Saturday, March 19, 2016

Gila River Arena

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The Tampa Bay Lightning travel to Gila River Arena to play the Arizona Coyotes on Saturday, March 19, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Lightning at -120 and the Coyotes at +100. The over/under has been set at 5.

Tampa Bay comes into this matchup having played 71 games. They have an overall record of 40-26-5 and on the road they have a record of 19-15-2. Currently they are 3rd in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 194 goals and given up 171 goals for a point differential of +23. The Lightning have 5 overtime losses including 3 of them in a shootout. In the past 10 games they have an overall record of 5-4-1. For the season they have an ATS record of 39-31 and an over/under record of 28-34-9. Arizona shows up with a record of 31-32-7 including 18-13-4 at home this season. They are 4th in the Pacific Division. They've scored 188 goals and surrendered 212 for a goal differential of -24. The Coyotes have 7 losses in OT and 1 of them occurred in a shootout. They have a record of 4-5-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 31-39 while their over/under record sits at 33-29-8.

Steven Stamkos has accumulated 57 total points this season for the Lightning. He has 33 goals this season with 196 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 17%. He has a total of 24 assists on the season and averages 20 minutes played per game. Nikita Kucherov has averaged 18 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 14% by scoring 26 goals on 183 shots. He has 31 assists giving him a total of 57 points on the season. Ben Bishop has 29 wins and 19 losses this season in net for the Lightning. He has had 1,456 shots against him and has given up 107 goals. He has made 1,349 saves for a save percentage of 93%.

Oliver Ekman-Larsson has accumulated 49 total points this season for the Coyotes. He has 19 goals this season with 205 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 9%. He has a total of 30 assists on the season and averages 25 minutes played per game. Max Domi has averaged 16 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 13% by scoring 17 goals on 129 shots. He has 28 assists giving him a total of 45 points on the season. Louis Domingue has 14 wins and 15 losses this season in net for the Coyotes. He has had 1,017 shots against him and has given up 89 goals. He has made 928 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

The Lightning have 85 total points this season. They have scored 191 goals while giving up 168 goals. They have had 235 power play opportunities and have scored 39 goals on those chances for a percentage of 17%. The Lightning have allowed 214 power play opportunities and given up 35 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 84%. They average 29 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.29% for the season to this point. They allow 29 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 92%.

The Coyotes have a total of 69 points on the season. They have 49 power play goals on 256 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 19%. They have allowed 252 power play opportunities and have given up 54 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 79%. As a team, the Lightning have a total of 187 goals scored while they've given up 211 goals to this point. They average 28 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.58%. As a team they give up 31 shots per game and have a save percentage of 90%.

Tampa Bay has a Corsi percentage of 50.8% as they've attempted 3,921 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,790 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 50.3% as they have 2,924 attempts while they've given up 2,886 shots on the defensive end. The Lightning start possessions in the offensive zone 53.6% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 46.4% for the season. They have 2,053 face off wins compared to 2,094 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 49.5%. On defense Tampa Bay has 1,445 hits and they've blocked 904 shots from the opposition.

Arizona has attempted 3,708 shots at full strength and they've given up 4,035 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 47.9% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 47.3% as they have 2,758 shots while they've given up 3,074 attempts on defense. The Coyotes have an offensive zone percentage of 49.6% and their defensive zone percentage is 50.4% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 54.2% as they've compiled 2,362 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,997 face off losses. On defense Arizona has blocked 961 shot attempts and they have 1,565 hits as a unit.

Tampa Bay Lightning Betting Trends

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 39-31 straight up

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 28-34-9 against the over/under

Arizona Coyotes Betting Trends

The Arizona Coyotes are 31-39 straight up

The Arizona Coyotes are 33-29-8 against the over/under

Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries

10/06/14 D Mattias Ohlund Knee out indefinitely
03/15/16 C Valtteri Filppula Upper Body out indefinitely

Arizona Coyotes Injuries

10/19/15 C Joe Vitale Eye out for season
03/18/16 D Oliver Ekman-Larsson Shoulder is downgraded to doubtful Saturday vs. Tampa Bay
03/09/16 D Jarred Tinordi Suspension expected to miss 20 games
02/15/16 GO Anders Lindback Achilles out for season

Tony's Pick: Take Arizona

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