Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Joe Louis Arena

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The Tampa Bay Lightning travel to Joe Louis Arena to play the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday, November 15, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Lightning at -111 and the Red Wings at -111. The over/under has been set at 5.

Tampa Bay comes into this matchup having played 15 games. They have an overall record of 8-6-1 and on the road they have a record of 3-4-0. Currently they are 4th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 46 goals and given up 42 goals for a point differential of +4. The Lightning have an overall record of 4-5-1 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 7-7 and an over/under record of 6-7-2. Detroit shows up with a record of 8-7-1 including 5-4-0 at home this season. They are 5th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 41 goals and surrendered 43 for a goal differential of -2. The Red Wings have a record of 4-5-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 6-8 while their over/under record sits at 7-7-2.

Valtteri Filppula has accumulated 9 total points this season for the Lightning. He has 4 goals this season with 16 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 25%. He has a total of 5 assists on the season and averages 18 minutes played per game. Steven Stamkos has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 15% by scoring 8 goals on 54 shots. He has 9 assists giving him a total of 17 points on the season. Ben Bishop has 5 wins and 5 losses this season in net for the Lightning. He has had 300 shots against him and has given up 29 goals. He has made 271 saves for a save percentage of 90%.

Mike Green has accumulated 10 total points this season for the Red Wings. He has 3 goals this season with 28 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 11%. He has a total of 7 assists on the season and averages 24 minutes played per game. Gustav Nyquist has averaged 17 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 9% by scoring 3 goals on 34 shots. He has 7 assists giving him a total of 10 points on the season. Petr Mrazek has 4 wins and 4 losses this season in net for the Red Wings. He has had 292 shots against him and has given up 27 goals. He has made 265 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

The Lightning have 17 total points this season. They have scored 46 goals while giving up 42 goals. They have had 59 power play opportunities and have scored 15 goals on those chances for a percentage of 25%. The Lightning have allowed 43 power play opportunities and given up 6 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 86%. They average 31 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.79% for the season to this point. They allow 30 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.

The Red Wings have a total of 17 points on the season. They have 9 power play goals on 59 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 15%. They have allowed 49 power play opportunities and have given up 11 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 78%. As a team, the Lightning have a total of 41 goals scored while they've given up 43 goals to this point. They average 28 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.07%. As a team they give up 33 shots per game and have a save percentage of 92%.

Tampa Bay has a Corsi percentage of 52.4% as they've attempted 856 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 778 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 51.9% as they have 644 attempts while they've given up 598 shots on the defensive end. The Lightning start possessions in the offensive zone 52% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 48% for the season. They have 465 face off wins compared to 487 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 48.8%. On defense Tampa Bay has 318 hits and they've blocked 180 shots from the opposition.

Detroit has attempted 815 shots at full strength and they've given up 923 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 46.9% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 46% as they have 605 shots while they've given up 709 attempts on defense. The Red Wings have an offensive zone percentage of 47.7% and their defensive zone percentage is 52.3% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 51% as they've compiled 490 face off wins this season and they have suffered 470 face off losses. On defense Detroit has blocked 214 shot attempts and they have 316 hits as a unit.

Tampa Bay Lightning Betting Trends

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 7-7 straight up

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 6-7-2 against the over/under

Detroit Red Wings Betting Trends

The Detroit Red Wings are 6-8 straight up

The Detroit Red Wings are 7-7-2 against the over/under

Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries

11/13/16 D Anton Stralman Upper Body injured last game, "?" Monday vs. NY Islanders
11/09/16 LW Jonathan Drouin Concussion out indefinitely

Detroit Red Wings Injuries

11/11/16 C Andreas Athanasiou Knee expected to miss 1-2 weeks
11/04/16 LW Thomas Vanek Hip expected to miss 2-3 weeks
10/27/16 C Joe Vitale Concussion out indefinitely
10/15/15 C Johan Franzen Concussion out indefinitely
10/10/16 RW Tomas Jurco Back out indefinitely

Tony's Pick: Take Tampa Bay -111

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