Saturday, February 6, 2016

BB&T Center

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The Pittsburgh Penguins travel to BB&T Center to play the Florida Panthers on Saturday, February 6, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Penguins at +101 and the Panthers at -111. The over/under has been set at 5.

Pittsburgh comes into this matchup having played 49 games. They have an overall record of 25-17-7 and on the road they have a record of 10-10-3. Currently they are 5th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 127 goals and given up 125 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 6-2-2. For the season they have an ATS record of 25-24 and an over/under record of 18-22-9. Florida shows up with a record of 31-15-5 including 17-7-2 at home this season. They are 1st in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 146 goals and surrendered 113 for a goal differential of +33. The Panthers have 5 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 31-20 while their over/under record sits at 19-23-9.

Sidney Crosby has accumulated 45 total points this season for the Penguins. He has 20 goals this season with 149 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 13%. He has a total of 25 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 20 wins and 11 losses this season in net for the Penguins. He has had 1084 shots against him and has given up 85 goals. He has made 999 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Jaromir Jagr has accumulated 37 total points this season for the Panthers. He has 16 goals this season with 80 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 20%. He has a total of 21 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 8% by scoring 10 goals on 119 shots. He has 27 assists giving him a total of 37 points on the season. Roberto Luongo has 23 wins and 13 losses this season in net for the Panthers. He has had 1185 shots against him and has given up 83 goals. He has made 1102 saves for a save percentage of 93%.

The Penguins have 57 total points this season. They have scored 126 goals while giving up 122 goals. They have had 166 power play opportunities and have scored 34 goals on those chances for a percentage of 20%. The Penguins have allowed 161 power play opportunities and given up 26 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 84%. They average 33 shots per game and as a team are shooting 7.89% 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 67 points on the season. They have 31 power play goals on 175 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 18%. They have allowed 169 power play opportunities and have given up 28 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 83%. As a team, the Penguins have a total of 141 goals scored while they've given up 112 goals to this point. They average 28 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 10.00%. As a team they give up 30 shots per game and have a save percentage of 93%.

Pittsburgh has a Corsi percentage of 50.9% as they've attempted 2,705 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 2,608 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 50.9% as they have 2,051 attempts while they've given up 1,980 shots on the defensive end. The Penguins start possessions in the offensive zone 51.5% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 48.5% for the season. They have 1,501 face off wins compared to 1,484 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 50.3%. On defense Pittsburgh has 1,177 hits and they've blocked 628 shots from the opposition.

Florida has attempted 2,331 shots at full strength and they've given up 2,495 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 48.3% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 48.4% as they have 1,823 shots while they've given up 1,940 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 49.2% as they've compiled 1,446 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,493 face off losses. On defense Florida has blocked 555 shot attempts and they have 1,224 hits as a unit.

Pittsburgh Penguins Betting Trends

The Pittsburgh Penguins are 25-24 straight up

The Pittsburgh Penguins are 18-22-9 against the over/under

Florida Panthers Betting Trends

The Florida Panthers are 31-20 straight up

The Florida Panthers are 19-23-9 against the over/under

Pittsburgh Penguins Injuries

12/08/15 RW Pascal Dupuis Blood Clot has retired
02/05/16 C Evgeni Malkin Lower Body expected to miss Friday vs. Tampa Bay & Saturday vs. Florida
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

02/04/16 D Willie Mitchell Lower Body "?" Saturday vs Pittsburgh
01/04/16 C David Bolland Ankle out indefinitely

Guy's Pick: Take Florida

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