Saturday, December 10, 2016

TD Garden

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The Toronto Maple Leafs travel to TD Garden to play the Boston Bruins on Saturday, December 10, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Maple Leafs at +131 and the Bruins at -145. The over/under has been set at 5.

Toronto comes into this matchup having played 25 games. They have an overall record of 10-10-5 and on the road they have a record of 2-6-5. Currently they are 8th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 74 goals and given up 80 goals for a point differential of -6. The Maple Leafs have an overall record of 4-4-2 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 10-15 and an over/under record of 13-12-0. Boston shows up with a record of 15-11-2 including 7-6-0 at home this season. They are 3rd in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 68 goals and surrendered 66 for a goal differential of +2. The Bruins have a record of 4-4-2 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 13-13 while their over/under record sits at 10-14-4.

Nazem Kadri has accumulated 18 total points this season for the Maple Leafs. He has 10 goals this season with 74 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 14%. He has a total of 8 assists on the season and averages 16 minutes played per game. Auston Matthews has averaged 17 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 12% by scoring 11 goals on 93 shots. He has 8 assists giving him a total of 19 points on the season. Frederik Andersen has 10 wins and 7 losses this season in net for the Maple Leafs. He has had 661 shots against him and has given up 59 goals. He has made 602 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

David Pastrnak has accumulated 24 total points this season for the Bruins. He has 18 goals this season with 78 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 23%. He has a total of 6 assists on the season and averages 17 minutes played per game. Brad Marchand has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 10% by scoring 7 goals on 71 shots. He has 17 assists giving him a total of 24 points on the season. Tuukka Rask has 14 wins and 4 losses this season in net for the Bruins. He has had 541 shots against him and has given up 36 goals. He has made 505 saves for a save percentage of 93%.

The Maple Leafs have 25 total points this season. They have scored 74 goals while giving up 80 goals. They have had 74 power play opportunities and have scored 13 goals on those chances for a percentage of 18%. The Maple Leafs have allowed 76 power play opportunities and given up 11 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 86%. They average 33 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.04% for the season to this point. They allow 32 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 90%.

The Bruins have a total of 32 points on the season. They have 12 power play goals on 85 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 14%. They have allowed 92 power play opportunities and have given up 12 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 87%. As a team, the Maple Leafs have a total of 68 goals scored while they've given up 66 goals to this point. They average 33 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 7.33%. As a team they give up 27 shots per game and have a save percentage of 92%.

Toronto has a Corsi percentage of 50.7% as they've attempted 1,540 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 1,500 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 50.8% as they have 1,160 attempts while they've given up 1,122 shots on the defensive end. The Maple Leafs 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 747 face off wins compared to 769 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 49.3%. On defense Toronto has 641 hits and they've blocked 378 shots from the opposition.

Boston has attempted 1,721 shots at full strength and they've given up 1,451 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 54.3% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 54.5% as they have 1,291 shots while they've given up 1,076 attempts on defense. The Bruins have an offensive zone percentage of 53.7% and their defensive zone percentage is 46.3% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 52.5% as they've compiled 918 face off wins this season and they have suffered 829 face off losses. On defense Boston has blocked 375 shot attempts and they have 596 hits as a unit.

Toronto Maple Leafs Betting Trends

The Toronto Maple Leafs are 10-15 straight up

The Toronto Maple Leafs are 13-12-0 against the over/under

Boston Bruins Betting Trends

The Boston Bruins are 13-13 straight up

The Boston Bruins are 10-14-4 against the over/under

Toronto Maple Leafs Injuries

11/29/16 C Peter Holland Personal out indefinitely
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

Boston Bruins Injuries

12/06/16 LW Matt Beleskey Knee expected to miss 6 weeks
11/29/16 D John-Michael Liles Concussion out indefinitely
10/10/16 C Frank Vatrano Foot out indefinitely

Josh's Pick: Take Boston -145

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