Monday, March 7, 2016

Wells Fargo Center

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The Tampa Bay Lightning travel to Wells Fargo Center to play the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday, March 7, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Lightning at -125 and the Flyers at +113. The over/under has been set at 5.

Tampa Bay comes into this matchup having played 65 games. They have an overall record of 39-22-4 and on the road they have a record of 18-12-2. Currently they are 1st in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 183 goals and given up 155 goals for a point differential of +28. The Lightning have 4 overtime losses including 3 of them in a shootout. In the past 10 games they have an overall record of 9-1-0. For the season they have an ATS record of 38-26 and an over/under record of 26-31-8. Philadelphia shows up with a record of 30-23-11 including 17-9-7 at home this season. They are 5th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 163 goals and surrendered 172 for a goal differential of -9. The Flyers have 11 losses in OT and 6 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 30-34 while their over/under record sits at 25-24-15.

Steven Stamkos has accumulated 52 total points this season for the Lightning. He has 29 goals this season with 179 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 16%. He has a total of 23 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 15% by scoring 25 goals on 167 shots. He has 28 assists giving him a total of 53 points on the season. Ben Bishop has 28 wins and 17 losses this season in net for the Lightning. He has had 1,331 shots against him and has given up 99 goals. He has made 1,232 saves for a save percentage of 93%.

Claude Giroux has accumulated 55 total points this season for the Flyers. He has 18 goals this season with 179 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 10%. He has a total of 37 assists on the season and averages 21 minutes played per game. Wayne Simmonds has averaged 17 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 14% by scoring 23 goals on 165 shots. He has 21 assists giving him a total of 44 points on the season. Steve Mason has 14 wins and 15 losses this season in net for the Flyers. He has had 1,136 shots against him and has given up 95 goals. He has made 1,041 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

The Lightning have 82 total points this season. They have scored 180 goals while giving up 152 goals. They have had 221 power play opportunities and have scored 38 goals on those chances for a percentage of 17%. The Lightning have allowed 197 power play opportunities and given up 32 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 84%. They average 29 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.51% for the season to this point. They allow 29 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 92%.

The Flyers have a total of 71 points on the season. They have 39 power play goals on 214 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 18%. They have allowed 220 power play opportunities and have given up 45 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 80%. As a team, the Lightning have a total of 161 goals scored while they've given up 166 goals to this point. They average 31 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 8.25%. As a team they give up 31 shots per game and have a save percentage of 92%.

Tampa Bay has a Corsi percentage of 51% as they've attempted 3,577 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,442 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 50.5% as they have 2,682 attempts while they've given up 2,625 shots on the defensive end. The Lightning start possessions in the offensive zone 53.9% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 46.1% for the season. They have 1,893 face off wins compared to 1,936 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 49.4%. On defense Tampa Bay has 1,320 hits and they've blocked 817 shots from the opposition.

Philadelphia has attempted 3,765 shots at full strength and they've given up 3,714 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 50.3% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 50.3% as they have 2,737 shots while they've given up 2,704 attempts on defense. The Flyers have an offensive zone percentage of 50.6% and their defensive zone percentage is 49.4% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 50.2% as they've compiled 1,926 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,913 face off losses. On defense Philadelphia has blocked 1,010 shot attempts and they have 1,796 hits as a unit.

Tampa Bay Lightning Betting Trends

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 38-26 straight up

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 26-31-8 against the over/under

Philadelphia Flyers Betting Trends

The Philadelphia Flyers are 30-34 straight up

The Philadelphia Flyers are 25-24-15 against the over/under

Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries

10/06/14 D Mattias Ohlund Knee out indefinitely
03/05/16 D Andrej Sustr Upper Body "?" Monday vs Philadelphia

Philadelphia Flyers Injuries

02/29/16 RW Jakub Voracek Lower Body expected to miss 2 weeks
02/22/16 D Michael Del Zotto Wrist out for season

Tony's Pick: Take Philadelphia

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