Saturday, March 11, 2017

TD Garden

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The Philadelphia Flyers travel to TD Garden to play the Boston Bruins on Saturday, March 11, 2017. The opening line for this game has the Flyers at +188 and the Bruins at -210. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Philadelphia comes into this matchup having played 66 games. They have an overall record of 31-27-8 and on the road they have a record of 12-17-4. Currently they are 6th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 172 goals and given up 197 goals for a point differential of -25. The Flyers have an overall record of 4-5-1 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 25-35 and an over/under record of 29-29-8. Boston shows up with a record of 35-26-6 including 18-14-0 at home this season. They are 3rd in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 188 goals and surrendered 175 for a goal differential of +13. The Bruins have a record of 7-3-0 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 33-32 while their over/under record sits at 32-28-7.

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Claude Giroux has accumulated 47 total points this season for the Flyers. He has 13 goals this season with 166 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 8%. He has a total of 34 assists on the season and averages 19.3 minutes played per game. Wayne Simmonds has averaged 19.2 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 16% by scoring 28 goals on 177 shots. He has 17 assists giving him a total of 45 points on the season. Steve Mason has 19 wins and 17 losses this season in net for the Flyers. He has had 1,230 shots against him and has given up 116 goals. He has made 1,114 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

Brad Marchand has accumulated 70 total points this season for the Bruins. He has 32 goals this season with 195 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 16%. He has a total of 38 assists on the season and averages 19.4 minutes played per game. David Pastrnak has averaged 17.9 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 13% by scoring 27 goals on 210 shots. He has 30 assists giving him a total of 57 points on the season. Tuukka Rask has 31 wins and 16 losses this season in net for the Bruins. He has had 1,319 shots against him and has given up 114 goals. He has made 1,205 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

The Flyers have 70 total points this season. They have scored 172 goals while giving up 197 goals. They have had 227 power play opportunities and have scored 47 goals on those chances for a percentage of 21%. The Flyers have allowed 200 power play opportunities and given up 40 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 80%. They average 32 shots per game and as a team are shooting 8.24% for the season to this point. They allow 29 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 90%.

The Bruins have a total of 76 points on the season. They have 41 power play goals on 205 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 20%. They have allowed 213 power play opportunities and have given up 30 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 86%. As a team, the Flyers have a total of 188 goals scored while they've given up 175 goals to this point. They average 34 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 8.31%. As a team they give up 26 shots per game and have a save percentage of 90%.

Philadelphia has a Corsi percentage of 52.5% as they've attempted 4,077 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,693 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 53% as they have 2,975 attempts while they've given up 2,633 shots on the defensive end. The Flyers start possessions in the offensive zone 55.6% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 44.4% for the season. They have 2,044 face off wins compared to 1,912 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 51.7%. On defense has 1,671 hits and they've blocked 1,060 shots from the opposition.

Boston has attempted 4,155 shots at full strength and they've given up 3,397 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 55% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 55.8% as they have 3,158 shots while they've given up 2,505 attempts on defense. The Bruins have an offensive zone percentage of 53.6% and their defensive zone percentage is 46.4% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 52.9% as they've compiled 2,191 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,949 face off losses. On defense has blocked 892 shot attempts and they have 1,444 hits as a unit.

Philadelphia Flyers Betting Trends

The Philadelphia Flyers are 25-35 straight up

The Philadelphia Flyers are 29-29-8 against the over/under

Boston Bruins Betting Trends

The Boston Bruins are 33-32 straight up

The Boston Bruins are 32-28-7 against the over/under

Philadelphia Flyers Injuries

03/01/17 LW Michael Raffl Lower Body out indefinitely

Boston Bruins Injuries

03/10/17 C Tim Schaller Lower Body injured last game, "?" Saturday vs. Philadelphia
03/08/17 C Ryan Spooner Concussion out indefinitely

Tony's Pick: Take Boston -210

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