Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

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The Tampa Bay Lightning travel to Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum to play the New York Islanders on Tuesday, November 1, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Lightning at -116 and the Islanders at -106. The over/under has been set at 5.

Tampa Bay comes into this matchup having played 9 games. They have an overall record of 5-4-0 and on the road they have a record of 2-3-0. Currently they are 4th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 27 goals and given up 29 goals for a point differential of -2. For the season they have an ATS record of 4-4 and an over/under record of 4-4-1. New York shows up with a record of 4-5-0 including 4-2-0 at home this season. They are 6th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 27 goals and surrendered 25 for a goal differential of +2. Their record against the spread is 4-5 while their over/under record sits at 4-4-1.

Valtteri Filppula has accumulated 5 total points this season for the Lightning. He has 3 goals this season with 10 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 30%. He has a total of 2 assists on the season and averages 17 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 18% by scoring 6 goals on 34 shots. He has 4 assists giving him a total of 10 points on the season. Ben Bishop has 3 wins and 3 losses this season in net for the Lightning. He has had 184 shots against him and has given up 22 goals. He has made 162 saves for a save percentage of 88%.

Josh Bailey has accumulated 6 total points this season for the Islanders. He has 2 goals this season with 17 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 12%. He has a total of 4 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Brock Nelson has averaged 15 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 19% by scoring 3 goals on 16 shots. He has 6 assists giving him a total of 9 points on the season. Jaroslav Halak has 2 wins and 3 losses this season in net for the Islanders. He has had 151 shots against him and has given up 15 goals. He has made 136 saves for a save percentage of 90%.

The Lightning have 10 total points this season. They have scored 27 goals while giving up 29 goals. They have had 34 power play opportunities and have scored 8 goals on those chances for a percentage of 24%. The Lightning have allowed 26 power play opportunities and given up 3 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 88%. They average 31 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.64% for the season to this point. They allow 30 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 90%.

The Islanders have a total of 8 points on the season. They have 3 power play goals on 25 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 12%. They have allowed 31 power play opportunities and have given up 4 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 87%. As a team, the Lightning have a total of 27 goals scored while they've given up 25 goals to this point. They average 30 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 10.11%. As a team they give up 30 shots per game and have a save percentage of 91%.

Tampa Bay has a Corsi percentage of 52.8% as they've attempted 511 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 456 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 51.9% as they have 388 attempts while they've given up 360 shots on the defensive end. The Lightning start possessions in the offensive zone 50.8% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 49.2% for the season. They have 282 face off wins compared to 299 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 48.5%. On defense Tampa Bay has 192 hits and they've blocked 96 shots from the opposition.

New York has attempted 496 shots at full strength and they've given up 588 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 45.8% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 47.6% as they have 368 shots while they've given up 405 attempts on defense. The Islanders have an offensive zone percentage of 50.4% and their defensive zone percentage is 49.6% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 48.9% as they've compiled 267 face off wins this season and they have suffered 279 face off losses. On defense New York has blocked 183 shot attempts and they have 229 hits as a unit.

Tampa Bay Lightning Betting Trends

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 4-4 straight up

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 4-4-1 against the over/under

New York Islanders Betting Trends

The New York Islanders are 4-5 straight up

The New York Islanders are 4-4-1 against the over/under

Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries

No key injuries to report

New York Islanders Injuries

10/22/16 D Ryan Pulock Foot expected to miss 4-6 weeks
10/10/16 C Mikhail Grabovski Concussion out indefinitely

Josh's Pick: Take New York

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