Monday, January 16, 2017

TD Garden

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The New York Islanders travel to TD Garden to play the Boston Bruins on Monday, January 16, 2017. The opening line for this game has the Islanders at +172 and the Bruins at -191. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

New York comes into this matchup having played 41 games. They have an overall record of 16-17-8 and on the road they have a record of 5-9-4. Currently they are 8th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 116 goals and given up 128 goals for a point differential of -12. The Islanders have an overall record of 5-3-2 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 15-25 and an over/under record of 22-15-4. Boston shows up with a record of 23-18-5 including 10-10-0 at home this season. They are 2nd in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 117 goals and surrendered 113 for a goal differential of +4. The Bruins have a record of 5-4-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 21-23 while their over/under record sits at 19-22-5.

John Tavares has accumulated 32 total points this season for the Islanders. He has 16 goals this season with 123 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 13%. He has a total of 16 assists on the season and averages 20 minutes played per game. Josh Bailey has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 6% by scoring 5 goals on 86 shots. He has 23 assists giving him a total of 28 points on the season. Jaroslav Halak has 6 wins and 8 losses this season in net for the Islanders. He has had 669 shots against him and has given up 64 goals. He has made 605 saves for a save percentage of 90%.

Brad Marchand has accumulated 43 total points this season for the Bruins. He has 17 goals this season with 134 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 13%. He has a total of 26 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 19 goals on 134 shots. He has 14 assists giving him a total of 33 points on the season. Tuukka Rask has 22 wins and 9 losses this season in net for the Bruins. He has had 890 shots against him and has given up 67 goals. He has made 823 saves for a save percentage of 93%.

The Islanders have 40 total points this season. They have scored 116 goals while giving up 128 goals. They have had 114 power play opportunities and have scored 16 goals on those chances for a percentage of 14%. The Islanders have allowed 128 power play opportunities and given up 25 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 80%. They average 30 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.44% for the season to this point. They allow 33 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.

The Bruins have a total of 51 points on the season. They have 24 power play goals on 144 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 17%. They have allowed 152 power play opportunities and have given up 21 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 86%. As a team, the Islanders have a total of 117 goals scored while they've given up 113 goals to this point. They average 34 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 7.48%. As a team they give up 27 shots per game and have a save percentage of 91%.

New York has a Corsi percentage of 45.7% as they've attempted 2,261 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 2,689 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 46.8% as they have 1,688 attempts while they've given up 1,920 shots on the defensive end. The Islanders start possessions in the offensive zone 49.5% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 50.5% for the season. They have 1,188 face off wins compared to 1,235 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 49%. On defense New York has 1,034 hits and they've blocked 769 shots from the opposition.

Boston has attempted 2,903 shots at full strength and they've given up 2,366 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 55.1% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 55.5% as they have 2,172 shots while they've given up 1,743 attempts on defense. The Bruins have an offensive zone percentage of 54.8% and their defensive zone percentage is 45.2% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 52.7% as they've compiled 1,485 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,331 face off losses. On defense Boston has blocked 623 shot attempts and they have 964 hits as a unit.

New York Islanders Betting Trends

The New York Islanders are 15-25 straight up

The New York Islanders are 22-15-4 against the over/under

Boston Bruins Betting Trends

The Boston Bruins are 21-23 straight up

The Boston Bruins are 19-22-5 against the over/under

New York Islanders Injuries

10/10/16 C Mikhail Grabovski Concussion out indefinitely
01/10/17 D Travis Hamonic Knee out indefinitely

Boston Bruins Injuries

12/06/16 LW Matt Beleskey Knee out indefinitely
01/14/17 D Colin Miller Knee "?" Monday vs NY Islanders

Josh's Pick: Take Boston -191

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