Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Amalie Arena

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The Boston Bruins travel to Amalie Arena to play the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday, January 31, 2017. The opening line for this game has the Bruins at -140 and the Lightning at +130. The over/under has been set at 5.

Boston comes into this matchup having played 52 games. They have an overall record of 25-21-6 and on the road they have a record of 13-9-6. Currently they are 3rd in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 131 goals and given up 135 goals for a point differential of -4. The Bruins have an overall record of 4-4-2 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 23-27 and an over/under record of 23-24-5. Tampa Bay shows up with a record of 22-22-6 including 12-8-2 at home this season. They are 6th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 136 goals and surrendered 146 for a goal differential of -10. The Lightning have a record of 3-5-2 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 20-28 while their over/under record sits at 24-21-5.

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Brad Marchand has accumulated 49 total points this season for the Bruins. He has 21 goals this season with 156 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 13%. He has a total of 28 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. David Pastrnak has averaged 18 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 13% by scoring 20 goals on 157 shots. He has 18 assists giving him a total of 38 points on the season. Tuukka Rask has 24 wins and 12 losses this season in net for the Bruins. He has had 1,022 shots against him and has given up 84 goals. He has made 938 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Nikita Kucherov has accumulated 44 total points this season for the Lightning. He has 19 goals this season with 134 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 14%. He has a total of 25 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Victor Hedman has averaged 25 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 8% by scoring 7 goals on 92 shots. He has 31 assists giving him a total of 38 points on the season. Andrei Vasilevskiy has 11 wins and 11 losses this season in net for the Lightning. He has had 791 shots against him and has given up 71 goals. He has made 720 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

The Bruins have 56 total points this season. They have scored 131 goals while giving up 135 goals. They have had 161 power play opportunities and have scored 28 goals on those chances for a percentage of 17%. The Bruins have allowed 170 power play opportunities and given up 23 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 86%. They average 34 shots per game and as a team are shooting 7.32% for the season to this point. They allow 27 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 90%.

The Lightning have a total of 50 points on the season. They have 41 power play goals on 180 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 23%. They have allowed 167 power play opportunities and have given up 33 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 80%. As a team, the Bruins have a total of 136 goals scored while they've given up 146 goals to this point. They average 30 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 8.98%. As a team they give up 30 shots per game and have a save percentage of 91%.

Boston has a Corsi percentage of 55.7% as they've attempted 3,310 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 2,635 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 56% as they have 2,483 attempts while they've given up 1,948 shots on the defensive end. The Bruins start possessions in the offensive zone 54.6% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 45.4% for the season. They have 1,688 face off wins compared to 1,491 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 53.1%. On defense Boston has 1,103 hits and they've blocked 687 shots from the opposition.

Tampa Bay has attempted 2,787 shots at full strength and they've given up 2,667 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 51.1% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 50.7% as they have 2,104 shots while they've given up 2,045 attempts on defense. The Lightning have an offensive zone percentage of 51.4% and their defensive zone percentage is 48.6% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 48.7% as they've compiled 1,469 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,547 face off losses. On defense Tampa Bay has blocked 622 shot attempts and they have 1,109 hits as a unit.

Boston Bruins Betting Trends

The Boston Bruins are 23-27 straight up

The Boston Bruins are 23-24-5 against the over/under

Tampa Bay Lightning Betting Trends

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 20-28 straight up

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 24-21-5 against the over/under

Boston Bruins Injuries

01/29/17 D Brandon Carlo Lower Body "?" Tuesday vs. Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries

12/29/16 C Brayden Point Hand expected to miss 4-6 weeks
11/16/16 C Steven Stamkos Knee out 4 months
01/15/17 RW Ryan Callahan Hip expected to miss 4 weeks

Guy's Pick: Take Tampa Bay +130

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