Monday, March 7, 2016

Scotiabank Saddledome

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The San Jose Sharks travel to Scotiabank Saddledome to play the Calgary Flames on Monday, March 7, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Sharks at -166 and the Flames at +150. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

San Jose comes into this matchup having played 64 games. They have an overall record of 35-23-6 and on the road they have a record of 23-9-3. Currently they are 3rd in the Pacific Division. They've scored 193 goals and given up 173 goals for a point differential of +20. The Sharks have 6 overtime losses including 3 of them in a shootout. In the past 10 games they have an overall record of 6-3-1. For the season they have an ATS record of 34-29 and an over/under record of 36-23-5. Calgary shows up with a record of 27-34-4 including 17-14-1 at home this season. They are 6th in the Pacific Division. They've scored 177 goals and surrendered 205 for a goal differential of -28. The Flames have 4 losses in OT and 2 of them occurred in a shootout. They have a record of 2-7-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 26-38 while their over/under record sits at 34-27-4.

Joe Pavelski has accumulated 61 total points this season for the Sharks. He has 29 goals this season with 176 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 16%. He has a total of 32 assists on the season and averages 20 minutes played per game. Patrick Marleau has averaged 20 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 12% by scoring 19 goals on 162 shots. He has 20 assists giving him a total of 39 points on the season. Martin Jones has 32 wins and 17 losses this season in net for the Sharks. He has had 1,456 shots against him and has given up 121 goals. He has made 1,335 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

John Gaudreau has accumulated 63 total points this season for the Flames. He has 24 goals this season with 173 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 14%. He has a total of 39 assists on the season and averages 20 minutes played per game. Sean Monahan has averaged 20 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 14% by scoring 21 goals on 153 shots. He has 25 assists giving him a total of 46 points on the season. Jonas Hiller has 9 wins and 10 losses this season in net for the Flames. He has had 625 shots against him and has given up 73 goals. He has made 552 saves for a save percentage of 88%.

The Sharks have 76 total points this season. They have scored 190 goals while giving up 170 goals. They have had 213 power play opportunities and have scored 47 goals on those chances for a percentage of 22%. The Sharks have allowed 186 power play opportunities and given up 39 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 79%. They average 30 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.83% for the season to this point. They allow 28 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 90%.

The Flames have a total of 58 points on the season. They have 34 power play goals on 213 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 16%. They have allowed 180 power play opportunities and have given up 47 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 74%. As a team, the Sharks have a total of 175 goals scored while they've given up 203 goals to this point. They average 29 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.28%. As a team they give up 29 shots per game and have a save percentage of 89%.

San Jose has a Corsi percentage of 50.7% as they've attempted 3,574 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,477 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 52.4% as they have 2,713 attempts while they've given up 2,469 shots on the defensive end. The Sharks start possessions in the offensive zone 50.6% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 49.4% for the season. They have 1,948 face off wins compared to 1,894 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 50.7%. On defense San Jose has 1,303 hits and they've blocked 1,008 shots from the opposition.

Calgary has attempted 3,565 shots at full strength and they've given up 3,773 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 48.6% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 49.1% as they have 2,604 shots while they've given up 2,696 attempts on defense. The Flames have an offensive zone percentage of 51.8% and their defensive zone percentage is 48.2% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 48.3% as they've compiled 1,903 face off wins this season and they have suffered 2,035 face off losses. On defense Calgary has blocked 1,077 shot attempts and they have 1,346 hits as a unit.

San Jose Sharks Betting Trends

The San Jose Sharks are 34-29 straight up

The San Jose Sharks are 36-23-5 against the over/under

Calgary Flames Betting Trends

The Calgary Flames are 26-38 straight up

The Calgary Flames are 34-27-4 against the over/under

San Jose Sharks Injuries

03/05/16 C Melker Karlsson Undisclosed "?" Monday vs Calgary
03/03/16 D Matt Tennyson Concussion out indefinitely
02/18/16 C Tommy Wingels Shoulder out indefinitely

Calgary Flames Injuries

02/19/16 D Ladislav Smid Upper Body out indefinitely
02/12/16 GO Karri Ramo Knee out for season
01/28/16 D Dennis Wideman Suspension out 20 games; eligible to return Mar 14 vs St Louis

Josh's Pick: Take San Jose

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