Tuesday, February 9, 2016

United Center

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The San Jose Sharks travel to United Center to play the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday, February 9, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Sharks at +136 and the Blackhawks at -150. The over/under has been set at 5.

San Jose comes into this matchup having played 51 games. They have an overall record of 27-20-4 and on the road they have a record of 17-8-2. Currently they are 2nd in the Pacific Division. They've scored 149 goals and given up 139 goals for a point differential of +10. The Sharks have 4 overtime losses including 1 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 27-24 and an over/under record of 29-17-5. Chicago shows up with a record of 36-16-4 including 21-5-1 at home this season. They are 1st in the Central Division. They've scored 159 goals and surrendered 128 for a goal differential of +31. The Blackhawks have 4 losses in OT and 0 of them occurred in a shootout. They have a record of 7-3-0 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 36-20 while their over/under record sits at 18-27-11.

Joe Pavelski has accumulated 51 total points this season for the Sharks. He has 25 goals this season with 140 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 18%. He has a total of 26 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 15 goals on 129 shots. He has 17 assists giving him a total of 32 points on the season. Martin Jones has 24 wins and 15 losses this season in net for the Sharks. He has had 1147 shots against him and has given up 100 goals. He has made 1047 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

Patrick Kane has accumulated 76 total points this season for the Blackhawks. He has 32 goals this season with 195 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 16%. He has a total of 44 assists on the season and averages 21 minutes played per game. Jonathan Toews has averaged 20 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 16% by scoring 21 goals on 131 shots. He has 17 assists giving him a total of 38 points on the season. Corey Crawford has 31 wins and 12 losses this season in net for the Blackhawks. He has had 1345 shots against him and has given up 93 goals. He has made 1252 saves for a save percentage of 93%.

The Sharks have 58 total points this season. They have scored 147 goals while giving up 138 goals. They have had 172 power play opportunities and have scored 38 goals on those chances for a percentage of 22%. The Sharks have allowed 153 power play opportunities and given up 30 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 80%. They average 30 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.52% for the season to this point. They allow 28 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 90%.

The Blackhawks have a total of 76 points on the season. They have 35 power play goals on 170 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 21%. They have allowed 156 power play opportunities and have given up 27 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 83%. As a team, the Sharks have a total of 158 goals scored while they've given up 128 goals to this point. They average 31 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.15%. As a team they give up 31 shots per game and have a save percentage of 93%.

San Jose has a Corsi percentage of 50.4% as they've attempted 2,691 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 2,646 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 52.1% as they have 2,029 attempts while they've given up 1,868 shots on the defensive end. The Sharks 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 1,481 face off wins compared to 1,413 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 51.2%. On defense San Jose has 1,056 hits and they've blocked 778 shots from the opposition.

Chicago has attempted 2,916 shots at full strength and they've given up 2,857 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 50.5% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 49.8% as they have 2,122 shots while they've given up 2,139 attempts on defense. The Blackhawks have an offensive zone percentage of 51.9% and their defensive zone percentage is 48.1% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 49.7% as they've compiled 1,532 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,551 face off losses. On defense Chicago has blocked 718 shot attempts and they have 897 hits as a unit.

San Jose Sharks Betting Trends

The San Jose Sharks are 27-24 straight up

The San Jose Sharks are 29-17-5 against the over/under

Chicago Blackhawks Betting Trends

The Chicago Blackhawks are 36-20 straight up

The Chicago Blackhawks are 18-27-11 against the over/under

San Jose Sharks Injuries

No key injuries to report

Chicago Blackhawks Injuries

12/19/15 C Marcus Kruger Wrist expected to miss 4 months

Tony's Pick: Take Chicago

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