Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Air Canada Centre

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The New York Islanders travel to Air Canada Centre to play the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday, February 14, 2017. The opening line for this game has the Islanders at +116 and the Maple Leafs at -128. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

New York comes into this matchup having played 54 games. They have an overall record of 25-19-10 and on the road they have a record of 7-11-4. Currently they are 6th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 161 goals and given up 158 goals for a point differential of +3. The Islanders have an overall record of 6-2-2 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 24-29 and an over/under record of 28-22-4. Toronto shows up with a record of 25-18-11 including 13-9-4 at home this season. They are 4th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 165 goals and surrendered 161 for a goal differential of +4. The Maple Leafs have a record of 4-4-2 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 24-29 while their over/under record sits at 24-28-2.

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Josh Bailey has accumulated 38 total points this season for the Islanders. He has 11 goals this season with 124 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 9%. He has a total of 27 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. John Tavares has averaged 20 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 11% by scoring 20 goals on 175 shots. He has 26 assists giving him a total of 46 points on the season. Thomas Greiss has 17 wins and 9 losses this season in net for the Islanders. He has had 897 shots against him and has given up 70 goals. He has made 827 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Nazem Kadri has accumulated 40 total points this season for the Maple Leafs. He has 20 goals this season with 161 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 12%. He has a total of 20 assists on the season and averages 17 minutes played per game. Auston Matthews has averaged 18 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 14% by scoring 25 goals on 185 shots. He has 19 assists giving him a total of 44 points on the season. Frederik Andersen has 22 wins and 12 losses this season in net for the Maple Leafs. He has had 1,429 shots against him and has given up 123 goals. He has made 1,306 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

The Islanders have 60 total points this season. They have scored 161 goals while giving up 158 goals. They have had 158 power play opportunities and have scored 26 goals on those chances for a percentage of 16%. The Islanders have allowed 157 power play opportunities and given up 28 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 82%. They average 31 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.65% for the season to this point. They allow 32 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.

The Maple Leafs have a total of 61 points on the season. They have 37 power play goals on 163 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 23%. They have allowed 173 power play opportunities and have given up 29 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 83%. As a team, the Islanders have a total of 165 goals scored while they've given up 161 goals to this point. They average 33 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.38%. As a team they give up 32 shots per game and have a save percentage of 91%.

New York has a Corsi percentage of 47% as they've attempted 3,034 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,415 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 48% as they have 2,266 attempts while they've given up 2,457 shots on the defensive end. The Islanders start possessions in the offensive zone 49.4% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 50.6% for the season. They have 1,558 face off wins compared to 1,631 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 48.9%. On defense New York has 1,319 hits and they've blocked 958 shots from the opposition.

Toronto has attempted 3,318 shots at full strength and they've given up 3,285 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 50.2% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 50.1% as they have 2,483 shots while they've given up 2,478 attempts on defense. The Maple Leafs have an offensive zone percentage of 50.5% and their defensive zone percentage is 49.5% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 49% as they've compiled 1,624 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,687 face off losses. On defense Toronto has blocked 807 shot attempts and they have 1,342 hits as a unit.

New York Islanders Betting Trends

The New York Islanders are 24-29 straight up

The New York Islanders are 28-22-4 against the over/under

Toronto Maple Leafs Betting Trends

The Toronto Maple Leafs are 24-29 straight up

The Toronto Maple Leafs are 24-28-2 against the over/under

New York Islanders Injuries

10/10/16 C Mikhail Grabovski Concussion out indefinitely
02/09/17 RW Cal Clutterbuck Lower Body out indefinitely
01/10/17 D Travis Hamonic Knee out indefinitely

Toronto Maple Leafs Injuries

10/09/16 LW Joffrey Lupul Abdominal out indefinitely
10/09/16 RW Nathan Horton Back out indefinitely
02/11/17 RW Nikita Soshnikov Upper Body "?" Tuesday vs NY Islanders

Tony's Pick: Take Toronto -128

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