Monday, February 15, 2016

BB&T Center

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The Pittsburgh Penguins travel to BB&T Center to play the Florida Panthers on Monday, February 15, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Penguins at +117 and the Panthers at -129. The over/under has been set at 5.

Pittsburgh comes into this matchup having played 54 games. They have an overall record of 28-19-7 and on the road they have a record of 12-11-3. Currently they are 4th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 141 goals and given up 139 goals for a point differential of +2. The Penguins have 7 overtime losses including 3 of them in a shootout. In the past 10 games they have an overall record of 7-3-0. For the season they have an ATS record of 27-26 and an over/under record of 20-24-10. Florida shows up with a record of 32-18-6 including 17-9-3 at home this season. They are 1st in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 158 goals and surrendered 133 for a goal differential of +25. The Panthers have 6 losses in OT and 1 of them occurred in a shootout. They have a record of 6-3-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 32-24 while their over/under record sits at 21-24-11.

Sidney Crosby has accumulated 53 total points this season for the Penguins. He has 24 goals this season with 164 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 15%. He has a total of 29 assists on the season and averages 20 minutes played per game. Evgeni Malkin has averaged 20 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 16% by scoring 23 goals on 140 shots. He has 26 assists giving him a total of 49 points on the season. Marc-Andre Fleury has 22 wins and 13 losses this season in net for the Penguins. He has had 1,187 shots against him and has given up 94 goals. He has made 1,093 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Jaromir Jagr has accumulated 40 total points this season for the Panthers. He has 17 goals this season with 96 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 18%. He has a total of 23 assists on the season and averages 17 minutes played per game. Jonathan Huberdeau has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 9% by scoring 11 goals on 128 shots. He has 29 assists giving him a total of 40 points on the season. Roberto Luongo has 24 wins and 14 losses this season in net for the Panthers. He has had 1,295 shots against him and has given up 98 goals. He has made 1,197 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

The Penguins have 63 total points this season. They have scored 139 goals while giving up 136 goals. They have had 178 power play opportunities and have scored 35 goals on those chances for a percentage of 20%. The Penguins have allowed 174 power play opportunities and given up 28 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 84%. They average 33 shots per game and as a team are shooting 7.92% 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 70 points on the season. They have 32 power play goals on 193 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 17%. They have allowed 186 power play opportunities and have given up 35 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 81%. As a team, the Penguins have a total of 153 goals scored while they've given up 132 goals to this point. They average 28 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.77%. As a team they give up 30 shots per game and have a save percentage of 92%.

Pittsburgh has a Corsi percentage of 51.2% as they've attempted 3,130 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 2,981 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 51.1% as they have 2,376 attempts while they've given up 2,271 shots on the defensive end. The Penguins start possessions in the offensive zone 51.6% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 48.4% for the season. They have 1,725 face off wins compared to 1,707 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 50.3%. On defense Pittsburgh has 1,346 hits and they've blocked 710 shots from the opposition.

Florida has attempted 2,699 shots at full strength and they've given up 2,928 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 48% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 48.4% as they have 2,139 shots while they've given up 2,281 attempts on defense. The Panthers have an offensive zone percentage of 48.4% and their defensive zone percentage is 51.6% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 49.4% as they've compiled 1,704 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,747 face off losses. On defense Florida has blocked 647 shot attempts and they have 1,394 hits as a unit.

Pittsburgh Penguins Betting Trends

The Pittsburgh Penguins are 27-26 straight up

The Pittsburgh Penguins are 20-24-10 against the over/under

Florida Panthers Betting Trends

The Florida Panthers are 32-24 straight up

The Florida Panthers are 21-24-11 against the over/under

Pittsburgh Penguins Injuries

12/08/15 RW Pascal Dupuis Blood Clot has retired
02/09/16 C Evgeni Malkin Lower Body out indefinitely
02/04/16 RW Eric Fehr Lower Body out a month
02/02/16 RW Beau Bennett Shoulder out indefinitely
01/23/16 D David Warsofsky Concussion out indefinitely
01/14/16 C Nick Bonino Hand out indefinitely

Florida Panthers Injuries

02/14/16 C Quinton Howden Upper Body injured last game, "?" Monday vs. Pittsburgh
02/13/16 C Aleksander Barkov Concussion "?" Monday vs Pittsburgh
02/13/16 C Brandon Pirri Ankle injured last game, "?" Monday vs Pittsburgh
02/13/16 D Erik Gudbranson Upper Body "?" Monday vs Pittsburgh
02/06/16 D Willie Mitchell Lower Body out indefinitely
01/04/16 C David Bolland Ankle out indefinitely

Tony's Pick: Take Florida

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