Saturday, March 12, 2016

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The Philadelphia Flyers travel to BB&T Center to play the Florida Panthers on Saturday, March 12, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Flyers at +131 and the Panthers at -145. The over/under has been set at 5.

Philadelphia comes into this matchup having played 65 games. They have an overall record of 31-23-11 and on the road they have a record of 13-14-4. Currently they are 5th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 167 goals and given up 174 goals for a point differential of -7. The Flyers have 11 overtime losses including 6 of them in a shootout. In the past 10 games they have an overall record of 7-2-1. For the season they have an ATS record of 31-34 and an over/under record of 26-24-15. Florida shows up with a record of 37-21-9 including 21-9-5 at home this season. They are 3rd in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 187 goals and surrendered 163 for a goal differential of +24. The Panthers have 9 losses in OT and 3 of them occurred in a shootout. They have a record of 4-3-3 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 36-30 while their over/under record sits at 25-29-13.

Claude Giroux has accumulated 57 total points this season for the Flyers. He has 18 goals this season with 184 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 10%. He has a total of 39 assists on the season and averages 21 minutes played per game. Wayne Simmonds has averaged 17 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 14% by scoring 24 goals on 168 shots. He has 22 assists giving him a total of 46 points on the season. Steve Mason has 15 wins and 15 losses this season in net for the Flyers. He has had 1,154 shots against him and has given up 97 goals. He has made 1,057 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Jaromir Jagr has accumulated 51 total points this season for the Panthers. He has 23 goals this season with 115 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 20%. He has a total of 28 assists on the season and averages 17 minutes played per game. Jussi Jokinen has averaged 18 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 10% by scoring 13 goals on 128 shots. He has 36 assists giving him a total of 49 points on the season. Roberto Luongo has 28 wins and 16 losses this season in net for the Panthers. He has had 1,498 shots against him and has given up 116 goals. He has made 1,382 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

The Flyers have 73 total points this season. They have scored 165 goals while giving up 168 goals. They have had 219 power play opportunities and have scored 40 goals on those chances for a percentage of 18%. The Flyers have allowed 222 power play opportunities and given up 45 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 80%. They average 31 shots per game and as a team are shooting 8.28% for the season to this point. They allow 31 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 92%.

The Panthers have a total of 83 points on the season. They have 38 power play goals on 231 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 16%. They have allowed 222 power play opportunities and have given up 41 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 82%. As a team, the Flyers have a total of 181 goals scored while they've given up 160 goals to this point. They average 28 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.54%. As a team they give up 30 shots per game and have a save percentage of 92%.

Philadelphia has a Corsi percentage of 50.6% as they've attempted 3,855 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,758 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 50.5% as they have 2,795 attempts while they've given up 2,737 shots on the defensive end. The Flyers start possessions in the offensive zone 51% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 49% for the season. They have 1,957 face off wins compared to 1,939 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 50.2%. On defense Philadelphia has 1,832 hits and they've blocked 1,021 shots from the opposition.

Florida has attempted 3,305 shots at full strength and they've given up 3,484 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 48.7% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 48.9% as they have 2,597 shots while they've given up 2,710 attempts on defense. The Panthers have an offensive zone percentage of 48.7% and their defensive zone percentage is 51.3% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 49.8% as they've compiled 2,059 face off wins this season and they have suffered 2,074 face off losses. On defense Florida has blocked 774 shot attempts and they have 1,637 hits as a unit.

Philadelphia Flyers Betting Trends

The Philadelphia Flyers are 31-34 straight up

The Philadelphia Flyers are 26-24-15 against the over/under

Florida Panthers Betting Trends

The Florida Panthers are 36-30 straight up

The Florida Panthers are 25-29-13 against the over/under

Philadelphia Flyers Injuries

02/29/16 RW Jakub Voracek Lower Body expected to miss 2 weeks
02/22/16 D Michael Del Zotto Wrist out for season

Florida Panthers Injuries

03/10/16 RW Teddy Purcell Groin "?" Saturday vs Philadelphia
02/06/16 D Willie Mitchell Concussion out indefinitely
01/04/16 C David Bolland Ankle out indefinitely

Josh's Pick: Take Florida

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