Saturday, February 4, 2017

SAP Center

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The Arizona Coyotes travel to SAP Center to play the San Jose Sharks on Saturday, February 4, 2017. The opening line for this game has the Coyotes at +270 and the Sharks at -290. The over/under has been set at 5.

Arizona comes into this matchup having played 50 games. They have an overall record of 16-28-6 and on the road they have a record of 5-15-4. Currently they are 7th in the Pacific Division. They've scored 113 goals and given up 159 goals for a point differential of -46. The Coyotes have an overall record of 4-6-0 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 12-34 and an over/under record of 17-27-6. San Jose shows up with a record of 33-17-2 including 18-7-1 at home this season. They are 1st in the Pacific Division. They've scored 142 goals and surrendered 118 for a goal differential of +24. The Sharks have a record of 8-2-0 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 31-19 while their over/under record sits at 12-24-16.

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Oliver Ekman-Larsson has accumulated 27 total points this season for the Coyotes. He has 10 goals this season with 98 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 10%. He has a total of 17 assists on the season and averages 24 minutes played per game. Radim Vrbata has averaged 17 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 7% by scoring 11 goals on 152 shots. He has 24 assists giving him a total of 35 points on the season. Mike Smith has 11 wins and 15 losses this season in net for the Coyotes. He has had 1,053 shots against him and has given up 89 goals. He has made 964 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Joe Pavelski has accumulated 46 total points this season for the Sharks. He has 17 goals this season with 164 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 10%. He has a total of 29 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Brent Burns has averaged 25 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 11% by scoring 22 goals on 201 shots. He has 33 assists giving him a total of 55 points on the season. Martin Jones has 27 wins and 15 losses this season in net for the Sharks. He has had 1,163 shots against him and has given up 95 goals. He has made 1,068 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

The Coyotes have 38 total points this season. They have scored 113 goals while giving up 159 goals. They have had 150 power play opportunities and have scored 23 goals on those chances for a percentage of 15%. The Coyotes have allowed 166 power play opportunities and given up 39 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 77%. They average 28 shots per game and as a team are shooting 7.97% for the season to this point. They allow 33 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.

The Sharks have a total of 68 points on the season. They have 29 power play goals on 163 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 18%. They have allowed 134 power play opportunities and have given up 23 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 83%. As a team, the Coyotes have a total of 142 goals scored while they've given up 118 goals to this point. They average 30 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.09%. As a team they give up 27 shots per game and have a save percentage of 92%.

Arizona has a Corsi percentage of 46.4% as they've attempted 2,715 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,131 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 45.7% as they have 2,008 attempts while they've given up 2,389 shots on the defensive end. The Coyotes start possessions in the offensive zone 45.9% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 54.1% for the season. They have 1,486 face off wins compared to 1,585 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 48.4%. On defense Arizona has 1,381 hits and they've blocked 742 shots from the opposition.

San Jose has attempted 3,028 shots at full strength and they've given up 2,891 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 51.2% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 52.1% as they have 2,227 shots while they've given up 2,049 attempts on defense. The Sharks have an offensive zone percentage of 52.5% and their defensive zone percentage is 47.5% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 47.7% as they've compiled 1,444 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,583 face off losses. On defense San Jose has blocked 842 shot attempts and they have 1,012 hits as a unit.

Arizona Coyotes Betting Trends

The Arizona Coyotes are 12-34 straight up

The Arizona Coyotes are 17-27-6 against the over/under

San Jose Sharks Betting Trends

The San Jose Sharks are 31-19 straight up

The San Jose Sharks are 12-24-16 against the over/under

Arizona Coyotes Injuries

11/18/16 RW Brad Richardson Tibia out indefinitely

San Jose Sharks Injuries

01/31/17 RW Joonas Donskoi Upper Body "?" Thursday vs Vancouver
01/23/17 C Micheal Haley Lower Body out indefinitely
01/13/17 D Dylan Demelo Wrist out indefinitely

Guy's Pick: Take San Jose -290

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