Saturday, January 21, 2017

Gila River Arena

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The Tampa Bay Lightning head to Gila River Arena to take on the Arizona Coyotes on Saturday, January 21, 2017. The opening line for this contest has the Lightning at -165 and the Coyotes at +149. The over/under has been set at 5.

Tampa Bay comes into this game having played 47 games. They have an overall record of 21-21-5 and away from home they have a record of 9-13-3. The currently are 6th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 127 goals and surrendered 137 goals for a point differential of -10. The Lightning have an overall record of 3-6-1 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 19-26 and an over/under record of 22-20-5. Arizona shows up with a record of 13-26-6 including 8-11-2 at home this season. They are 7th in the Pacific Division. They've scored 97 goals and surrendered 147 for a goal differential of -50. The Coyotes have a record of 2-7-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 9-32 while their over/under record sits at 15-26-4.

Nikita Kucherov has accumulated 42 total points this season for the Lightning. He has 17 goals this season with 123 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 14%. He has a total of 25 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Victor Hedman has averaged 25 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 8% by scoring 7 goals on 85 shots. He has 31 assists giving him a total of 38 points on the season. Andrei Vasilevskiy has 10 wins and 11 losses this season in net for the Lightning. He has had 712 shots against him and has given up 67 goals. He has made 645 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

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Oliver Ekman-Larsson has accumulated 24 total points this season for the Coyotes. He has 9 goals this season with 89 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 10%. He has a total of 15 assists on the season and averages 24 minutes played per game. Radim Vrbata has averaged 17 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 8% by scoring 10 goals on 133 shots. He has 19 assists giving him a total of 29 points on the season. Mike Smith has 8 wins and 13 losses this season in net for the Coyotes. He has had 896 shots against him and has given up 77 goals. He has made 819 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

The Lightning have 47 total points this season. They have scored 127 goals while giving up 137 goals. They have had 169 power play opportunities and have scored 39 goals on those chances for a percentage of 23%. The Lightning have allowed 158 power play opportunities and given up 31 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 80%. They average 30 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.08% for the season to this point. They allow 30 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 90%.

The Coyotes have a total of 32 points on the season. They have 20 power play goals on 135 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 15%. They have allowed 152 power play opportunities and have given up 35 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 77%. As a team, the Lightning have a total of 97 goals scored while they've given up 147 goals to this point. They average 28 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 7.68%. As a team they give up 34 shots per game and have a save percentage of 90%.

Tampa Bay has a Corsi percentage of 50.8% as they've attempted 2,586 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 2,509 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 50.3% as they have 1,946 attempts while they've given up 1,920 shots on the defensive end. The Lightning start possessions in the offensive zone 50.7% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 49.3% for the season. They have 1,378 face off wins compared to 1,452 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 48.7%. On defense Tampa Bay has 1,035 hits and they've blocked 589 shots from the opposition.

Arizona has attempted 2,425 shots at full strength and they've given up 2,809 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 46.3% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 45.6% as they have 1,797 shots while they've given up 2,144 attempts on defense. The Coyotes have an offensive zone percentage of 46.7% and their defensive zone percentage is 53.3% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 47.7% as they've compiled 1,317 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,443 face off losses. On defense Arizona has blocked 665 shot attempts and they have 1,213 hits as a unit.

Tampa Bay Lightning Betting Trends

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 19-26 straight up

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 22-20-5 against the over/under

Arizona Coyotes Betting Trends

The Arizona Coyotes are 9-32 straight up

The Arizona Coyotes are 15-26-4 against the over/under

Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries

12/29/16 C Brayden Point Hand expected to miss 4-6 weeks
11/16/16 C Steven Stamkos Knee out 4 months
01/19/17 D Victor Hedman Illness "?" Saturday vs Arizona
01/15/17 RW Ryan Callahan Hip expected to miss 4 weeks
01/08/17 RW J.T. Brown Head out indefinitely

Arizona Coyotes Injuries

12/10/16 LW Max Domi Hand out indefinitely
11/18/16 RW Brad Richardson Tibia out indefinitely
01/19/17 C Martin Hanzal Personal "?" Saturday vs Tampa Bay

Josh's Pick: Take Tampa Bay -165

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