Friday, March 11, 2016

Amalie Arena

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The Philadelphia Flyers travel to Amalie Arena to play the Tampa Bay Lightning on Friday, March 11, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Flyers at +140 and the Lightning at -155. 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. Tampa Bay shows up with a record of 39-23-5 including 21-10-3 at home this season. They are 1st in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 185 goals and surrendered 160 for a goal differential of +25. The Lightning have 5 losses in OT and 3 of them occurred in a shootout. They have a record of 8-1-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 38-28 while their over/under record sits at 27-32-8.

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%.

Steven Stamkos has accumulated 52 total points this season for the Lightning. He has 29 goals this season with 183 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 16%. He has a total of 23 assists on the season and averages 20 minutes played per game. Nikita Kucherov has averaged 18 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 14% by scoring 25 goals on 175 shots. He has 29 assists giving him a total of 54 points on the season. Ben Bishop has 28 wins and 17 losses this season in net for the Lightning. He has had 1,364 shots against him and has given up 100 goals. He has made 1,264 saves for a save percentage of 93%.

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 Lightning have a total of 83 points on the season. They have 38 power play goals on 227 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 17%. They have allowed 202 power play opportunities and have given up 33 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 84%. As a team, the Flyers have a total of 182 goals scored while they've given up 157 goals to this point. They average 29 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.32%. As a team they give up 29 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.

Tampa Bay has attempted 3,695 shots at full strength and they've given up 3,574 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 50.8% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 50.5% as they have 2,772 shots while they've given up 2,718 attempts on defense. The Lightning have an offensive zone percentage of 53.6% and their defensive zone percentage is 46.4% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 49.4% as they've compiled 1,943 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,994 face off losses. On defense Tampa Bay has blocked 856 shot attempts and they have 1,364 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

Tampa Bay Lightning Betting Trends

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 38-28 straight up

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 27-32-8 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

Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries

10/06/14 D Mattias Ohlund Knee out indefinitely
03/08/16 D Anton Stralman Illness "?" Friday vs Philadelphia
03/08/16 D Braydon Coburn Lower Body "?" Friday vs Philadelphia

Josh's Pick: Take Philadelphia

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