Monday, November 14, 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 Monday, November 14, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Lightning at -123 and the Islanders at +100. The over/under has been set at 5.

Tampa Bay comes into this matchup having played 14 games. They have an overall record of 8-5-1 and on the road they have a record of 3-4-0. Currently they are 3rd in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 45 goals and given up 39 goals for a point differential of +6. The Lightning have an overall record of 5-4-1 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 7-6 and an over/under record of 6-6-2. New York shows up with a record of 5-7-2 including 5-3-2 at home this season. They are 7th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 38 goals and surrendered 44 for a goal differential of -6. The Islanders have a record of 4-4-2 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 5-9 while their over/under record sits at 7-6-1.

Valtteri Filppula has accumulated 9 total points this season for the Lightning. He has 4 goals this season with 15 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 27%. 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 53 shots. He has 9 assists giving him a total of 17 points on the season. Ben Bishop has 5 wins and 4 losses this season in net for the Lightning. He has had 280 shots against him and has given up 26 goals. He has made 254 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

John Tavares has accumulated 11 total points this season for the Islanders. He has 5 goals this season with 46 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 11%. He has a total of 6 assists on the season and averages 20 minutes played per game. Brock Nelson has averaged 15 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 11% by scoring 3 goals on 28 shots. He has 7 assists giving him a total of 10 points on the season. Jaroslav Halak has 3 wins and 4 losses this season in net for the Islanders. He has had 289 shots against him and has given up 28 goals. He has made 261 saves for a save percentage of 90%.

The Lightning have 17 total points this season. They have scored 45 goals while giving up 39 goals. They have had 58 power play opportunities and have scored 15 goals on those chances for a percentage of 26%. The Lightning have allowed 42 power play opportunities and given up 5 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 88%. They average 32 shots per game and as a team are shooting 10.14% for the season to this point. They allow 31 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 92%.

The Islanders have a total of 12 points on the season. They have 4 power play goals on 38 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 11%. They have allowed 54 power play opportunities and have given up 12 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 78%. As a team, the Lightning have a total of 38 goals scored while they've given up 44 goals to this point. They average 30 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.09%. As a team they give up 31 shots per game and have a save percentage of 91%.

Tampa Bay has a Corsi percentage of 52% as they've attempted 801 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 740 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 51.5% as they have 605 attempts while they've given up 569 shots on the defensive end. The Lightning start possessions in the offensive zone 51.5% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 48.5% for the season. They have 436 face off wins compared to 457 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 48.8%. On defense Tampa Bay has 298 hits and they've blocked 171 shots from the opposition.

New York has attempted 761 shots at full strength and they've given up 915 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 45.4% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 47.2% as they have 568 shots while they've given up 635 attempts on defense. The Islanders have an offensive zone percentage of 51.2% and their defensive zone percentage is 48.8% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 48.3% as they've compiled 405 face off wins this season and they have suffered 434 face off losses. On defense New York has blocked 280 shot attempts and they have 375 hits as a unit.

Tampa Bay Lightning Betting Trends

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 7-6 straight up

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

New York Islanders Betting Trends

The New York Islanders are 5-9 straight up

The New York Islanders are 7-6-1 against the over/under

Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries

11/09/16 LW Jonathan Drouin Concussion out indefinitely

New York Islanders Injuries

11/07/16 D Travis Hamonic Thumb expected to miss 4-6 weeks
10/22/16 D Ryan Pulock Foot expected to miss 4-6 weeks
10/10/16 C Mikhail Grabovski Concussion out indefinitely

Tony's Pick: Take New York +100

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