Sunday, February 12, 2017

TD Garden

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The Montreal Canadiens travel to TD Garden to play the Boston Bruins on Sunday, February 12, 2017. The opening line for this game has the Canadiens at +122 and the Bruins at -135. The over/under has been set at 5.

Montreal comes into this matchup having played 56 games. They have an overall record of 31-17-8 and on the road they have a record of 13-11-4. Currently they are 1st in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 163 goals and given up 142 goals for a point differential of +21. The Canadiens have an overall record of 4-4-2 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 30-25 and an over/under record of 23-23-10. Boston shows up with a record of 27-23-6 including 13-13-0 at home this season. They are 4th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 149 goals and surrendered 152 for a goal differential of -3. The Bruins have a record of 4-5-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 25-29 while their over/under record sits at 27-24-5.

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Alexander Radulov has accumulated 42 total points this season for the Canadiens. He has 14 goals this season with 103 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 14%. He has a total of 28 assists on the season and averages 18 minutes played per game. Max Pacioretty has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 15% by scoring 27 goals on 176 shots. He has 21 assists giving him a total of 48 points on the season. Carey Price has 24 wins and 13 losses this season in net for the Canadiens. He has had 1,236 shots against him and has given up 101 goals. He has made 1,135 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Brad Marchand has accumulated 57 total points this season for the Bruins. He has 24 goals this season with 167 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 14%. He has a total of 33 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. David Pastrnak has averaged 18 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 14% by scoring 24 goals on 174 shots. He has 22 assists giving him a total of 46 points on the season. Tuukka Rask has 26 wins and 13 losses this season in net for the Bruins. He has had 1,105 shots against him and has given up 99 goals. He has made 1,006 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

The Canadiens have 70 total points this season. They have scored 163 goals while giving up 142 goals. They have had 167 power play opportunities and have scored 37 goals on those chances for a percentage of 22%. The Canadiens have allowed 196 power play opportunities and given up 41 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 79%. They average 30 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.84% for the season to this point. They allow 30 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 92%.

The Bruins have a total of 60 points on the season. They have 35 power play goals on 175 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 20%. They have allowed 181 power play opportunities and have given up 25 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 86%. As a team, the Canadiens have a total of 149 goals scored while they've given up 152 goals to this point. They average 35 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 7.71%. As a team they give up 26 shots per game and have a save percentage of 90%.

Montreal has a Corsi percentage of 50.8% as they've attempted 3,203 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,099 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 50.9% as they have 2,329 attempts while they've given up 2,250 shots on the defensive end. The Canadiens start possessions in the offensive zone 48.9% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 51.1% for the season. They have 1,717 face off wins compared to 1,716 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 50%. On defense Montreal has 1,143 hits and they've blocked 849 shots from the opposition.

Boston has attempted 3,559 shots at full strength and they've given up 2,826 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 55.7% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 56.2% as they have 2,679 shots while they've given up 2,084 attempts on defense. The Bruins have an offensive zone percentage of 54.4% and their defensive zone percentage is 45.6% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 53.1% as they've compiled 1,833 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,619 face off losses. On defense Boston has blocked 742 shot attempts and they have 1,204 hits as a unit.

Montreal Canadiens Betting Trends

The Montreal Canadiens are 30-25 straight up

The Montreal Canadiens are 23-23-10 against the over/under

Boston Bruins Betting Trends

The Boston Bruins are 25-29 straight up

The Boston Bruins are 27-24-5 against the over/under

Montreal Canadiens Injuries

01/04/17 RW Brendan Gallagher Hand expected to miss 8 weeks

Boston Bruins Injuries

02/09/17 D Zdeno Chara Illness "?" Saturday vs Vancouver
02/07/17 C Austin Czarnik Undisclosed out indefinitely

Tony's Pick: Take Boston -135

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