Tuesday, March 21, 2017

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The Carolina Hurricanes travel to BB&T Center to play the Florida Panthers on Tuesday, March 21, 2017. The opening line for this game has the Hurricanes at +136 and the Panthers at -150. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Carolina comes into this matchup having played 70 games. They have an overall record of 30-27-13 and on the road they have a record of 9-17-9. Currently they are 7th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 182 goals and given up 203 goals for a point differential of -21. The Hurricanes have an overall record of 5-2-3 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 28-40 and an over/under record of 29-32-9. Florida shows up with a record of 31-29-11 including 16-16-3 at home this season. They are 6th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 180 goals and surrendered 204 for a goal differential of -24. The Panthers have a record of 3-6-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 26-40 while their over/under record sits at 30-31-10.

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Victor Rask has accumulated 42 total points this season for the Hurricanes. He has 16 goals this season with 162 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 10%. He has a total of 26 assists on the season and averages 17.6 minutes played per game. Jeff Skinner has averaged 17.8 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 11% by scoring 26 goals on 231 shots. He has 23 assists giving him a total of 49 points on the season. Cam Ward has 23 wins and 20 losses this season in net for the Hurricanes. He has had 1,533 shots against him and has given up 147 goals. He has made 1,386 saves for a save percentage of 90%.

Jaromir Jagr has accumulated 39 total points this season for the Panthers. He has 14 goals this season with 149 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 9%. He has a total of 25 assists on the season and averages 17.1 minutes played per game. Vincent Trocheck has averaged 21.1 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 11% by scoring 22 goals on 206 shots. He has 27 assists giving him a total of 49 points on the season. James Reimer has 14 wins and 14 losses this season in net for the Panthers. He has had 1,033 shots against him and has given up 86 goals. He has made 947 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

The Hurricanes have 73 total points this season. They have scored 182 goals while giving up 203 goals. They have had 200 power play opportunities and have scored 35 goals on those chances for a percentage of 18%. The Hurricanes have allowed 178 power play opportunities and given up 27 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 85%. They average 30 shots per game and as a team are shooting 8.58% for the season to this point. They allow 28 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 90%.

The Panthers have a total of 73 points on the season. They have 39 power play goals on 234 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 17%. They have allowed 219 power play opportunities and have given up 30 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 86%. As a team, the Hurricanes have a total of 180 goals scored while they've given up 204 goals to this point. They average 32 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 7.82%. As a team they give up 32 shots per game and have a save percentage of 91%.

Carolina has a Corsi percentage of 52.2% as they've attempted 4,082 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,733 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 51.6% as they have 2,998 attempts while they've given up 2,809 shots on the defensive end. The Hurricanes start possessions in the offensive zone 56.8% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 43.2% for the season. They have 2,062 face off wins compared to 1,859 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 52.6%. On defense has 1,315 hits and they've blocked 924 shots from the opposition.

Florida has attempted 4,075 shots at full strength and they've given up 3,798 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 51.8% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 51.3% as they have 3,145 shots while they've given up 2,990 attempts on defense. The Panthers have an offensive zone percentage of 52.9% and their defensive zone percentage is 47.1% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 47.8% as they've compiled 2,088 face off wins this season and they have suffered 2,282 face off losses. On defense has blocked 808 shot attempts and they have 1,481 hits as a unit.

Carolina Hurricanes Betting Trends

The Carolina Hurricanes are 28-40 straight up

The Carolina Hurricanes are 29-32-9 against the over/under

Florida Panthers Betting Trends

The Florida Panthers are 26-40 straight up

The Florida Panthers are 30-31-10 against the over/under

Carolina Hurricanes Injuries

11/11/16 LW Bryan Bickell Illness out indefinitely
03/16/17 C Jay McClement Undisclosed expected to miss 2-3 weeks
03/13/17 RW Valentin Zykov Upper Body out indefinitely
03/13/17 LW Brock McGinn Upper Body out indefinitely

Florida Panthers Injuries

03/13/17 C Denis Malgin Concussion out indefinitely
03/13/17 D Aaron Ekblad Concussion out indefinitely
03/03/17 GO Roberto Luongo Hip out indefinitely

Tony's Pick: Take Florida -150

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