Friday, February 19, 2016

PNC Arena

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The San Jose Sharks travel to PNC Arena to play the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday, February 19, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Sharks at -140 and the Hurricanes at +127. The over/under has been set at 5.

San Jose comes into this matchup having played 55 games. They have an overall record of 30-20-5 and on the road they have a record of 19-8-2. Currently they are 3rd in the Pacific Division. They've scored 164 goals and given up 148 goals for a point differential of +16. The Sharks have 5 overtime losses including 2 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 30-25 and an over/under record of 31-19-5. Carolina shows up with a record of 26-21-10 including 14-9-6 at home this season. They are 6th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 139 goals and surrendered 150 for a goal differential of -11. The Hurricanes have 10 losses in OT and 3 of them occurred in a shootout. They have a record of 6-2-2 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 26-31 while their over/under record sits at 17-21-19.

Joe Pavelski has accumulated 53 total points this season for the Sharks. He has 26 goals this season with 152 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 17%. He has a total of 27 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 17 goals on 138 shots. He has 19 assists giving him a total of 36 points on the season. Martin Jones has 27 wins and 15 losses this season in net for the Sharks. He has had 1,233 shots against him and has given up 103 goals. He has made 1,130 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Jordan Staal has accumulated 34 total points this season for the Hurricanes. He has 13 goals this season with 100 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 13%. He has a total of 21 assists on the season and averages 18 minutes played per game. Victor Rask has averaged 17 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 13% by scoring 14 goals on 108 shots. He has 19 assists giving him a total of 33 points on the season. Cam Ward has 16 wins and 11 losses this season in net for the Hurricanes. He has had 888 shots against him and has given up 81 goals. He has made 807 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

The Sharks have 65 total points this season. They have scored 162 goals while giving up 146 goals. They have had 190 power play opportunities and have scored 43 goals on those chances for a percentage of 23%. The Sharks have allowed 166 power play opportunities and given up 32 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 81%. They average 30 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.69% for the season to this point. They allow 28 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 90%.

The Hurricanes have a total of 62 points on the season. They have 30 power play goals on 177 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 17%. They have allowed 141 power play opportunities and have given up 26 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 82%. As a team, the Sharks have a total of 139 goals scored while they've given up 147 goals to this point. They average 30 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 8.09%. As a team they give up 27 shots per game and have a save percentage of 90%.

San Jose has a Corsi percentage of 50.6% as they've attempted 3,096 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,022 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 52.3% as they have 2,343 attempts while they've given up 2,134 shots on the defensive end. The Sharks start possessions in the offensive zone 50.7% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 49.3% for the season. They have 1,685 face off wins compared to 1,631 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 50.8%. On defense San Jose has 1,167 hits and they've blocked 888 shots from the opposition.

Carolina has attempted 3,350 shots at full strength and they've given up 2,863 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 53.9% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 53.1% as they have 2,480 shots while they've given up 2,193 attempts on defense. The Hurricanes have an offensive zone percentage of 55.2% and their defensive zone percentage is 44.8% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 53.9% as they've compiled 1,745 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,494 face off losses. On defense Carolina has blocked 670 shot attempts and they have 1,058 hits as a unit.

San Jose Sharks Betting Trends

The San Jose Sharks are 30-25 straight up

The San Jose Sharks are 31-19-5 against the over/under

Carolina Hurricanes Betting Trends

The Carolina Hurricanes are 26-31 straight up

The Carolina Hurricanes are 17-21-19 against the over/under

San Jose Sharks Injuries

02/16/16 D Brenden Dillon Upper Body "?" Thursday vs Florida

Carolina Hurricanes Injuries

10/09/15 D James Wisniewski Knee out 6 months
02/17/16 GO Cam Ward Leg is upgraded to expected to be available Thursday vs. Ottawa
02/17/16 D Justin Faulk Leg out indefinitely

Josh's Pick: Take San Jose

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