Thursday, January 26, 2017

Wells Fargo Center

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The Toronto Maple Leafs head to Wells Fargo Center to take on the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday, January 26, 2017. The opening line for this contest has the Maple Leafs at -120 and the Flyers at +109. The over/under has been set at 5.

Toronto comes into this game having played 45 games. They have an overall record of 22-14-9 and away from home they have a record of 10-6-6. The currently are 4th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 140 goals and surrendered 131 goals for a point differential of +9. The Maple Leafs have an overall record of 6-2-2 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 21-23 and an over/under record of 21-23-1. Philadelphia shows up with a record of 23-19-6 including 14-7-3 at home this season. They are 5th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 136 goals and surrendered 154 for a goal differential of -18. The Flyers have a record of 3-5-2 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 18-25 while their over/under record sits at 24-18-6.

Auston Matthews has accumulated 38 total points this season for the Maple Leafs. He has 22 goals this season with 157 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 17 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 14% by scoring 20 goals on 141 shots. He has 13 assists giving him a total of 33 points on the season. Frederik Andersen has 20 wins and 10 losses this season in net for the Maple Leafs. He has had 1,230 shots against him and has given up 99 goals. He has made 1,131 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

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Claude Giroux has accumulated 39 total points this season for the Flyers. He has 11 goals this season with 126 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 9%. He has a total of 28 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Wayne Simmonds has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 15% by scoring 19 goals on 126 shots. He has 17 assists giving him a total of 36 points on the season. Steve Mason has 15 wins and 15 losses this season in net for the Flyers. He has had 1,007 shots against him and has given up 102 goals. He has made 905 saves for a save percentage of 90%.

The Maple Leafs have 53 total points this season. They have scored 140 goals while giving up 131 goals. They have had 141 power play opportunities and have scored 33 goals on those chances for a percentage of 23%. The Maple Leafs have allowed 155 power play opportunities and given up 23 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 85%. They average 33 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.56% for the season to this point. They allow 33 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 92%.

The Flyers have a total of 52 points on the season. They have 36 power play goals on 168 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 21%. They have allowed 147 power play opportunities and have given up 29 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 80%. As a team, the Maple Leafs have a total of 136 goals scored while they've given up 154 goals to this point. They average 32 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 8.89%. As a team they give up 29 shots per game and have a save percentage of 89%.

Toronto has a Corsi percentage of 50% as they've attempted 2,758 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 2,754 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 50% as they have 2,079 attempts while they've given up 2,080 shots on the defensive end. The Maple Leafs start possessions in the offensive zone 49.8% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 50.2% for the season. They have 1,348 face off wins compared to 1,415 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 48.8%. On defense Toronto has 1,100 hits and they've blocked 674 shots from the opposition.

Philadelphia has attempted 2,968 shots at full strength and they've given up 2,682 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 52.5% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 53.2% as they have 2,197 shots while they've given up 1,934 attempts on defense. The Flyers have an offensive zone percentage of 55.6% and their defensive zone percentage is 44.4% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 51.2% as they've compiled 1,500 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,429 face off losses. On defense Philadelphia has blocked 748 shot attempts and they have 1,196 hits as a unit.

Toronto Maple Leafs Betting Trends

The Toronto Maple Leafs are 21-23 straight up

The Toronto Maple Leafs are 21-23-1 against the over/under

Philadelphia Flyers Betting Trends

The Philadelphia Flyers are 18-25 straight up

The Philadelphia Flyers are 24-18-6 against the over/under

Toronto Maple Leafs Injuries

12/21/16 RW Ben Smith Hand out indefinitely
10/09/16 LW Joffrey Lupul Abdominal out indefinitely
10/09/16 RW Nathan Horton Back out indefinitely
01/24/17 D Morgan Rielly Knee is downgraded to out indefinitely

Philadelphia Flyers Injuries

No key injuries to report

Josh's Pick: Take Toronto -120

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