Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Rogers Arena

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The San Jose Sharks travel to Rogers Arena to play the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday, March 29, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Sharks at -175 and the Canucks at +158. The over/under has been set at 5.

San Jose comes into this matchup having played 75 games. They have an overall record of 41-28-6 and on the road they have a record of 25-10-3. Currently they are 3rd in the Pacific Division. They've scored 219 goals and given up 196 goals for a point differential of +23. The Sharks have 6 overtime losses including 3 of them in a shootout. In the past 10 games they have an overall record of 5-5-0. For the season they have an ATS record of 40-34 and an over/under record of 39-30-6. Vancouver shows up with a record of 27-35-13 including 13-20-5 at home this season. They are 6th in the Pacific Division. They've scored 171 goals and surrendered 217 for a goal differential of -46. The Canucks have 13 losses in OT and 4 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 27-48 while their over/under record sits at 27-30-18.

Joe Pavelski has accumulated 71 total points this season for the Sharks. He has 35 goals this season with 207 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 17%. He has a total of 36 assists on the season and averages 20 minutes played per game. Patrick Marleau has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 11% by scoring 21 goals on 196 shots. He has 21 assists giving him a total of 42 points on the season. Martin Jones has 35 wins and 21 losses this season in net for the Sharks. He has had 1,631 shots against him and has given up 133 goals. He has made 1,498 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Daniel Sedin has accumulated 59 total points this season for the Canucks. He has 27 goals this season with 241 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 11%. He has a total of 32 assists on the season and averages 18 minutes played per game. Henrik Sedin has averaged 18 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 12% by scoring 11 goals on 90 shots. He has 40 assists giving him a total of 51 points on the season. Ryan Miller has 15 wins and 23 losses this season in net for the Canucks. He has had 1,515 shots against him and has given up 126 goals. He has made 1,389 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

The Sharks have 88 total points this season. They have scored 216 goals while giving up 193 goals. They have had 249 power play opportunities and have scored 55 goals on those chances for a percentage of 22%. The Sharks have allowed 214 power play opportunities and given up 43 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 80%. They average 30 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.48% for the season to this point. They allow 27 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.

The Canucks have a total of 67 points on the season. They have 37 power play goals on 223 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 17%. They have allowed 227 power play opportunities and have given up 40 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 82%. As a team, the Sharks have a total of 167 goals scored while they've given up 213 goals to this point. They average 28 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 7.85%. As a team they give up 32 shots per game and have a save percentage of 91%.

San Jose has a Corsi percentage of 51% as they've attempted 4,212 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 4,041 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 52.9% as they have 3,204 attempts while they've given up 2,856 shots on the defensive end. The Sharks start possessions in the offensive zone 51.1% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 48.9% for the season. They have 2,259 face off wins compared to 2,224 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 50.4%. On defense San Jose has 1,527 hits and they've blocked 1,185 shots from the opposition.

Vancouver has attempted 3,860 shots at full strength and they've given up 4,251 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 47.6% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 47.1% as they have 2,901 shots while they've given up 3,263 attempts on defense. The Canucks have an offensive zone percentage of 50.8% and their defensive zone percentage is 49.2% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 45.3% as they've compiled 2,018 face off wins this season and they have suffered 2,440 face off losses. On defense Vancouver has blocked 988 shot attempts and they have 1,393 hits as a unit.

San Jose Sharks Betting Trends

The San Jose Sharks are 40-34 straight up

The San Jose Sharks are 39-30-6 against the over/under

Vancouver Canucks Betting Trends

The Vancouver Canucks are 27-48 straight up

The Vancouver Canucks are 27-30-18 against the over/under

San Jose Sharks Injuries

03/26/16 RW Joonas Donskoi Lower Body "?" Monday vs Los Angeles
03/22/16 D Marc-Edouard Vlasic Lower Body expected to miss 7-10 days
03/19/16 LW Matthew Nieto Hand out indefinitely
03/03/16 D Matt Tennyson Concussion out indefinitely

Vancouver Canucks Injuries

03/27/16 D Christopher Tanev Back "?" Tuesday vs San Jose
03/22/16 RW Radim Vrbata Knee out for season
03/15/16 C Markus Granlund Upper Body out indefinitely
03/15/16 D Luca Sbisa Shoulder out indefinitely
02/10/16 D Alexander Edler Fibula out for season
02/10/16 C Brandon Sutter Jaw out for season

Tony's Pick: Take Vancouver

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