Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Amalie Arena

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The Arizona Coyotes head to Amalie Arena to take on the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday, March 21, 2017. The opening line for this contest has the Coyotes at +136 and the Lightning at -150. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Arizona comes into this game having played 71 games. They have an overall record of 26-36-9 and away from home they have a record of 10-20-4. The currently are 7th in the Pacific Division. They've scored 172 goals and surrendered 227 goals for a point differential of -55. The Coyotes have an overall record of 4-4-2 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 20-45 and an over/under record of 27-35-9. Tampa Bay shows up with a record of 34-28-9 including 19-13-3 at home this season. They are 5th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 194 goals and surrendered 197 for a goal differential of -3. The Lightning have a record of 6-3-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 30-37 while their over/under record sits at 31-33-7.

Oliver Ekman-Larsson has accumulated 34 total points this season for the Coyotes. He has 10 goals this season with 131 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 8%. He has a total of 24 assists on the season and averages 24.6 minutes played per game. Radim Vrbata has averaged 17.1 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 8% by scoring 17 goals on 206 shots. He has 34 assists giving him a total of 51 points on the season. Mike Smith has 18 wins and 21 losses this season in net for the Coyotes. He has had 1,578 shots against him and has given up 136 goals. He has made 1,442 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

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Nikita Kucherov has accumulated 71 total points this season for the Lightning. He has 33 goals this season with 215 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 15%. He has a total of 38 assists on the season and averages 19.3 minutes played per game. Victor Hedman has averaged 24.2 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 10% by scoring 14 goals on 142 shots. He has 45 assists giving him a total of 59 points on the season. Andrei Vasilevskiy has 17 wins and 15 losses this season in net for the Lightning. He has had 1,196 shots against him and has given up 101 goals. He has made 1,095 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

The Coyotes have 61 total points this season. They have scored 172 goals while giving up 227 goals. They have had 213 power play opportunities and have scored 31 goals on those chances for a percentage of 15%. The Coyotes have allowed 231 power play opportunities and given up 52 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 77%. They average 28 shots per game and as a team are shooting 8.54% for the season to this point. They allow 34 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.

The Lightning have a total of 77 points on the season. They have 54 power play goals on 242 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 22%. They have allowed 230 power play opportunities and have given up 45 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 80%. As a team, the Coyotes have a total of 194 goals scored while they've given up 197 goals to this point. They average 30 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.12%. As a team they give up 30 shots per game and have a save percentage of 91%.

Arizona has a Corsi percentage of 45.9% as they've attempted 3,820 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 4,508 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 45.3% as they have 2,862 attempts while they've given up 3,455 shots on the defensive end. The Coyotes start possessions in the offensive zone 46% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 54% for the season. They have 2,134 face off wins compared to 2,267 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 48.5%. On defense has 1,850 hits and they've blocked 1,053 shots from the opposition.

Tampa Bay has attempted 3,995 shots at full strength and they've given up 3,808 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 51.2% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 50.6% as they have 3,006 shots while they've given up 2,933 attempts on defense. The Lightning have an offensive zone percentage of 50.7% and their defensive zone percentage is 49.3% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 48.4% as they've compiled 2,086 face off wins this season and they have suffered 2,228 face off losses. On defense has blocked 875 shot attempts and they have 1,563 hits as a unit.

Arizona Coyotes Betting Trends

The Arizona Coyotes are 20-45 straight up

The Arizona Coyotes are 27-35-9 against the over/under

Tampa Bay Lightning Betting Trends

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 30-37 straight up

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 31-33-7 against the over/under

Arizona Coyotes Injuries

11/18/16 RW Brad Richardson Tibia out indefinitely
03/20/17 RW Shane Doan Lower Body is downgraded to expected to miss Monday vs. Nashville
03/19/17 D Anthony Deangelo Possible Suspension "?" Monday vs. Nashville
03/14/17 C Alexander Burmistrov Concussion out indefinitely
03/03/17 D Kevin Connauton Upper Body out indefinitely

Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries

03/20/17 C Vladislav Namestnikov Lower Body is upgraded to probable Tuesday vs. Arizona
03/18/17 C Cedric Paquette Lower Body "?" Tuesday vs. Arizona
03/18/17 C Tyler Johnson Lower Body "?" Tuesday vs. Arizona
03/10/17 C Steven Stamkos Knee out indefinitely
01/15/17 RW Ryan Callahan Hip out for season

Guy's Pick: Take Arizona +136

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