Wednesday, December 28, 2016

BB&T Center

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The Toronto Maple Leafs travel to BB&T Center to play the Florida Panthers on Wednesday, December 28, 2016.

Toronto comes into this matchup having played 33 games. They have an overall record of 14-12-7 and on the road they have a record of 5-6-5. Currently they are 6th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 97 goals and given up 95 goals for a point differential of +2. The Maple Leafs have an overall record of 4-3-3 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 14-19 and an over/under record of 14-19-0. Florida shows up with a record of 15-14-6 including 9-6-1 at home this season. They are 5th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 85 goals and surrendered 97 for a goal differential of -12. The Panthers have a record of 3-3-4 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 12-20 while their over/under record sits at 16-13-6.

Nazem Kadri has accumulated 21 total points this season for the Maple Leafs. He has 13 goals this season with 101 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 13%. He has a total of 8 assists on the season and averages 16 minutes played per game. Auston Matthews has averaged 18 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 13% by scoring 16 goals on 121 shots. He has 10 assists giving him a total of 26 points on the season. Frederik Andersen has 14 wins and 8 losses this season in net for the Maple Leafs. He has had 898 shots against him and has given up 69 goals. He has made 829 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Aleksander Barkov has accumulated 27 total points this season for the Panthers. He has 9 goals this season with 86 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 10%. He has a total of 18 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Jaromir Jagr has averaged 17 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 7% by scoring 6 goals on 88 shots. He has 15 assists giving him a total of 21 points on the season. Roberto Luongo has 11 wins and 9 losses this season in net for the Panthers. He has had 719 shots against him and has given up 59 goals. He has made 660 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

The Maple Leafs have 35 total points this season. They have scored 97 goals while giving up 95 goals. They have had 102 power play opportunities and have scored 19 goals on those chances for a percentage of 19%. The Maple Leafs have allowed 110 power play opportunities and given up 18 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 84%. They average 34 shots per game and as a team are shooting 8.70% for the season to this point. They allow 32 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 92%.

The Panthers have a total of 36 points on the season. They have 18 power play goals on 121 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 15%. They have allowed 111 power play opportunities and have given up 16 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 86%. As a team, the Maple Leafs have a total of 85 goals scored while they've given up 97 goals to this point. They average 32 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 7.70%. As a team they give up 30 shots per game and have a save percentage of 91%.

Toronto has a Corsi percentage of 50.7% as they've attempted 2,080 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 2,022 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 51.1% as they have 1,577 attempts while they've given up 1,510 shots on the defensive end. The Maple Leafs start possessions in the offensive zone 50.9% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 49.1% for the season. They have 988 face off wins compared to 1,023 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 49.1%. On defense Toronto has 838 hits and they've blocked 512 shots from the opposition.

Florida has attempted 2,041 shots at full strength and they've given up 1,779 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 53.4% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 52.6% as they have 1,546 shots while they've given up 1,394 attempts on defense. The Panthers have an offensive zone percentage of 54% and their defensive zone percentage is 46% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 47.5% as they've compiled 1,027 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,134 face off losses. On defense Florida has blocked 385 shot attempts and they have 734 hits as a unit.

Toronto Maple Leafs Betting Trends

The Toronto Maple Leafs are 14-19 straight up

The Toronto Maple Leafs are 14-19-0 against the over/under

Florida Panthers Betting Trends

The Florida Panthers are 12-20 straight up

The Florida Panthers are 16-13-6 against the over/under

Toronto Maple Leafs Injuries

12/26/16 C Tyler Bozak Lower Body "?" Wednesday vs. Florida
12/21/16 RW Ben Smith Hand out indefinitely
12/13/16 D Martin Marincin Back out 4-6 weeks
10/09/16 LW Joffrey Lupul Abdominal out indefinitely
10/09/16 RW Nathan Horton Back out indefinitely

Florida Panthers Injuries

11/21/16 D Alex Petrovic Lower Body out indefinitely
10/10/16 LW Jonathan Huberdeau Achilles expected to miss 3-4 months

Josh's Pick: Take Florida

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