Sunday, October 30, 2016

PNC Arena

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The Philadelphia Flyers travel to PNC Arena to play the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday, October 30, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Flyers at -111 and the Hurricanes at -111. The over/under has been set at 5.

Philadelphia comes into this matchup having played 8 games. They have an overall record of 3-4-1 and on the road they have a record of 1-2-1. Currently they are 6th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 28 goals and given up 30 goals for a point differential of -2. For the season they have an ATS record of 2-5 and an over/under record of 6-1-1. Carolina shows up with a record of 2-3-2 including 1-0-0 at home this season. They are 7th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 21 goals and surrendered 26 for a goal differential of -5. Their record against the spread is 2-5 while their over/under record sits at 5-2-0.

Claude Giroux has accumulated 9 total points this season for the Flyers. He has a total of 9 assists on the season and averages 21 minutes played per game. Wayne Simmonds has averaged 21 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 23% by scoring 5 goals on 22 shots. He has 2 assists giving him a total of 7 points on the season. Steve Mason has 2 wins and 4 losses this season in net for the Flyers. He has had 167 shots against him and has given up 19 goals. He has made 148 saves for a save percentage of 89%.

Victor Rask has accumulated 9 total points this season for the Hurricanes. He has 4 goals this season with 16 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 25%. He has a total of 5 assists on the season and averages 18 minutes played per game. Justin Faulk has averaged 24 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 14% by scoring 2 goals on 14 shots. He has 3 assists giving him a total of 5 points on the season. Eddie Lack has 1 win and 1 loss this season in net for the Hurricanes. He has had 84 shots against him and has given up 12 goals. He has made 72 saves for a save percentage of 86%.

The Flyers have 7 total points this season. They have scored 28 goals while giving up 30 goals. They have had 34 power play opportunities and have scored 9 goals on those chances for a percentage of 26%. The Flyers have allowed 29 power play opportunities and given up 7 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 76%. They average 30 shots per game and as a team are shooting 11.62% for the season to this point. They allow 28 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 88%.

The Hurricanes have a total of 6 points on the season. They have 7 power play goals on 25 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 28%. They have allowed 24 power play opportunities and have given up 3 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 88%. As a team, the Flyers have a total of 21 goals scored while they've given up 26 goals to this point. They average 28 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 10.71%. As a team they give up 28 shots per game and have a save percentage of 87%.

Philadelphia has a Corsi percentage of 52.6% as they've attempted 470 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 424 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 53.5% as they have 350 attempts while they've given up 304 shots on the defensive end. The Flyers start possessions in the offensive zone 58.2% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 41.8% for the season. They have 228 face off wins compared to 243 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 48.4%. On defense Philadelphia has 199 hits and they've blocked 120 shots from the opposition.

Carolina has attempted 384 shots at full strength and they've given up 350 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 52.3% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 50.6% as they have 275 shots while they've given up 269 attempts on defense. The Hurricanes have an offensive zone percentage of 55.8% and their defensive zone percentage is 44.2% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 56.3% as they've compiled 215 face off wins this season and they have suffered 167 face off losses. On defense Carolina has blocked 81 shot attempts and they have 128 hits as a unit.

Philadelphia Flyers Betting Trends

The Philadelphia Flyers are 2-5 straight up

The Philadelphia Flyers are 6-1-1 against the over/under

Carolina Hurricanes Betting Trends

The Carolina Hurricanes are 2-5 straight up

The Carolina Hurricanes are 5-2-0 against the over/under

Philadelphia Flyers Injuries

10/20/16 LW Michael Raffl Abdominal expected to miss 2 weeks
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

Carolina Hurricanes Injuries

10/10/16 D Ryan Murphy Knee out indefinitely

Josh's Pick: Take Carolina

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