Saturday, March 11, 2017

PNC Arena

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The Toronto Maple Leafs travel to PNC Arena to play the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday, March 11, 2017. The opening line for this game has the Maple Leafs at +104 and the Hurricanes at -115. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Toronto comes into this matchup having played 66 games. They have an overall record of 30-22-14 and on the road they have a record of 13-12-8. Currently they are 4th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 201 goals and given up 197 goals for a point differential of +4. The Maple Leafs have an overall record of 4-3-3 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 29-36 and an over/under record of 30-33-3. Carolina shows up with a record of 27-27-10 including 19-10-2 at home this season. They are 7th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 160 goals and surrendered 186 for a goal differential of -26. The Hurricanes have a record of 3-5-2 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 25-37 while their over/under record sits at 26-29-9.

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Auston Matthews has accumulated 55 total points this season for the Maple Leafs. He has 31 goals this season with 229 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 14%. He has a total of 24 assists on the season and averages 17.8 minutes played per game. Nazem Kadri has averaged 16.7 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 14% by scoring 28 goals on 201 shots. He has 22 assists giving him a total of 50 points on the season. Frederik Andersen has 26 wins and 14 losses this season in net for the Maple Leafs. He has had 1,722 shots against him and has given up 144 goals. He has made 1,578 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Victor Rask has accumulated 38 total points this season for the Hurricanes. He has 14 goals this season with 148 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 10%. He has a total of 24 assists on the season and averages 17.6 minutes played per game. Jeff Skinner has averaged 17.7 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 10% by scoring 21 goals on 209 shots. He has 22 assists giving him a total of 43 points on the season. Cam Ward has 22 wins and 20 losses this season in net for the Hurricanes. He has had 1,402 shots against him and has given up 133 goals. He has made 1,269 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

The Maple Leafs have 74 total points this season. They have scored 201 goals while giving up 197 goals. They have had 198 power play opportunities and have scored 46 goals on those chances for a percentage of 23%. The Maple Leafs have allowed 209 power play opportunities and given up 35 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 83%. They average 33 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.32% for the season to this point. They allow 33 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.

The Hurricanes have a total of 64 points on the season. They have 32 power play goals on 184 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 17%. They have allowed 167 power play opportunities and have given up 27 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 84%. As a team, the Maple Leafs have a total of 160 goals scored while they've given up 186 goals to this point. They average 30 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 8.27%. As a team they give up 28 shots per game and have a save percentage of 90%.

Toronto has a Corsi percentage of 50.3% as they've attempted 4,065 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 4,021 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 50.1% as they have 3,056 attempts while they've given up 3,049 shots on the defensive end. The Maple Leafs 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 1,993 face off wins compared to 2,085 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 48.9%. On defense has 1,610 hits and they've blocked 972 shots from the opposition.

Carolina has attempted 3,712 shots at full strength and they've given up 3,382 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 52.3% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 51.7% as they have 2,723 shots while they've given up 2,542 attempts on defense. The Hurricanes have an offensive zone percentage of 57.1% and their defensive zone percentage is 42.9% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 52.4% as they've compiled 1,887 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,716 face off losses. On defense has blocked 840 shot attempts and they have 1,178 hits as a unit.

Toronto Maple Leafs Betting Trends

The Toronto Maple Leafs are 29-36 straight up

The Toronto Maple Leafs are 30-33-3 against the over/under

Carolina Hurricanes Betting Trends

The Carolina Hurricanes are 25-37 straight up

The Carolina Hurricanes are 26-29-9 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
03/09/17 RW Ben Smith Finger "?" Saturday vs Carolina
02/28/17 D Connor Carrick Upper Body out indefinitely

Carolina Hurricanes Injuries

11/11/16 LW Bryan Bickell Illness out indefinitely
03/09/17 LW Brock McGinn Upper Body "?" Saturday vs Toronto
03/08/17 LW Phillip Di Giuseppe Upper Body out indefinitely

Josh's Pick: Take Carolina -115

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