Saturday, October 29, 2016

Bell Centre

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The Toronto Maple Leafs travel to Bell Centre to play the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday, October 29, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Maple Leafs at +155 and the Canadiens at -196. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Toronto comes into this matchup having played 7 games. They have an overall record of 2-2-3 and on the road they have a record of 0-1-3. Currently they are 6th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 24 goals and given up 28 goals for a point differential of -4. The Maple Leafs have 3 overtime losses including 1 of them in a shootout. For the season they have an ATS record of 2-5 and an over/under record of 4-3-0. Montreal shows up with a record of 7-0-1 including 4-0-0 at home this season. They are 1st in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 29 goals and surrendered 13 for a goal differential of +16. Their record against the spread is 7-1 while their over/under record sits at 3-4-1.

Auston Matthews has accumulated 10 total points this season for the Maple Leafs. He has 6 goals this season with 30 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 20%. He has a total of 4 assists on the season and averages 17 minutes played per game. Nazem Kadri has averaged 16 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 22% by scoring 2 goals on 9 shots. He has 3 assists giving him a total of 5 points on the season. Frederik Andersen has 2 wins and 1 loss this season in net for the Maple Leafs. He has had 179 shots against him and has given up 24 goals. He has made 155 saves for a save percentage of 87%.

Brendan Gallagher has accumulated 7 total points this season for the Canadiens. He has 4 goals this season with 28 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 14%. He has a total of 3 assists on the season and averages 15 minutes played per game. Max Pacioretty has averaged 17 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 8% by scoring 2 goals on 25 shots. He has 5 assists giving him a total of 7 points on the season. Al Montoya has 3 wins and no losses this season in net for the Canadiens. He has had 133 shots against him and has given up 6 goals. He has made 127 saves for a save percentage of 96%.

The Maple Leafs have 7 total points this season. They have scored 24 goals while giving up 28 goals. They have had 21 power play opportunities and have scored 5 goals on those chances for a percentage of 24%. The Maple Leafs have allowed 25 power play opportunities and given up 5 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 80%. They average 34 shots per game and as a team are shooting 10% for the season to this point. They allow 29 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 87%.

The Canadiens have a total of 15 points on the season. They have 6 power play goals on 29 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 21%. They have allowed 31 power play opportunities and have given up 3 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 90%. As a team, the Maple Leafs have a total of 29 goals scored while they've given up 13 goals to this point. They average 30 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 12.08%. As a team they give up 31 shots per game and have a save percentage of 95%.

Toronto has a Corsi percentage of 50.8% as they've attempted 432 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 419 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 52.4% as they have 328 attempts while they've given up 298 shots on the defensive end. The Maple Leafs start possessions in the offensive zone 50.6% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 49.4% for the season. They have 230 face off wins compared to 216 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 51.6%. On defense Toronto has 150 hits and they've blocked 121 shots from the opposition.

Montreal has attempted 441 shots at full strength and they've given up 465 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 48.7% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 49% as they have 331 shots while they've given up 345 attempts on defense. The Canadiens have an offensive zone percentage of 45% and their defensive zone percentage is 55% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 47.6% as they've compiled 241 face off wins this season and they have suffered 265 face off losses. On defense Montreal has blocked 120 shot attempts and they have 182 hits as a unit.

Toronto Maple Leafs Betting Trends

The Toronto Maple Leafs are 2-5 straight up

The Toronto Maple Leafs are 4-3-0 against the over/under

Montreal Canadiens Betting Trends

The Montreal Canadiens are 7-1 straight up

The Montreal Canadiens are 3-4-1 against the over/under

Toronto Maple Leafs Injuries

10/27/16 D Matt Hunwick Lower Body "?" Saturday vs Montreal
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

Montreal Canadiens Injuries

10/21/16 D Zach Redmond Foot expected to miss 6 weeks

Guy's Pick: Take Toronto

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