Thursday, March 17, 2016

Gila River Arena

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The San Jose Sharks travel to Gila River Arena to play the Arizona Coyotes on Thursday, March 17, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Sharks at -160 and the Coyotes at +144. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

San Jose comes into this matchup having played 69 games. They have an overall record of 39-24-6 and on the road they have a record of 25-9-3. Currently they are 3rd in the Pacific Division. They've scored 206 goals and given up 181 goals for a point differential of +25. The Sharks have 6 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 38-30 and an over/under record of 37-27-5. Arizona shows up with a record of 30-32-7 including 17-13-4 at home this season. They are 4th in the Pacific Division. They've scored 185 goals and surrendered 211 for a goal differential of -26. The Coyotes have 7 losses in OT and 1 of them occurred in a shootout. They have a record of 3-6-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 30-39 while their over/under record sits at 33-28-8.

Joe Pavelski has accumulated 66 total points this season for the Sharks. He has 32 goals this season with 184 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 17%. He has a total of 34 assists on the season and averages 20 minutes played per game. Patrick Marleau has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 12% by scoring 20 goals on 171 shots. He has 20 assists giving him a total of 40 points on the season. Martin Jones has 34 wins and 18 losses this season in net for the Sharks. He has had 1,544 shots against him and has given up 126 goals. He has made 1,418 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Oliver Ekman-Larsson has accumulated 49 total points this season for the Coyotes. He has 19 goals this season with 205 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 9%. He has a total of 30 assists on the season and averages 25 minutes played per game. Max Domi has averaged 16 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 13% by scoring 17 goals on 128 shots. He has 27 assists giving him a total of 44 points on the season. Louis Domingue has 14 wins and 15 losses this season in net for the Coyotes. He has had 1,017 shots against him and has given up 89 goals. He has made 928 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

The Sharks have 84 total points this season. They have scored 203 goals while giving up 178 goals. They have had 225 power play opportunities and have scored 50 goals on those chances for a percentage of 22%. The Sharks have allowed 200 power play opportunities and given up 41 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 80%. They average 30 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.84% for the season to this point. They allow 28 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.

The Coyotes have a total of 67 points on the season. They have 48 power play goals on 254 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 19%. They have allowed 250 power play opportunities and have given up 54 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 78%. As a team, the Sharks have a total of 184 goals scored while they've given up 210 goals to this point. They average 28 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.54%. As a team they give up 31 shots per game and have a save percentage of 90%.

San Jose has a Corsi percentage of 50.5% as they've attempted 3,833 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,760 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 52.1% as they have 2,901 attempts while they've given up 2,667 shots on the defensive end. The Sharks start possessions in the offensive zone 50.4% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 49.6% for the season. They have 2,094 face off wins compared to 2,040 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 50.7%. On defense San Jose has 1,388 hits and they've blocked 1,093 shots from the opposition.

Arizona has attempted 3,661 shots at full strength and they've given up 3,970 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 48% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 47.4% as they have 2,727 shots while they've given up 3,029 attempts on defense. The Coyotes have an offensive zone percentage of 49.6% and their defensive zone percentage is 50.4% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 54.1% as they've compiled 2,332 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,976 face off losses. On defense Arizona has blocked 941 shot attempts and they have 1,546 hits as a unit.

San Jose Sharks Betting Trends

The San Jose Sharks are 38-30 straight up

The San Jose Sharks are 37-27-5 against the over/under

Arizona Coyotes Betting Trends

The Arizona Coyotes are 30-39 straight up

The Arizona Coyotes are 33-28-8 against the over/under

San Jose Sharks Injuries

03/03/16 D Matt Tennyson Concussion out indefinitely

Arizona Coyotes Injuries

10/19/15 C Joe Vitale Eye out for season
03/12/16 D Oliver Ekman-Larsson Shoulder "?" Thursday vs San Jose
03/09/16 D Jarred Tinordi Suspension expected to miss 20 games
02/15/16 GO Anders Lindback Achilles out for season

Josh's Pick: Take Arizona

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