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NHL : ATS Matchup
Thursday 12/8/2016Line$ LineOU LineScore
PITTSBURGH
 
FLORIDA
PK  

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5.5
 
5
Final
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PITTSBURGH (16-7-0-3, 35 pts.) at FLORIDA (12-11-0-4, 28 pts.)
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Thursday, 12/8/2016 7:35 PM
#1 GOALTENDERS: PITTSBURGH - MATT MURRAY, FLORIDA - ROBERTO LUONGO
Board OpeningLatest
 LineTotalLineTotal
9PITTSBURGH-130Ov 5.5,+110-135Ov 5.5,+110
10FLORIDA+110Un 5.5,-130+115Un 5.5,-130
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
PITTSBURGH - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-L-TUnitsW-LUnitsO-UScoreShotsScoreShots
All Games16-10-0+2.116-10+2.116-63.434.73.132.6
Team Stats (Road Games)5-7-0-45-7-47-42.833.03.331.1
Last 5 Games4-1-0+2.24-1+2.25-05.241.03.632.0
PITTSBURGH Team Statistics
 Scoring    Shots On GoalPower Plays 
 GamesGoals1rst2nd3rdOTENShotsPctNumConvPctAst
Team Stats (All Games)2688222835359029.8%891618.0%151
Team Stats (Road Games)1234111111103968.6%39410.3%59
Team Stats (Last 5 Games)52638141420512.7%1915.3%45
Stats Against (All Games) 80283217348489.4%932223.7%129
Stats Against (Road Games) 40141592237310.7%481122.9%63
Stats Against (Last 5 Games) 186930116011.2%16531.2%31
PITTSBURGH - Goalie Statistics
 Goalie StatisticsTeam's record in starts
GoalieGamesStartsShotsSavesPCTSHOATSUnitsSUUnitsO-U
MARC-ANDRE FLEURY (All Games)181757952190.0%19-8-2.29-8-0-310-4
MARC-ANDRE FLEURY (Road Games)7621819087.2%11-5-5.31-5-0-53-3
MARC-ANDRE FLEURY (Last 4 Games)4411810387.3%03-1+1.93-1-0+24-0
TRISTAN JARRY (All Games)00000.0%00-000-0-000-0
TRISTAN JARRY (Road Games)00000.0%00-000-0-000-0
MATT MURRAY (All Games)10925924193.1%07-2+4.37-2-0+46-2
MATT MURRAY (Road Games)6614713793.2%04-2+1.34-2-0+14-1
MATT MURRAY (Last 4 Games)43948590.4%02-1+0.22-1-003-0

FLORIDA - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-L-TUnitsW-LUnitsO-UScoreShotsScoreShots
All Games12-15-0-4.512-15-4.510-102.430.92.629.4
Team Stats (Home Games)7-4-0+1.77-4+1.74-52.633.12.228.5
Last 5 Games1-4-0-3.41-4-3.41-31.633.42.427.2
FLORIDA Team Statistics
 Scoring    Shots On GoalPower Plays 
 GamesGoals1rst2nd3rdOTENShotsPctNumConvPctAst
Team Stats (All Games)2765241321748337.8%931212.9%102
Team Stats (Home Games)11299412433648.0%40512.5%42
Team Stats (Last 5 Games)58214101674.8%1815.6%14
Stats Against (All Games) 70222123437938.8%871314.9%102
Stats Against (Home Games) 249510013137.7%32515.6%30
Stats Against (Last 5 Games) 12621311368.8%2015.0%17
FLORIDA - Goalie Statistics
 Goalie StatisticsTeam's record in starts
GoalieGamesStartsShotsSavesPCTSHOATSUnitsSUUnitsO-U
ROBERTO LUONGO (All Games)181852648792.6%29-9-29-9-0-25-10
ROBERTO LUONGO (Home Games)9924923293.2%06-3+1.86-3-0+12-5
ROBERTO LUONGO (Last 4 Games)4411110392.8%11-3-2.41-3-0-21-3
JAMES REIMER (All Games)10926623889.5%03-6-2.53-6-0-25-0
JAMES REIMER (Home Games)32635790.5%01-1-0.11-1-002-0
JAMES REIMER (Last 4 Games)4411710388.0%01-3-1.51-3-0-11-0
Average power rating of opponents played: PITTSBURGH 3.18,  FLORIDA 3.23
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
PITTSBURGH - Schedule
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTotalO/U
11/12/2016TORONTO4-1W0, -240W5.5 ovU
11/16/2016at WASHINGTON1-7L0, -115L5 ovO
11/18/2016at NY ISLANDERS3-2W0, -165W5.5 unU
11/19/2016at BUFFALO1-2L0, -180L5.5 unU
11/21/2016NY RANGERS2-5L0, -165L5.5 unO
11/23/2016at NY RANGERS6-1W0, +100W5.5 evO
11/25/2016at MINNESOTA2-6L0, -110L5 evO
11/26/2016NEW JERSEY4-3W0, -245W5 ovO
11/30/2016at NY ISLANDERS3-5L0, -180L5.5 unO
12/1/2016DALLAS6-2W0, -175W5.5 ovO
12/3/2016DETROIT5-3W0, -300W5.5 unO
12/5/2016OTTAWA8-5W0, -240W5.5 unO
12/8/2016at FLORIDA 
12/10/2016at TAMPA BAY 
12/12/2016ARIZONA 
12/14/2016BOSTON 
12/16/2016LOS ANGELES 
12/17/2016at TORONTO 

FLORIDA - Schedule
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTotalO/U
11/12/2016NY ISLANDERS3-2W0, -155W5 ovP
11/15/2016at MONTREAL4-3W0, +125W5 evO
11/17/2016at TORONTO1-6L0, -105L5.5 evO
11/19/2016at OTTAWA4-1W0, -135W5 evP
11/20/2016at NY RANGERS3-2W0, +170W5 ovP
11/22/2016PHILADELPHIA1-3L0, -155L5.5 unU
11/26/2016COLUMBUS2-1W0, -145W5.5 unU
11/27/2016at CAROLINA2-3L0, -110L5 ovP
11/29/2016at CHICAGO1-2L0, +110L5 unU
12/1/2016at DETROIT2-1W0, -125W5 evU
12/3/2016at OTTAWA0-2L0, -140L5 ovU
12/5/2016at BOSTON3-4L0, +140L5 unO
12/6/2016at PHILADELPHIA2-3L0, +135L5 ovP
12/8/2016PITTSBURGH 
12/10/2016VANCOUVER 
12/13/2016at MINNESOTA 
12/15/2016at WINNIPEG 
12/16/2016at COLORADO 
KEY GAME INFORMATION
PITTSBURGH: LAST SEASON: 48-26-8, 104 points. Finished 2nd in Metropolitan Division. Beat San Jose Sharks in six games to win Stanley Cup.
COACH: Mike Sullivan (second season, fourth NHL season).
ADDED: D David Warsofsky.
LOST: G Jeff Zatkoff, F Beau Bennett, D Ben Lovejoy.
PLAYER TO WATCH: C Sidney Crosby. Less than a year removed from a prolonged slump, the two-time MVP is on a major roll as he enters his 12th season. Crosby won the Conn Smythe Trophy while leading the Penguins to the franchise's fourth Cup and followed it up by being named the MVP of the World Cup of Hockey while leading Team Canada to a title. He averaged 1.32 points after Sullivan took over for Mike Johnston in mid-December, a pace that would have won him the scoring title over the course of a full season.
OUTLOOK: The Penguins did little to tinker with a formula that led them back to the top for the first time since 2009. Crosby and teammate Evgeni Malkin remain the heart of the franchise and there's plenty of young legs (and a few older ones) in key supporting roles. The biggest question will be how the goaltending situation gets settled between Marc-Andre Fleury and Matt Murray, who backstopped the Penguins to the Cup after Fleury suffered a concussion late in the regular season.
FLORIDA: LAST SEASON: 47-26-9, 103 points. Won Atlantic Division. Lost to New York Islanders in Eastern Conference quarterfinals.
COACH: Gerard Gallant (third season, sixth NHL season).
ADDED: D Keith Yandle, G James Reimer, G Reto Berra, D Mark Pysyk, D Jason Demers, LW Jared McCann.
LOST: D Erik Gudbranson, D Willie Mitchell, D Dmitry Kulikov, D Brian Campbell, G Al Montoya, LW Lawson Crouse, C Dave Bolland, RW Jiri Hudler.
PLAYER TO WATCH: D Aaron Ekblad. The All-Star is still only 20, is entering his third season and was years from being born when Jaromir Jagr started his NHL career. But after big changes on the blue line this summer, Ekblad now has a leadership role and Florida is convinced he's ready for the responsibility.
OUTLOOK: Getting back to the playoffs won't be enough to satisfy this team. The ownership group led by Vincent Viola and Doug Cifu has committed big money with the expectation of winning now, and for older ' but still crucial ' players like Jagr and Roberto Luongo the window to hoist the Stanley Cup isn't as open as it once seemed.
PREVIEW
Pens visit Florida for Rowe's first home game as coach

SUNRISE, Fla. -- The Florida Panthers want to be the Pittsburgh Penguins.

It is not just that the Penguins are the reigning Stanley Cup champions, but how they won.

The Penguins fired their coach (Mike Johnston) on Dec. 12, 2015, and replaced him with Mike Sullivan, who was running their American Hockey League affiliate. The Penguins got hot after that and won the Stanley Cup.

The Panthers fired their coach (Gerard Gallant) on Nov. 27, 2016, and replaced him with Tom Rowe, who ran their AHL affiliate the past three years.

That, however, is where the similarities end, at least so far.

Rowe, who is also the Panthers' general manager, has lost four of the five games since Gallant was dismissed, although the Panthers got the overtime point in three of those defeats.

On Thursday night, the Panthers -- fittingly enough -- will play host to the Penguins at the BB&T Center in their first home game since Gallant was dumped.

In the most recent game, Florida (12-11-4) took a 3-2 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers, who got a goal from Jakub Voracek with 8.6 seconds left in overtime Tuesday.

"I told the guys after the game, as frustrating as it is, and as down as some of you may be, there are too many positives here to get down," Rowe said. "We will keep building on what we started."

Just what the Panthers are producing under Rowe is dubious. The fact remains that the Panthers won their first Atlantic Division last season under Gallant, setting franchise records for wins (47) and points (103).

But there must be something about the phrase, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" that the Panthers don't understand.

Immediately after the triumphant 2015-2016 season, the Panthers thought it was best to replace their GM, Dale Tallon, who built the team, piece by piece, since getting hired in May 2010. Tallon was moved upstairs to team president, taking him out of the business of having final say on personnel decisions.

Rowe took over for Tallon. And it was Rowe -- with perhaps a large say-so from team owners -- who pressed the panic button on Gallant.

That type of move worked wonders last season for the Penguins. Then again, the Penguins have things the Panthers simply do not -- such as Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and more.

On Wednesday, the Penguins (16-7-3) made a couple of roster moves, sending forward Jake Guentzel and defenseman Derrick Pouliot to their AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton affiliate.

"We don't want our young players on the sidelines," Sullivan said Wednesday. "It's important for these guys to continue to play games in order to develop."

Part of the problem for Guentzel and Pouliot is actually not a problem at all for the Penguins, which is to say the team's veterans are healthy and no AHL reinforcements are needed at the moment.

Pittsburgh is riding a three-game winning streak, scoring 19 goals during that span. Perhaps this hot streak will be a perfect time for the Penguins to improve on their mediocre 5-5-2 road record.

Certainly, the Panthers, who are likely to be without dangerous right winger Jonathan Marchessault (lower-body injury) are vulnerable.

Then again, the Panthers haven't quit -- not by a long shot. An example of Florida's toughness was displayed this week by defenseman Keith Yandle, who was hit by a puck Monday in a loss to the Boston Bruins.

Rather than sit out with a leg injury, Yandle extended his consecutive-games-played streak to 578. It is the 10th-longest streak in NHL history.

"He could have mailed it in, and no one would have said a word," Rowe said. "It's great for our young players to see that."


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