Thursday, February 18, 2016

BB&T Center

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The San Jose Sharks travel to BB&T Center to play the Florida Panthers on Thursday, February 18, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Sharks at +100 and the Panthers at -110. 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. Florida shows up with a record of 33-18-6 including 18-9-3 at home this season. They are 1st in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 160 goals and surrendered 134 for a goal differential of +26. The Panthers have 6 losses in OT and 1 of them occurred in a shootout. They have a record of 6-3-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 32-24 while their over/under record sits at 21-25-11.

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%.

Jaromir Jagr has accumulated 40 total points this season for the Panthers. He has 17 goals this season with 97 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 18%. He has a total of 23 assists on the season and averages 17 minutes played per game. Jonathan Huberdeau has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 8% by scoring 11 goals on 132 shots. He has 29 assists giving him a total of 40 points on the season. Roberto Luongo has 24 wins and 14 losses this season in net for the Panthers. He has had 1,295 shots against him and has given up 98 goals. He has made 1,197 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

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 Panthers have a total of 72 points on the season. They have 32 power play goals on 196 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 16%. They have allowed 188 power play opportunities and have given up 35 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 81%. As a team, the Sharks have a total of 154 goals scored while they've given up 133 goals to this point. They average 28 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.66%. As a team they give up 30 shots per game and have a save percentage of 92%.

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.

Florida has attempted 2,748 shots at full strength and they've given up 2,985 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 47.9% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 48.3% as they have 2,174 shots while they've given up 2,324 attempts on defense. The Panthers have an offensive zone percentage of 48.4% and their defensive zone percentage is 51.6% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 49.4% as they've compiled 1,737 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,776 face off losses. On defense Florida has blocked 661 shot attempts and they have 1,428 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

Florida Panthers Betting Trends

The Florida Panthers are 32-24 straight up

The Florida Panthers are 21-25-11 against the over/under

San Jose Sharks Injuries

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

Florida Panthers Injuries

02/15/16 D Erik Gudbranson Upper Body "?" Thursday vs San Jose
02/15/16 C Quinton Howden Upper Body "?" Thursday vs San Jose
02/14/16 C Aleksander Barkov Concussion expected to miss 1 week
02/14/16 C Brandon Pirri Ankle out indefinitely
02/06/16 D Willie Mitchell Lower Body out indefinitely
01/04/16 C David Bolland Ankle out indefinitely

Tony's Pick: Take Florida

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