Saturday, November 5, 2016

SAP Center

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The Pittsburgh Penguins travel to SAP Center to play the San Jose Sharks on Saturday, November 5, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Penguins at +101 and the Sharks at -125. The over/under has been set at 5.

Pittsburgh comes into this matchup having played 11 games. They have an overall record of 7-2-2 and on the road they have a record of 2-2-1. Currently they are 2nd in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 32 goals and given up 31 goals for a point differential of +1. The Penguins have an overall record of 6-2-2 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 6-4 and an over/under record of 5-3-3. San Jose shows up with a record of 6-5-0 including 4-1-0 at home this season. They are 2nd in the Pacific Division. They've scored 27 goals and surrendered 27 for a goal differential of 0. The Sharks have a record of 5-5-0 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 6-5 while their over/under record sits at 1-10-0.

Evgeni Malkin has accumulated 11 total points this season for the Penguins. He has 6 goals this season with 25 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 10% by scoring 4 goals on 40 shots. He has 6 assists giving him a total of 10 points on the season. Marc-Andre Fleury has 6 wins and 2 losses this season in net for the Penguins. He has had 325 shots against him and has given up 30 goals. He has made 295 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

Joe Pavelski has accumulated 12 total points this season for the Sharks. He has 4 goals this season with 31 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 13%. He has a total of 8 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Brent Burns has averaged 24 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 6% by scoring 4 goals on 63 shots. He has 7 assists giving him a total of 11 points on the season. Martin Jones has 5 wins and 5 losses this season in net for the Sharks. He has had 254 shots against him and has given up 23 goals. He has made 231 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

The Penguins have 16 total points this season. They have scored 32 goals while giving up 31 goals. They have had 40 power play opportunities and have scored 10 goals on those chances for a percentage of 25%. The Penguins have allowed 44 power play opportunities and given up 9 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 80%. They average 31 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.47% for the season to this point. They allow 33 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 92%.

The Sharks have a total of 12 points on the season. They have 8 power play goals on 36 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 22%. They have allowed 30 power play opportunities and have given up 4 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 87%. As a team, the Penguins have a total of 27 goals scored while they've given up 27 goals to this point. They average 32 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 7.69%. As a team they give up 25 shots per game and have a save percentage of 91%.

Pittsburgh has a Corsi percentage of 48.6% as they've attempted 628 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 663 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 49.1% as they have 472 attempts while they've given up 489 shots on the defensive end. The Penguins start possessions in the offensive zone 50.8% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 49.2% for the season. They have 354 face off wins compared to 383 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 48%. On defense Pittsburgh has 281 hits and they've blocked 174 shots from the opposition.

San Jose has attempted 702 shots at full strength and they've given up 591 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 54.3% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 55% as they have 501 shots while they've given up 410 attempts on defense. The Sharks have an offensive zone percentage of 53.4% and their defensive zone percentage is 46.6% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 47.3% as they've compiled 318 face off wins this season and they have suffered 354 face off losses. On defense San Jose has blocked 181 shot attempts and they have 189 hits as a unit.

Pittsburgh Penguins Betting Trends

The Pittsburgh Penguins are 6-4 straight up

The Pittsburgh Penguins are 5-3-3 against the over/under

San Jose Sharks Betting Trends

The San Jose Sharks are 6-5 straight up

The San Jose Sharks are 1-10-0 against the over/under

Pittsburgh Penguins Injuries

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

San Jose Sharks Injuries

No key injuries to report

Josh's Pick: Take San Jose

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