Saturday, February 4, 2017

TD Garden

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The Toronto Maple Leafs head to TD Garden to take on the Boston Bruins on Saturday, February 4, 2017. The opening line for this contest has the Maple Leafs at -120 and the Bruins at +100. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Toronto comes into this game having played 49 games. They have an overall record of 23-17-9 and away from home they have a record of 11-9-6. The currently are 4th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 149 goals and surrendered 144 goals for a point differential of +5. The Maple Leafs have an overall record of 5-4-1 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 22-26 and an over/under record of 22-25-2. Boston shows up with a record of 26-22-6 including 12-12-0 at home this season. They are 3rd in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 138 goals and surrendered 143 for a goal differential of -5. The Bruins have a record of 4-5-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 24-28 while their over/under record sits at 25-24-5.

Auston Matthews has accumulated 39 total points this season for the Maple Leafs. He has 23 goals this season with 169 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 14%. He has a total of 16 assists on the season and averages 18 minutes played per game. Nazem Kadri has averaged 16 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 14% by scoring 20 goals on 147 shots. He has 16 assists giving him a total of 36 points on the season. Frederik Andersen has 21 wins and 11 losses this season in net for the Maple Leafs. He has had 1,291 shots against him and has given up 107 goals. He has made 1,184 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

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Brad Marchand has accumulated 54 total points this season for the Bruins. He has 23 goals this season with 161 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 14%. He has a total of 31 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 12% by scoring 20 goals on 165 shots. He has 21 assists giving him a total of 41 points on the season. Tuukka Rask has 25 wins and 13 losses this season in net for the Bruins. He has had 1,065 shots against him and has given up 92 goals. He has made 973 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

The Maple Leafs have 55 total points this season. They have scored 149 goals while giving up 144 goals. They have had 151 power play opportunities and have scored 34 goals on those chances for a percentage of 23%. The Maple Leafs have allowed 161 power play opportunities and given up 25 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 84%. They average 32 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.37% for the season to this point. They allow 32 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.

The Bruins have a total of 58 points on the season. They have 31 power play goals on 167 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 19%. They have allowed 177 power play opportunities and have given up 24 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 86%. As a team, the Maple Leafs have a total of 138 goals scored while they've given up 143 goals to this point. They average 34 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 7.43%. As a team they give up 26 shots per game and have a save percentage of 90%.

Toronto has a Corsi percentage of 50.4% as they've attempted 3,006 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 2,957 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 50.2% as they have 2,254 attempts while they've given up 2,232 shots on the defensive end. The Maple Leafs start possessions in the offensive zone 50.1% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 49.9% for the season. They have 1,461 face off wins compared to 1,529 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 48.9%. On defense Toronto has 1,196 hits and they've blocked 725 shots from the opposition.

Boston has attempted 3,430 shots at full strength and they've given up 2,727 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 55.7% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 56.1% as they have 2,577 shots while they've given up 2,016 attempts on defense. The Bruins have an offensive zone percentage of 54.6% and their defensive zone percentage is 45.4% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 52.9% as they've compiled 1,750 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,559 face off losses. On defense Boston has blocked 711 shot attempts and they have 1,147 hits as a unit.

Toronto Maple Leafs Betting Trends

The Toronto Maple Leafs are 22-26 straight up

The Toronto Maple Leafs are 22-25-2 against the over/under

Boston Bruins Betting Trends

The Boston Bruins are 24-28 straight up

The Boston Bruins are 25-24-5 against the over/under

Toronto Maple Leafs Injuries

10/09/16 LW Joffrey Lupul Abdominal out indefinitely
10/09/16 RW Nathan Horton Back out indefinitely

Boston Bruins Injuries

02/02/17 GO Tuukka Rask Groin "?" Saturday vs Toronto
02/01/17 C Patrice Bergeron Lower Body injured last game, "?" Saturday vs Toronto

Guy's Pick: Take Toronto -120

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