Sunday, February 19, 2017

PNC Arena

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The Toronto Maple Leafs travel to PNC Arena to play the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday, February 19, 2017. The opening line for this game has the Maple Leafs at -133 and the Hurricanes at +119. The over/under has been set at 5.

Toronto comes into this matchup having played 56 games. They have an overall record of 26-19-11 and on the road they have a record of 12-10-7. Currently they are 4th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 174 goals and given up 167 goals for a point differential of +7. The Maple Leafs have an overall record of 3-5-2 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 25-30 and an over/under record of 26-28-2. Carolina shows up with a record of 24-22-8 including 17-6-2 at home this season. They are 8th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 141 goals and surrendered 158 for a goal differential of -17. The Hurricanes have a record of 3-6-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 22-30 while their over/under record sits at 23-23-8.

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Nazem Kadri has accumulated 44 total points this season for the Maple Leafs. He has 23 goals this season with 167 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 14%. He has a total of 21 assists on the season and averages 17 minutes played per game. Auston Matthews has averaged 18 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 14% by scoring 27 goals on 196 shots. He has 19 assists giving him a total of 46 points on the season. Frederik Andersen has 23 wins and 12 losses this season in net for the Maple Leafs. He has had 1,463 shots against him and has given up 124 goals. He has made 1,339 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Jeff Skinner has accumulated 38 total points this season for the Hurricanes. He has 19 goals this season with 185 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 10%. He has a total of 19 assists on the season and averages 18 minutes played per game. Victor Rask has averaged 18 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 10% by scoring 13 goals on 124 shots. He has 19 assists giving him a total of 32 points on the season. Cam Ward has 21 wins and 17 losses this season in net for the Hurricanes. He has had 1,261 shots against him and has given up 118 goals. He has made 1,143 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

The Maple Leafs have 63 total points this season. They have scored 174 goals while giving up 167 goals. They have had 168 power play opportunities and have scored 38 goals on those chances for a percentage of 23%. The Maple Leafs have allowed 181 power play opportunities and given up 30 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 83%. They average 33 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.49% for the season to this point. They allow 32 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.

The Hurricanes have a total of 56 points on the season. They have 27 power play goals on 159 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 17%. They have allowed 140 power play opportunities and have given up 19 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 86%. As a team, the Maple Leafs have a total of 141 goals scored while they've given up 158 goals to this point. They average 30 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 8.77%. As a team they give up 28 shots per game and have a save percentage of 90%.

Toronto has a Corsi percentage of 50.4% as they've attempted 3,449 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,389 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 50.2% as they have 2,587 attempts while they've given up 2,568 shots on the defensive end. The Maple Leafs start possessions in the offensive zone 50.8% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 49.2% for the season. They have 1,693 face off wins compared to 1,738 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 49.3%. On defense Toronto has 1,377 hits and they've blocked 821 shots from the opposition.

Carolina has attempted 3,113 shots at full strength and they've given up 2,854 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 52.2% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 51.5% as they have 2,266 shots while they've given up 2,130 attempts on defense. The Hurricanes have an offensive zone percentage of 56.8% and their defensive zone percentage is 43.2% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 51.9% as they've compiled 1,581 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,465 face off losses. On defense Carolina has blocked 724 shot attempts and they have 961 hits as a unit.

Toronto Maple Leafs Betting Trends

The Toronto Maple Leafs are 25-30 straight up

The Toronto Maple Leafs are 26-28-2 against the over/under

Carolina Hurricanes Betting Trends

The Carolina Hurricanes are 22-30 straight up

The Carolina Hurricanes are 23-23-8 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
02/18/17 C Mitchell Marner Shoulder is downgraded to out indefinitely

Carolina Hurricanes Injuries

11/11/16 LW Bryan Bickell Illness out indefinitely
02/17/17 D Brett Pesce Illness "?" Sunday vs. Toronto

Josh's Pick: Take Carolina +119

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