Tuesday, February 28, 2017

TD Garden

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The Arizona Coyotes travel to TD Garden to play the Boston Bruins on Tuesday, February 28, 2017. The opening line for this game has the Coyotes at +239 and the Bruins at -270. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Arizona comes into this matchup having played 61 games. They have an overall record of 22-32-7 and on the road they have a record of 8-18-4. Currently they are 7th in the Pacific Division. They've scored 148 goals and given up 196 goals for a point differential of -48. The Coyotes have an overall record of 5-4-1 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 17-39 and an over/under record of 23-30-8. Boston shows up with a record of 32-24-6 including 15-13-0 at home this season. They are 3rd in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 172 goals and surrendered 165 for a goal differential of +7. The Bruins have a record of 7-3-0 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 30-30 while their over/under record sits at 30-26-6.

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Radim Vrbata has accumulated 46 total points this season for the Coyotes. He has 15 goals this season with 186 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 8%. He has a total of 31 assists on the season and averages 17 minutes played per game. Oliver Ekman-Larsson has averaged 24.3 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 9% by scoring 10 goals on 111 shots. He has 23 assists giving him a total of 33 points on the season. Mike Smith has 16 wins and 17 losses this season in net for the Coyotes. He has had 1,334 shots against him and has given up 113 goals. He has made 1,221 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

David Pastrnak has accumulated 51 total points this season for the Bruins. He has 26 goals this season with 192 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 14%. He has a total of 25 assists on the season and averages 17.9 minutes played per game. Brad Marchand has averaged 19.5 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 15% by scoring 27 goals on 185 shots. He has 37 assists giving him a total of 64 points on the season. Tuukka Rask has 29 wins and 14 losses this season in net for the Bruins. He has had 1,220 shots against him and has given up 107 goals. He has made 1,113 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

The Coyotes have 51 total points this season. They have scored 148 goals while giving up 196 goals. They have had 184 power play opportunities and have scored 27 goals on those chances for a percentage of 15%. The Coyotes have allowed 201 power play opportunities and given up 45 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 78%. They average 28 shots per game and as a team are shooting 8.58% for the season to this point. They allow 34 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.

The Bruins have a total of 70 points on the season. They have 39 power play goals on 193 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 20%. They have allowed 199 power play opportunities and have given up 28 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 86%. As a team, the Coyotes have a total of 172 goals scored while they've given up 165 goals to this point. They average 34 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 8.16%. As a team they give up 27 shots per game and have a save percentage of 90%.

Arizona has a Corsi percentage of 45.8% as they've attempted 3,281 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,889 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 45.1% as they have 2,435 attempts while they've given up 2,967 shots on the defensive end. The Coyotes start possessions in the offensive zone 45.6% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 54.4% for the season. They have 1,832 face off wins compared to 1,942 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 48.5%. On defense has 1,639 hits and they've blocked 922 shots from the opposition.

Boston has attempted 3,883 shots at full strength and they've given up 3,170 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 55.1% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 55.7% as they have 2,933 shots while they've given up 2,336 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 52.8% as they've compiled 2,031 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,818 face off losses. On defense has blocked 834 shot attempts and they have 1,333 hits as a unit.

Arizona Coyotes Betting Trends

The Arizona Coyotes are 17-39 straight up

The Arizona Coyotes are 23-30-8 against the over/under

Boston Bruins Betting Trends

The Boston Bruins are 30-30 straight up

The Boston Bruins are 30-26-6 against the over/under

Arizona Coyotes Injuries

11/18/16 RW Brad Richardson Tibia out indefinitely
02/27/17 C Alexander Burmistrov Upper Body "?" Tuesday vs. Boston

Boston Bruins Injuries

No key injuries to report

Tony's Pick: Take Boston -270

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