Saturday, February 11, 2017

TD Garden

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The Vancouver Canucks travel to TD Garden to play the Boston Bruins on Saturday, February 11, 2017. The opening line for this game has the Canucks at +145 and the Bruins at -165. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Vancouver comes into this matchup having played 54 games. They have an overall record of 24-24-6 and on the road they have a record of 7-16-3. Currently they are 6th in the Pacific Division. They've scored 128 goals and given up 154 goals for a point differential of -26. The Canucks have an overall record of 4-5-1 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 20-30 and an over/under record of 21-23-10. Boston shows up with a record of 27-23-6 including 13-13-0 at home this season. They are 4th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 149 goals and surrendered 152 for a goal differential of -3. The Bruins have a record of 4-5-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 25-29 while their over/under record sits at 27-24-5.

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Bo Horvat has accumulated 34 total points this season for the Canucks. He has 15 goals this season with 99 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 15%. He has a total of 19 assists on the season and averages 18 minutes played per game. Henrik Sedin has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 16% by scoring 11 goals on 67 shots. He has 23 assists giving him a total of 34 points on the season. Ryan Miller has 15 wins and 14 losses this season in net for the Canucks. He has had 1,025 shots against him and has given up 84 goals. He has made 941 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Brad Marchand has accumulated 57 total points this season for the Bruins. He has 24 goals this season with 167 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 14%. He has a total of 33 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 14% by scoring 24 goals on 174 shots. He has 22 assists giving him a total of 46 points on the season. Tuukka Rask has 26 wins and 13 losses this season in net for the Bruins. He has had 1,105 shots against him and has given up 99 goals. He has made 1,006 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

The Canucks have 54 total points this season. They have scored 128 goals while giving up 154 goals. They have had 158 power play opportunities and have scored 24 goals on those chances for a percentage of 15%. The Canucks have allowed 143 power play opportunities and given up 30 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 79%. They average 28 shots per game and as a team are shooting 8.51% for the season to this point. They allow 31 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.

The Bruins have a total of 60 points on the season. They have 35 power play goals on 175 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 20%. They have allowed 181 power play opportunities and have given up 25 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 86%. As a team, the Canucks have a total of 149 goals scored while they've given up 152 goals to this point. They average 35 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 7.71%. As a team they give up 26 shots per game and have a save percentage of 90%.

Vancouver has a Corsi percentage of 48.7% as they've attempted 2,816 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 2,970 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 47.4% as they have 2,082 attempts while they've given up 2,307 shots on the defensive end. The Canucks start possessions in the offensive zone 51.3% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 48.7% for the season. They have 1,722 face off wins compared to 1,584 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 52.1%. On defense Vancouver has 971 hits and they've blocked 663 shots from the opposition.

Boston has attempted 3,559 shots at full strength and they've given up 2,826 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 55.7% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 56.2% as they have 2,679 shots while they've given up 2,084 attempts on defense. The Bruins have an offensive zone percentage of 54.4% and their defensive zone percentage is 45.6% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 53.1% as they've compiled 1,833 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,619 face off losses. On defense Boston has blocked 742 shot attempts and they have 1,204 hits as a unit.

Vancouver Canucks Betting Trends

The Vancouver Canucks are 20-30 straight up

The Vancouver Canucks are 21-23-10 against the over/under

Boston Bruins Betting Trends

The Boston Bruins are 25-29 straight up

The Boston Bruins are 27-24-5 against the over/under

Vancouver Canucks Injuries

12/18/16 D Erik Gudbranson Wrist out indefinitely
11/23/16 RW Derek Dorsett Neck out for season
02/09/17 LW Sven Baertschi Concussion out indefinitely
01/15/17 RW Anton Rodin Knee out for season

Boston Bruins Injuries

02/09/17 D Zdeno Chara Illness "?" Saturday vs Vancouver
02/07/17 C Austin Czarnik Undisclosed out indefinitely

Josh's Pick: Take Boston -165

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