Saturday, October 15, 2016

Gila River Arena

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The Philadelphia Flyers travel to Gila River Arena to play the Arizona Coyotes on Saturday, October 15, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Flyers at +109 and the Coyotes at -120. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Philadelphia comes into this matchup after having a regular season record of 41-27-14 last season and on the road they had a record of 18-17-6. They finished 5th in the Metropolitan Division. They scored 214 goals and gave up 218 goals for a point differential of -4. The Flyers had 14 overtime losses including 8 of them in a shootout. In their last 10 games they had an overall record of 6-3-1. For the season they had an ATS record of 38-41 and an over/under record of 32-30-20. Arizona had a regular season record of 35-39-8 including 22-15-4 at home last season. They were 4th in the Pacific Division. They scored 209 goals and surrendered 245 for a goal differential of -36. The Coyotes had 8 losses in OT and 1 of them occurred in a shootout. They had a record of 4-5-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread was 35-46 while their over/under record sat at 37-37-8.

Claude Giroux accumulated 67 total points last season for the Flyers. He had 22 goals last year with 241 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 9%. He had a total of 45 assists on the season and averaged 21 minutes played per game. Wayne Simmonds averaged 17 minutes of ice time per game last year. In that time he had a shooting percentage of 14% by scoring 32 goals on 229 shots. He had 28 assists giving him a total of 60 points on the season. Steve Mason had 23 wins and 19 losses last season in net for the Flyers. He had 1,602 shots against him and gave up 132 goals. He made 1,470 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Oliver Ekman-Larsson accumulated 55 total points last season for the Coyotes. He had 21 goals last year with 228 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 9%. He had a total of 34 assists on the season and averaged 25 minutes played per game. Max Domi averaged 16 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he had a shooting percentage of 12% by scoring 18 goals on 156 shots. He had 34 assists giving him a total of 52 points on the season. Mike Smith had 15 wins and 13 losses this season in net for the Coyotes. He had 921 shots against him and gave up 77 goals. He made 844 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

The Flyers had 96 total points last season. They scored 214 goals while giving up 218 goals. They had 280 power play opportunities and scored 53 goals on those chances for a percentage of 19%. The Flyers allowed 262 power play opportunities and gave up 51 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 81%. They averaged 31 shots per game and as a team they shot 8.43% for the season. They allowed 31 shots to their opposition per contest and had a team save percentage of 92%.

The Coyotes had a total of 78 points on the season. They had 53 power play goals on 300 opportunities for a percentage of 18%. They allowed 304 power play opportunities and gave up 69 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 77%. As a team, the Flyers had a total of 209 goals scored while they gave up 245 goals during the campaign. They averaged 28 shots per contest and had a team shooting percentage of 9.23%. As a team they gave up 31 shots per game and had a save percentage of 91%.

Philadelphia had a Corsi percentage of 51% as they attempted 4,901 shots on net at full strength while they gave up 4,715 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage was at 51.1% as they had 3,553 attempts while they gave up 3,406 shots on the defensive end. The Flyers started possessions in the offensive zone 51.7% of the time while their defensive zone percentage was at 48.3% for the season. They had 2,532 face off wins compared to 2,429 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage was 51%. On defense Philadelphia had 2,196 hits and they blocked 1,309 shots from the opposition.

Arizona attempted 4,298 shots at full strength and they gave up 4,783 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage was at 47.3% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they were at 46.8% as they had 3,194 shots while they gave up 3,635 attempts on defense. The Coyotes had an offensive zone percentage of 49.7% and their defensive zone percentage was 50.3% this season. They had a faceoff win percentage of 54.7% as they compiled 2,761 face off wins this season and they suffered 2,289 face off losses. On defense Arizona blocked 1,148 shot attempts and they had 1,812 hits as a unit.

Philadelphia Flyers Betting Trends

The Philadelphia Flyers were 38-41 straight up last season

The Philadelphia Flyers were 32-30-20 against the over/under

Arizona Coyotes Betting Trends

The Arizona Coyotes were 35-46 straight up last season

The Arizona Coyotes were 37-37-8 against the over/under

Philadelphia Flyers Injuries

10/14/16 D Radko Gudas Suspension expected to miss Friday vs. Los Angeles
10/13/16 C Brayden Schenn Suspension expected to miss Friday vs. Los Angeles
10/08/16 D Brandon Manning Upper Body expected to miss a week
10/08/16 D Michael Del Zotto Lower Body expected to miss 4-5 weeks
10/06/16 C Scott Laughton Lower Body expected to miss 3-4 weeks

Arizona Coyotes Injuries

No key injuries to report

Tony's Pick: Take Arizona

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