Saturday, November 5, 2016

Air Canada Centre

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The Vancouver Canucks travel to Air Canada Centre to play the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday, November 5, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Canucks at +123 and the Maple Leafs at -152. The over/under has been set at 5.

Vancouver comes into this matchup having played 11 games. They have an overall record of 4-6-1 and on the road they have a record of 0-3-1. Currently they are 6th in the Pacific Division. They've scored 17 goals and given up 28 goals for a point differential of -11. The Canucks have an overall record of 3-6-1 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 3-7 and an over/under record of 4-7-0. Toronto shows up with a record of 4-4-3 including 3-1-0 at home this season. They are 7th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 31 goals and surrendered 38 for a goal differential of -7. The Maple Leafs have a record of 4-4-2 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 4-7 while their over/under record sits at 5-6-0.

Daniel Sedin has accumulated 4 total points this season for the Canucks. He has 2 goals this season with 30 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 7%. He has a total of 2 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Jannik Hansen has averaged 17 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 10% by scoring 2 goals on 20 shots. He has 2 assists giving him a total of 4 points on the season. Jacob Markstrom has 3 wins and 2 losses this season in net for the Canucks. He has had 162 shots against him and has given up 13 goals. He has made 149 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Auston Matthews has accumulated 10 total points this season for the Maple Leafs. He has 6 goals this season with 46 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 13%. 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. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 22% by scoring 5 goals on 23 shots. He has 3 assists giving him a total of 8 points on the season. Frederik Andersen has 4 wins and 2 losses this season in net for the Maple Leafs. He has had 299 shots against him and has given up 29 goals. He has made 270 saves for a save percentage of 90%.

The Canucks have 9 total points this season. They have scored 17 goals while giving up 28 goals. They have had 35 power play opportunities and have scored 3 goals on those chances for a percentage of 9%. The Canucks have allowed 28 power play opportunities and given up 4 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 86%. They average 27 shots per game and as a team are shooting 5.78% for the season to this point. They allow 27 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 93%.

The Maple Leafs have a total of 11 points on the season. They have 6 power play goals on 29 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 21%. They have allowed 34 power play opportunities and have given up 6 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 82%. As a team, the Canucks have a total of 31 goals scored while they've given up 38 goals to this point. They average 34 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 8.33%. As a team they give up 33 shots per game and have a save percentage of 90%.

Vancouver has a Corsi percentage of 50.7% as they've attempted 575 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 559 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 49.9% as they have 411 attempts while they've given up 412 shots on the defensive end. The Canucks start possessions in the offensive zone 54.8% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 45.2% for the season. They have 337 face off wins compared to 336 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 50.1%. On defense Vancouver has 206 hits and they've blocked 147 shots from the opposition.

Toronto has attempted 688 shots at full strength and they've given up 683 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 50.2% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 50.3% as they have 512 shots while they've given up 505 attempts on defense. The Maple Leafs have an offensive zone percentage of 49.1% and their defensive zone percentage is 50.9% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 49.4% as they've compiled 340 face off wins this season and they have suffered 348 face off losses. On defense Toronto has blocked 178 shot attempts and they have 280 hits as a unit.

Vancouver Canucks Betting Trends

The Vancouver Canucks are 3-7 straight up

The Vancouver Canucks are 4-7-0 against the over/under

Toronto Maple Leafs Betting Trends

The Toronto Maple Leafs are 4-7 straight up

The Toronto Maple Leafs are 5-6-0 against the over/under

Vancouver Canucks Injuries

11/04/16 D Alexander Edler Upper Body "?" Saturday vs. Toronto
11/04/16 D Christopher Tanev Foot is downgraded to expected to miss Saturday vs. Toronto
10/29/16 C Jayson Megna Shoulder expected to miss 2 weeks
10/18/16 RW Anton Rodin Knee out indefinitely

Toronto Maple Leafs Injuries

10/29/16 D Matt Hunwick Lower Body 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

Tony's Pick: Take Toronto

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