Friday, February 12, 2016

BB&T Center

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The St. Louis Blues travel to BB&T Center to play the Florida Panthers on Friday, February 12, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Blues at +114 and the Panthers at -126. The over/under has been set at 5.

St. Louis comes into this matchup having played 56 games. They have an overall record of 30-17-9 and on the road they have a record of 13-8-5. Currently they are 3rd in the Central Division. They've scored 136 goals and given up 134 goals for a point differential of +2. The Blues have 9 overtime losses including 4 of them in a shootout. In the past 10 games they have an overall record of 5-3-2. For the season they have an ATS record of 30-26 and an over/under record of 18-30-8. Florida shows up with a record of 32-16-6 including 17-7-3 at home this season. They are 1st in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 155 goals and surrendered 123 for a goal differential of +32. 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 32-22 while their over/under record sits at 20-24-10.

Vladimir Tarasenko has accumulated 47 total points this season for the Blues. He has 26 goals this season with 196 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 13%. He has a total of 21 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Alex Steen has averaged 21 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 10% by scoring 15 goals on 150 shots. He has 28 assists giving him a total of 43 points on the season. Brian Elliott has 12 wins and 7 losses this season in net for the Blues. He has had 760 shots against him and has given up 52 goals. He has made 708 saves for a save percentage of 93%.

Jaromir Jagr has accumulated 38 total points this season for the Panthers. He has 17 goals this season with 91 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 19%. He has a total of 21 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 10 goals on 124 shots. He has 28 assists giving him a total of 38 points on the season. Roberto Luongo has 24 wins and 13 losses this season in net for the Panthers. He has had 1,254 shots against him and has given up 90 goals. He has made 1,164 saves for a save percentage of 93%.

The Blues have 69 total points this season. They have scored 133 goals while giving up 130 goals. They have had 157 power play opportunities and have scored 32 goals on those chances for a percentage of 20%. The Blues have allowed 188 power play opportunities and given up 26 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 86%. They average 29 shots per game and as a team are shooting 8.08% for the season to this point. They allow 30 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 92%.

The Panthers have a total of 70 points on the season. They have 32 power play goals on 186 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 17%. They have allowed 182 power play opportunities and have given up 32 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 82%. As a team, the Blues have a total of 150 goals scored while they've given up 122 goals to this point. They average 28 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.92%. As a team they give up 30 shots per game and have a save percentage of 93%.

St. Louis has a Corsi percentage of 49.4% as they've attempted 2,998 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,066 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 49.7% as they have 2,241 attempts while they've given up 2,265 shots on the defensive end. The Blues start possessions in the offensive zone 48.5% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 51.5% for the season. They have 1,726 face off wins compared to 1,704 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 50.3%. On defense St. Louis has 1,309 hits and they've blocked 801 shots from the opposition.

Florida has attempted 2,607 shots at full strength and they've given up 2,837 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 2,061 shots while they've given up 2,210 attempts on defense. The Panthers have an offensive zone percentage of 48.1% and their defensive zone percentage is 51.9% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 49.5% as they've compiled 1,650 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,680 face off losses. On defense Florida has blocked 627 shot attempts and they have 1,339 hits as a unit.

St. Louis Blues Betting Trends

The St. Louis Blues are 30-26 straight up

The St. Louis Blues are 18-30-8 against the over/under

Florida Panthers Betting Trends

The Florida Panthers are 32-22 straight up

The Florida Panthers are 20-24-10 against the over/under

St. Louis Blues Injuries

12/06/15 C Steve Ott Hamstring out 3 months
02/11/16 LW Jaden Schwartz Ankle is upgraded to probable Friday vs. Florida
02/08/16 D Alex Pietrangelo Knee out indefinitely
01/11/16 GO Jake Allen Knee out indefinitely

Florida Panthers Injuries

02/11/16 C Aleksander Barkov Concussion doubtful Friday vs. St. Louis & Saturday vs. Nashville
02/11/16 D Erik Gudbranson Upper Body doubtful Friday vs. St. Louis & Saturday vs. Nashville
02/06/16 D Willie Mitchell Lower Body out indefinitely
01/04/16 C David Bolland Ankle out indefinitely

Guy's Pick: Take Florida

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