Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Air Canada Centre

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The San Jose Sharks travel to Air Canada Centre to play the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday, December 13, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Sharks at -120 and the Maple Leafs at +109. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

San Jose comes into this matchup having played 28 games. They have an overall record of 16-11-1 and on the road they have a record of 6-7-1. Currently they are 4th in the Pacific Division. They've scored 68 goals and given up 61 goals for a point differential of +7. The Sharks have an overall record of 7-3-0 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 16-12 and an over/under record of 4-17-7. Toronto shows up with a record of 11-11-5 including 8-5-0 at home this season. They are 7th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 79 goals and surrendered 84 for a goal differential of -5. The Maple Leafs have a record of 3-5-2 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 11-16 while their over/under record sits at 13-14-0.

Brent Burns has accumulated 25 total points this season for the Sharks. He has 12 goals this season with 120 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 10%. He has a total of 13 assists on the season and averages 24 minutes played per game. Joe Pavelski has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 9% by scoring 8 goals on 93 shots. He has 17 assists giving him a total of 25 points on the season. Martin Jones has 13 wins and 10 losses this season in net for the Sharks. He has had 598 shots against him and has given up 48 goals. He has made 550 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Nazem Kadri has accumulated 18 total points this season for the Maple Leafs. He has 10 goals this season with 82 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 12%. He has a total of 8 assists on the season and averages 16 minutes played per game. Auston Matthews has averaged 17 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 12% by scoring 12 goals on 97 shots. He has 8 assists giving him a total of 20 points on the season. Frederik Andersen has 11 wins and 7 losses this season in net for the Maple Leafs. He has had 694 shots against him and has given up 60 goals. He has made 634 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

The Sharks have 33 total points this season. They have scored 68 goals while giving up 61 goals. They have had 83 power play opportunities and have scored 15 goals on those chances for a percentage of 18%. The Sharks have allowed 70 power play opportunities and given up 13 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 81%. They average 31 shots per game and as a team are shooting 7.93% for the season to this point. They allow 26 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 92%.

The Maple Leafs have a total of 27 points on the season. They have 14 power play goals on 82 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 17%. They have allowed 81 power play opportunities and have given up 13 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 84%. As a team, the Sharks have a total of 79 goals scored while they've given up 84 goals to this point. They average 33 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 8.87%. As a team they give up 32 shots per game and have a save percentage of 91%.

San Jose has a Corsi percentage of 52.6% as they've attempted 1,676 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 1,508 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 53.5% as they have 1,226 attempts while they've given up 1,067 shots on the defensive end. The Sharks start possessions in the offensive zone 53.9% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 46.1% for the season. They have 805 face off wins compared to 857 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 48.4%. On defense San Jose has 562 hits and they've blocked 441 shots from the opposition.

Toronto has attempted 1,678 shots at full strength and they've given up 1,622 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 50.8% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 51.1% as they have 1,270 shots while they've given up 1,213 attempts on defense. The Maple Leafs have an offensive zone percentage of 51.1% and their defensive zone percentage is 48.9% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 49.1% as they've compiled 802 face off wins this season and they have suffered 833 face off losses. On defense Toronto has blocked 409 shot attempts and they have 697 hits as a unit.

San Jose Sharks Betting Trends

The San Jose Sharks are 16-12 straight up

The San Jose Sharks are 4-17-7 against the over/under

Toronto Maple Leafs Betting Trends

The Toronto Maple Leafs are 11-16 straight up

The Toronto Maple Leafs are 13-14-0 against the over/under

San Jose Sharks Injuries

12/10/16 D David Schlemko Lower Body "?" Tuesday vs Toronto
11/21/16 C Tomas Hertl Knee out indefinitely

Toronto Maple Leafs Injuries

10/18/16 LW Josh Leivo Lower Body out indefinitely
10/09/16 LW Joffrey Lupul Abdominal out indefinitely
10/09/16 RW Nathan Horton Back out indefinitely

Guy's Pick: Take Toronto +109

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