Monday, March 20, 2017

Air Canada Centre

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The Boston Bruins travel to Air Canada Centre to play the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday, March 20, 2017. The opening line for this game has the Bruins at -115 and the Maple Leafs at +104. The over/under has been set at 6.

Boston comes into this matchup having played 71 games. They have an overall record of 38-27-6 and on the road they have a record of 19-13-6. Currently they are 3rd in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 205 goals and given up 188 goals for a point differential of +17. The Bruins have an overall record of 7-3-0 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 36-33 and an over/under record of 35-29-7. Toronto shows up with a record of 32-23-15 including 17-10-7 at home this season. They are 4th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 212 goals and surrendered 208 for a goal differential of +4. The Maple Leafs have a record of 4-3-3 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 31-38 while their over/under record sits at 31-36-3.

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Brad Marchand has accumulated 79 total points this season for the Bruins. He has 37 goals this season with 208 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 18%. He has a total of 42 assists on the season and averages 19.5 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 31 goals on 234 shots. He has 32 assists giving him a total of 63 points on the season. Tuukka Rask has 33 wins and 17 losses this season in net for the Bruins. He has had 1,392 shots against him and has given up 123 goals. He has made 1,269 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

Auston Matthews has accumulated 56 total points this season for the Maple Leafs. He has 32 goals this season with 238 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 13%. He has a total of 24 assists on the season and averages 17.8 minutes played per game. Nazem Kadri has averaged 16.6 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 14% by scoring 28 goals on 208 shots. He has 23 assists giving him a total of 51 points on the season. Frederik Andersen has 28 wins and 15 losses this season in net for the Maple Leafs. He has had 1,840 shots against him and has given up 151 goals. He has made 1,689 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

The Bruins have 82 total points this season. They have scored 205 goals while giving up 188 goals. They have had 216 power play opportunities and have scored 45 goals on those chances for a percentage of 21%. The Bruins have allowed 226 power play opportunities and given up 33 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 85%. They average 34 shots per game and as a team are shooting 8.54% for the season to this point. They allow 27 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 90%.

The Maple Leafs have a total of 79 points on the season. They have 48 power play goals on 208 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 23%. They have allowed 221 power play opportunities and have given up 37 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 83%. As a team, the Bruins have a total of 212 goals scored while they've given up 208 goals to this point. They average 32 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.49%. As a team they give up 32 shots per game and have a save percentage of 91%.

Boston has a Corsi percentage of 55% as they've attempted 4,400 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,600 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 55.7% as they have 3,346 attempts while they've given up 2,662 shots on the defensive end. The Bruins start possessions in the offensive zone 53.8% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 46.2% for the season. They have 2,335 face off wins compared to 2,068 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 53%. On defense has 1,518 hits and they've blocked 938 shots from the opposition.

Toronto has attempted 4,276 shots at full strength and they've given up 4,289 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 49.9% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 49.7% as they have 3,218 shots while they've given up 3,256 attempts on defense. The Maple Leafs have an offensive zone percentage of 50.3% and their defensive zone percentage is 49.7% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 49.1% as they've compiled 2,124 face off wins this season and they have suffered 2,199 face off losses. On defense has blocked 1,033 shot attempts and they have 1,703 hits as a unit.

Boston Bruins Betting Trends

The Boston Bruins are 36-33 straight up

The Boston Bruins are 35-29-7 against the over/under

Toronto Maple Leafs Betting Trends

The Toronto Maple Leafs are 31-38 straight up

The Toronto Maple Leafs are 31-36-3 against the over/under

Boston Bruins Injuries

03/13/17 C Tim Schaller Lower Body out indefinitely

Toronto Maple Leafs Injuries

10/09/16 LW Joffrey Lupul Abdominal out indefinitely
10/09/16 RW Nathan Horton Back out indefinitely
03/17/17 RW Ben Smith Finger out indefinitely
02/28/17 D Connor Carrick Upper Body out indefinitely

Josh's Pick: Take Toronto +104

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