,484 face off losses. On defense Pittsburgh has blocked 628 shot attempts and they have 1,177 hits as a unit.

Ottawa Senators Betting Trends

The Ottawa Senators are 19-27 straight up

The Ottawa Senators are 23-26-1 against the over/under

Pittsburgh Penguins Betting Trends

The Pittsburgh Penguins are 23-24 straight up

The Pittsburgh Penguins are 17-22-9 against the over/under

Ottawa Senators Injuries

10/28/15 D Mikael Wikstrand Suspension out indefinitely
10/16/15 LW Clarke MacArthur Concussion out indefinitely
10/08/15 D Chris Phillips Back likely out for season
01/26/16 C Kyle Turris Ankle "?" Tuesday vs Pittsburgh
01/26/16 D Marc Methot Lower Body "?" Tuesday vs Pittsburgh
01/22/16 LW Milan Michalek Finger out indefinitely

Pittsburgh Penguins Injuries

12/08/15 RW Pascal Dupuis Blood Clot has retired
01/26/16 RW Beau Bennett Upper Body "?" Tuesday vs Ottawa
01/26/16 LW Chris Kunitz Lower Body "?" Tuesday vs Ottawa
01/23/16 D David Warsofsky Concussion out indefinitely
01/14/16 C Nick Bonino Hand out indefinitely

Guy's Pick: Take Ottawa

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