Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Air Canada Centre

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The Tampa Bay Lightning travel to Air Canada Centre to play the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday, October 25, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Lightning at -147 and the Maple Leafs at +118. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Tampa Bay comes into this matchup having played 5 games. They have an overall record of 4-1-0 and on the road they have a record of 1-0-0. Currently they are 2nd in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 17 goals and given up 14 goals for a point differential of +3. For the season they have an ATS record of 3-1 and an over/under record of 2-2-1. Toronto shows up with a record of 1-1-3 including 1-0-0 at home this season. They are 7th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 18 goals and surrendered 19 for a goal differential of -1. Their record against the spread is 1-4 while their over/under record sits at 3-2-0.

Valtteri Filppula has accumulated 5 total points this season for the Lightning. He has 3 goals this season with 6 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 50%. 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 15% by scoring 3 goals on 20 shots. He has 2 assists giving him a total of 5 points on the season. Ben Bishop has 2 wins and 1 loss this season in net for the Lightning. He has had 79 shots against him and has given up 11 goals. He has made 68 saves for a save percentage of 86%.

Auston Matthews has accumulated 8 total points this season for the Maple Leafs. He has 5 goals this season with 22 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 23%. He has a total of 3 assists on the season and averages 17 minutes played per game. Nazem Kadri has averaged 16 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 33% by scoring 2 goals on 6 shots. He has 1 assist giving him a total of 3 points on the season. Frederik Andersen has 1 win and no losses this season in net for the Maple Leafs. He has had 124 shots against him and has given up 15 goals. He has made 109 saves for a save percentage of 88%.

The Lightning have 8 total points this season. They have scored 17 goals while giving up 14 goals. They have had 19 power play opportunities and have scored 5 goals on those chances for a percentage of 26%. The Lightning have allowed 13 power play opportunities and given up 1 goal on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 92%. They average 32 shots per game and as a team are shooting 10.63% for the season to this point. They allow 28 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 90%.

The Maple Leafs have a total of 5 points on the season. They have 4 power play goals on 15 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 27%. They have allowed 18 power play opportunities and have given up 2 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 89%. As a team, the Lightning have a total of 18 goals scored while they've given up 19 goals to this point. They average 34 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 10.65%. As a team they give up 30 shots per game and have a save percentage of 88%.

Tampa Bay has a Corsi percentage of 55.1% as they've attempted 295 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 240 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 54% as they have 222 attempts while they've given up 189 shots on the defensive end. The Lightning start possessions in the offensive zone 46.4% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 53.6% for the season. They have 162 face off wins compared to 150 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 51.9%. On defense Tampa Bay has 106 hits and they've blocked 51 shots from the opposition.

Toronto has attempted 303 shots at full strength and they've given up 320 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 48.6% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 50.3% as they have 225 shots while they've given up 222 attempts on defense. The Maple Leafs have an offensive zone percentage of 50.1% and their defensive zone percentage is 49.9% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 48.1% as they've compiled 149 face off wins this season and they have suffered 161 face off losses. On defense Toronto has blocked 98 shot attempts and they have 105 hits as a unit.

Tampa Bay Lightning Betting Trends

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 3-1 straight up

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 2-2-1 against the over/under

Toronto Maple Leafs Betting Trends

The Toronto Maple Leafs are 1-4 straight up

The Toronto Maple Leafs are 3-2-0 against the over/under

Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries

10/08/16 RW Ryan Callahan Hip expected to miss a month

Toronto Maple Leafs Injuries

10/20/16 D Stephane Robidas Knee expected to miss 5-7 days
10/18/16 LW Josh Leivo Lower Body out indefinitely
10/09/16 LW Joffrey Lupul Abdominal out indefinitely
10/09/16 RW Nathan Horton Back out indefinitely

Guy's Pick: Take Tampa Bay

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