Tuesday, March 7, 2017

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The New York Rangers head to BB&T Center to take on the Florida Panthers on Tuesday, March 7, 2017. The opening line for this contest has the Rangers at +112 and the Panthers at -124. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

New York comes into this game having played 65 games. They have an overall record of 41-22-2 and away from home they have a record of 22-8-0. The currently are 4th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 210 goals and surrendered 173 goals for a point differential of +37. The Rangers have an overall record of 5-4-1 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 38-24 and an over/under record of 33-26-6. Florida shows up with a record of 29-24-11 including 15-14-3 at home this season. They are 5th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 160 goals and surrendered 178 for a goal differential of -18. The Panthers have a record of 5-4-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 25-35 while their over/under record sits at 26-28-10.

Mats Zuccarello has accumulated 45 total points this season for the Rangers. He has 12 goals this season with 167 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 7%. He has a total of 33 assists on the season and averages 18.8 minutes played per game. J.T. Miller has averaged 16.4 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 17% by scoring 19 goals on 112 shots. He has 29 assists giving him a total of 48 points on the season. Henrik Lundqvist has 29 wins and 17 losses this season in net for the Rangers. He has had 1,421 shots against him and has given up 125 goals. He has made 1,296 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

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Vincent Trocheck has accumulated 43 total points this season for the Panthers. He has 22 goals this season with 185 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 12%. He has a total of 21 assists on the season and averages 21.3 minutes played per game. Jaromir Jagr has averaged 17.2 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 9% by scoring 12 goals on 135 shots. He has 23 assists giving him a total of 35 points on the season. Roberto Luongo has 17 wins and 15 losses this season in net for the Panthers. He has had 1,217 shots against him and has given up 104 goals. He has made 1,113 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

The Rangers have 84 total points this season. They have scored 210 goals while giving up 173 goals. They have had 188 power play opportunities and have scored 34 goals on those chances for a percentage of 18%. The Rangers have allowed 170 power play opportunities and given up 32 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 81%. They average 30 shots per game and as a team are shooting 10.85% for the season to this point. They allow 30 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.

The Panthers have a total of 69 points on the season. They have 35 power play goals on 211 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 17%. They have allowed 194 power play opportunities and have given up 27 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 86%. As a team, the Rangers have a total of 160 goals scored while they've given up 178 goals to this point. They average 32 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 7.77%. As a team they give up 32 shots per game and have a save percentage of 92%.

New York has a Corsi percentage of 49% as they've attempted 3,581 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,726 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 50% as they have 2,714 attempts while they've given up 2,718 shots on the defensive end. The Rangers start possessions in the offensive zone 49.6% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 50.4% for the season. They have 1,826 face off wins compared to 1,995 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 47.8%. On defense has 1,358 hits and they've blocked 1,008 shots from the opposition.

Florida has attempted 3,669 shots at full strength and they've given up 3,409 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 51.8% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 51.4% as they have 2,832 shots while they've given up 2,681 attempts on defense. The Panthers have an offensive zone percentage of 53.2% and their defensive zone percentage is 46.8% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 48.1% as they've compiled 1,885 face off wins this season and they have suffered 2,035 face off losses. On defense has blocked 728 shot attempts and they have 1,344 hits as a unit.

New York Rangers Betting Trends

The New York Rangers are 38-24 straight up

The New York Rangers are 33-26-6 against the over/under

Florida Panthers Betting Trends

The Florida Panthers are 25-35 straight up

The Florida Panthers are 26-28-10 against the over/under

New York Rangers Injuries

03/05/17 RW Michael Grabner Hip is downgraded to expected to miss Monday vs. Tampa Bay
03/04/17 D Kevin Klein Upper Body out indefinitely
03/01/17 RW Jesper Fast Lower Body out indefinitely
02/28/17 D Dan Girardi Ankle out indefinitely

Florida Panthers Injuries

03/03/17 GO Roberto Luongo Hip out indefinitely

Tony's Pick: Take New York +112

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