Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Honda Center

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The Pittsburgh Penguins travel to Honda Center to play the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday, November 2, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Penguins at -108 and the Ducks at -115. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Pittsburgh comes into this matchup having played 9 games. They have an overall record of 6-2-1 and on the road they have a record of 1-2-0. Currently they are 1st in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 25 goals and given up 27 goals for a point differential of -2. For the season they have an ATS record of 5-3 and an over/under record of 4-2-3. Anaheim shows up with a record of 3-4-2 including 2-1-0 at home this season. They are 5th in the Pacific Division. They've scored 21 goals and surrendered 23 for a goal differential of -2. Their record against the spread is 3-6 while their over/under record sits at 3-4-2.

Evgeni Malkin has accumulated 10 total points this season for the Penguins. He has 5 goals this season with 21 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 24%. He has a total of 5 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Patric Hornqvist has averaged 16 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 9% by scoring 3 goals on 32 shots. He has 5 assists giving him a total of 8 points on the season. Marc-Andre Fleury has 6 wins and 2 losses this season in net for the Penguins. He has had 298 shots against him and has given up 27 goals. He has made 271 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

Corey Perry has accumulated 6 total points this season for the Ducks. He has 4 goals this season with 34 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 12%. He has a total of 2 assists on the season and averages 18 minutes played per game. Cam Fowler has averaged 24 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 16% by scoring 3 goals on 19 shots. He has 4 assists giving him a total of 7 points on the season. John Gibson has 3 wins and 3 losses this season in net for the Ducks. He has had 205 shots against him and has given up 19 goals. He has made 186 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

The Penguins have 13 total points this season. They have scored 25 goals while giving up 27 goals. They have had 34 power play opportunities and have scored 9 goals on those chances for a percentage of 26%. The Penguins have allowed 38 power play opportunities and given up 8 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 79%. They average 31 shots per game and as a team are shooting 8.90% for the season to this point. They allow 34 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.

The Ducks have a total of 8 points on the season. They have 6 power play goals on 31 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 19%. They have allowed 42 power play opportunities and have given up 7 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 83%. As a team, the Penguins have a total of 21 goals scored while they've given up 23 goals to this point. They average 29 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 7.92%. As a team they give up 30 shots per game and have a save percentage of 91%.

Pittsburgh has a Corsi percentage of 48.7% as they've attempted 527 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 556 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 48.9% as they have 391 attempts while they've given up 408 shots on the defensive end. The Penguins start possessions in the offensive zone 51.4% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 48.6% for the season. They have 301 face off wins compared to 308 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 49.4%. On defense Pittsburgh has 240 hits and they've blocked 148 shots from the opposition.

Anaheim has attempted 504 shots at full strength and they've given up 493 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 50.6% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 50.4% as they have 377 shots while they've given up 371 attempts on defense. The Ducks have an offensive zone percentage of 52.2% and their defensive zone percentage is 47.8% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 59.3% as they've compiled 315 face off wins this season and they have suffered 216 face off losses. On defense Anaheim has blocked 122 shot attempts and they have 240 hits as a unit.

Pittsburgh Penguins Betting Trends

The Pittsburgh Penguins are 5-3 straight up

The Pittsburgh Penguins are 4-2-3 against the over/under

Anaheim Ducks Betting Trends

The Anaheim Ducks are 3-6 straight up

The Anaheim Ducks are 3-4-2 against the over/under

Pittsburgh Penguins Injuries

10/31/16 D Kris Letang Upper Body "?" Wednesday vs. Anaheim
10/29/16 RW Daniel Sprong Shoulder out indefinitely
10/25/16 LW Conor Sheary Eye out indefinitely
10/21/16 D Derrick Pouliot Lower Body out indefinitely

Anaheim Ducks Injuries

11/01/16 GO Jonathan Bernier Upper Body is downgraded to expected to miss Tuesday vs. Los Angeles
10/28/16 D Hampus Lindholm Legal problems out indefinitely
10/21/16 C Rickard Rakell Legal problems out indefinitely
10/14/16 D Simon Despres Concussion out indefinitely
10/12/16 C Nate Thompson Achilles out indefinitely

Tony's Pick: Take Anaheim

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