Thursday, February 16, 2017

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The Arizona Coyotes head to Staples Center to take on the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday, February 16, 2017. The opening line for this contest has the Coyotes at +188 and the Kings at -210. The over/under has been set at 5.

Arizona comes into this game having played 55 games. They have an overall record of 19-29-7 and away from home they have a record of 7-16-4. The currently are 7th in the Pacific Division. They've scored 131 goals and surrendered 174 goals for a point differential of -43. The Coyotes have an overall record of 6-3-1 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 14-36 and an over/under record of 20-28-7. Los Angeles shows up with a record of 28-23-4 including 15-8-1 at home this season. They are 4th in the Pacific Division. They've scored 138 goals and surrendered 136 for a goal differential of +2. The Kings have a record of 6-4-0 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 27-27 while their over/under record sits at 16-26-13.

Radim Vrbata has accumulated 38 total points this season for the Coyotes. He has 11 goals this season with 168 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 7%. He has a total of 27 assists on the season and averages 17 minutes played per game. Oliver Ekman-Larsson has averaged 24 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 10% by scoring 10 goals on 102 shots. He has 22 assists giving him a total of 32 points on the season. Mike Smith has 14 wins and 15 losses this season in net for the Coyotes. He has had 1,200 shots against him and has given up 99 goals. He has made 1,101 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

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Jeff Carter has accumulated 51 total points this season for the Kings. He has 29 goals this season with 172 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 17%. He has a total of 22 assists on the season and averages 18 minutes played per game. Anze Kopitar has averaged 21 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 6% by scoring 6 goals on 101 shots. He has 26 assists giving him a total of 32 points on the season. Peter Budaj has 26 wins and 16 losses this season in net for the Kings. He has had 1,163 shots against him and has given up 96 goals. He has made 1,067 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

The Coyotes have 45 total points this season. They have scored 131 goals while giving up 174 goals. They have had 167 power play opportunities and have scored 26 goals on those chances for a percentage of 16%. The Coyotes have allowed 185 power play opportunities and given up 42 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 77%. They average 28 shots per game and as a team are shooting 8.44% for the season to this point. They allow 34 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.

The Kings have a total of 60 points on the season. They have 27 power play goals on 158 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 17%. They have allowed 172 power play opportunities and have given up 27 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 84%. As a team, the Coyotes have a total of 138 goals scored while they've given up 136 goals to this point. They average 31 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 8.16%. As a team they give up 26 shots per game and have a save percentage of 91%.

Arizona has a Corsi percentage of 46% as they've attempted 2,958 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,475 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 45.2% as they have 2,188 attempts while they've given up 2,655 shots on the defensive end. The Coyotes start possessions in the offensive zone 45.7% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 54.3% for the season. They have 1,655 face off wins compared to 1,738 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 48.8%. On defense Arizona has 1,512 hits and they've blocked 820 shots from the opposition.

Los Angeles has attempted 3,302 shots at full strength and they've given up 2,753 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 54.5% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 54.7% as they have 2,429 shots while they've given up 2,011 attempts on defense. The Kings have an offensive zone percentage of 55.3% and their defensive zone percentage is 44.7% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 50.4% as they've compiled 1,658 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,632 face off losses. On defense Los Angeles has blocked 742 shot attempts and they have 1,633 hits as a unit.

Arizona Coyotes Betting Trends

The Arizona Coyotes are 14-36 straight up

The Arizona Coyotes are 20-28-7 against the over/under

Los Angeles Kings Betting Trends

The Los Angeles Kings are 27-27 straight up

The Los Angeles Kings are 16-26-13 against the over/under

Arizona Coyotes Injuries

11/18/16 RW Brad Richardson Tibia out indefinitely
02/14/17 LW Lawson Crouse Lower Body "?" Thursday vs LA

Los Angeles Kings Injuries

10/13/16 GO Jonathan Quick Groin out 5 months
02/07/17 C Jordan Nolan Leg out indefinitely
01/30/17 D Matt Greene Groin out indefinitely

Josh's Pick: Take Arizona +188

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