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NHL : ATS Matchup
Thursday 5/25/2017Line$ LineOU LineScore
OTTAWA
 
PITTSBURGH
PK  

PK  


5
 
2
Final
3

OTTAWA (55-35-0-10, 120 pts.) at PITTSBURGH (61-26-0-13, 135 pts.)
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Thursday, 5/25/2017 8:00 PM
Eastern Conference Finals - Best of 7 - Game 7 - Series tied at 3-3
#1 GOALTENDERS: OTTAWA - CRAIG ANDERSON, PITTSBURGH - MARC-ANDRE FLEURY
Board OpeningLatest
 LineTotalLineTotal
61OTTAWA+160Ov 5,-135+175Ov 5,-120
62PITTSBURGH-185Un 5,+115-205Un 5,+100
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
OTTAWA - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-L-TUnitsW-LUnitsO-UScoreShotsScoreShots
All Games55-45-0+16.955-45+16.939-522.630.12.630.5
Team Stats (Road Games)27-23-0+13.427-23+13.423-222.529.22.830.5
Last 5 Games2-3-0-0.72-3-0.72-21.826.62.634.4
Playoff Games11-7-0+711-7+77-62.530.32.632.2
OTTAWA Team Statistics
 Scoring    Shots On GoalPower Plays 
 GamesGoals1rst2nd3rdOTENShotsPctNumConvPctAst
Team Stats (All Games)100257758779152330088.5%3125016.0%422
Team Stats (Road Games)5012636424081514588.6%1552918.7%207
Team Stats (Last 5 Games)59432001336.8%1616.2%17
Team Stats (Playoffs)1845121512515458.3%59711.9%79
Stats Against (All Games) 26169968510830478.6%3046019.7%434
Stats Against (Road Games) 1413855462615269.2%1583924.7%237
Stats Against (Last 5 Games) 13544001727.6%12541.7%25
Stats Against (Playoffs) 47122212005808.1%571017.5%86
OTTAWA - Goalie Statistics
 Goalie StatisticsTeam's record in starts
GoalieGamesStartsShotsSavesPCTSHOATSUnitsSUUnitsO-U
CRAIG ANDERSON (All Games)58581795166092.5%436-22+19.336-22-0+2020-30
CRAIG ANDERSON (Road Games)292989382592.4%217-12+11.417-12-0+1310-15
CRAIG ANDERSON (Last 4 Games)4412111292.6%02-2+0.32-2-002-1
CRAIG ANDERSON (Playoff Games)181854850592.2%111-7+711-7-0+87-6
MIKE CONDON (All Games)43381154105491.3%318-20-0.318-20-0+115-22
MIKE CONDON (Road Games)231856551090.3%09-9+2.89-9-0+310-7
MIKE CONDON (Last 4 Games)42796987.3%00-2-20-2-0-22-0
MIKE CONDON (Playoff Games)20322887.5%00-000-0-000-0
CHRIS DRIEDGER (All Games)10151173.3%00-000-0-000-0
CHRIS DRIEDGER (Road Games)10151173.3%00-000-0-000-0
CHRIS DRIEDGER (Last 4 Games)10151173.3%00-000-0-000-0
CHRIS DRIEDGER (Playoff Games)00000.0%00-000-0-000-0
ANDREW HAMMOND (All Games)64867283.7%01-3-2.21-3-0-24-0
ANDREW HAMMOND (Road Games)53564885.7%01-2-0.81-2-0-13-0
ANDREW HAMMOND (Last 4 Games)42574986.0%01-1-0.21-1-002-0
ANDREW HAMMOND (Playoff Games)00000.0%00-000-0-000-0

PITTSBURGH - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-L-TUnitsW-LUnitsO-UScoreShotsScoreShots
All Games61-39-0+6.761-39+6.755-393.432.82.832.6
Team Stats (Home Games)36-13-0+13.236-13+13.228-173.734.32.534.2
Last 5 Games3-2-0+0.33-2+0.32-22.634.41.826.6
Playoff Games11-7-0+3.311-7+3.38-93.129.62.332.8
PITTSBURGH Team Statistics
 Scoring    Shots On GoalPower Plays 
 GamesGoals1rst2nd3rdOTENShotsPctNumConvPctAst
Team Stats (All Games)100337771251241116327710.3%3147323.2%572
Team Stats (Home Games)4918235657578168210.8%1584125.9%321
Team Stats (Last 5 Games)513544001727.6%12541.7%25
Team Stats (Playoffs)18551023211253210.3%541324.1%98
Stats Against (All Games) 276799391131332628.5%3106019.4%448
Stats Against (Home Games) 1243843376616757.4%1422416.9%200
Stats Against (Last 5 Games) 9432001336.8%1616.2%17
Stats Against (Playoffs) 42131215205917.1%53815.1%70
PITTSBURGH - Goalie Statistics
 Goalie StatisticsTeam's record in starts
GoalieGamesStartsShotsSavesPCTSHOATSUnitsSUUnitsO-U
MARC-ANDRE FLEURY (All Games)53491671152791.4%326-23-3.426-23-0-427-18
MARC-ANDRE FLEURY (Home Games)282693086793.2%218-8+6.218-8-0+513-9
MARC-ANDRE FLEURY (Last 4 Games)44969093.7%12-2-0.72-2-001-3
MARC-ANDRE FLEURY (Playoff Games)151549045392.4%19-6+2.89-6-0+37-8
TRISTAN JARRY (All Games)11252288.0%00-1-10-1-0-10-1
TRISTAN JARRY (Home Games)00000.0%00-000-0-000-0
TRISTAN JARRY (Last 4 Games)11252288.0%00-1-10-1-0-10-1
TRISTAN JARRY (Playoff Games)00000.0%00-000-0-000-0
MATT MURRAY (All Games)53501551143592.5%435-15+11.135-15-0+1228-20
MATT MURRAY (Home Games)242374168692.6%318-5+718-5-0+715-8
MATT MURRAY (Last 4 Games)431019695.0%12-1+0.62-1-0+11-1
MATT MURRAY (Playoff Games)431019695.0%12-1+0.62-1-0+11-1
Average power rating of opponents played: OTTAWA 3.17,  PITTSBURGH 3.15
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
OTTAWA - Schedule
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTotalO/U
4/29/2017NY RANGERS6-5W0, -105W5 unO
5/2/2017at NY RANGERS1-4L0, +140L5 unP
5/4/2017at NY RANGERS1-4L0, +145L5 unP
5/6/2017NY RANGERS5-4W0, +105W5 unO
5/9/2017at NY RANGERS4-2W0, +170W5 ovO
5/13/2017at PITTSBURGH2-1W0, +175W5.5 unU
5/15/2017at PITTSBURGH0-1L0, +175L5 ovU
5/17/2017PITTSBURGH5-1W0, +105W5 ovO
5/19/2017PITTSBURGH2-3L0, +110L5 ovP
5/21/2017at PITTSBURGH0-7L0, +155L5 ovO
5/23/2017PITTSBURGH2-1W0, +125W5.5 unU
5/25/2017at PITTSBURGH 

PITTSBURGH - Schedule
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTotalO/U
4/29/2017at WASHINGTON6-2W0, +145W5.5 unO
5/1/2017WASHINGTON2-3L0, +100L5.5 unU
5/3/2017WASHINGTON3-2W0, +130W5.5 unU
5/6/2017at WASHINGTON2-4L0, +145L5.5 unO
5/8/2017WASHINGTON2-5L0, -110L5.5 unO
5/10/2017at WASHINGTON2-0W0, +155W5.5 unU
5/13/2017OTTAWA1-2L0, -205L5.5 unU
5/15/2017OTTAWA1-0W0, -205W5 ovU
5/17/2017at OTTAWA1-5L0, -125L5 ovO
5/19/2017at OTTAWA3-2W0, -130W5 ovP
5/21/2017OTTAWA7-0W0, -175W5 ovO
5/23/2017at OTTAWA1-2L0, -145L5.5 unU
5/25/2017OTTAWA 
KEY GAME INFORMATION
OTTAWA: LAST SEASON: 38-35-9; 85 points; missed playoffs.
COACH: Guy Boucher (fourth season, 97-79-20). STORY FROM AMWAY Quiz: Tough or timid? This coaching style best describes you
ADDED: RW Mike Blunden, C Derick Brassard, C Chris Kelly, D Patrick Sieloff.
LOST: RW Alex Chiasson, D Mark Fraser, D Chris Phillips, D Patrick Wiercioch, C Mika Zibanejad.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Erik Karlsson. The two-time Norris Trophy winner has long been the subject of intense debate among hockey fans. Traditionalists argue Karlsson is a subpar defender, who yields scoring chances. Others counter that Karlsson's turnovers are overshadowed by his puck possession and the scoring opportunities he creates for his team. Karlsson is undoubtedly one of the league's top offensive stars.
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.
PREVIEW
Senators, Penguins think deep prior to Game 7

PITTSBURGH -- Game 7, such as the one the Pittsburgh Penguins and Ottawa Senators are facing Thursday in the Eastern Conference Final, brings out a lot of things.

Philosophers. Psychologists. Pragmatists. Or at least desperate hockey players playing armchair versions of those folks.

With the game at PPG Paints Arena set to determine which club moves on to face Nashville in the Stanley Cup Final beginning Monday, the Penguins and Senators seem to be thinking of every possible advantage while also trying to clear their minds.

Take, for instance, the approach from the two goaltenders.

Pittsburgh's Matt Murray is trying to balance some tunnel vision against the fact that his team is coming off a 7-0 shellacking of Ottawa in Game 5 followed by a Game 6 in which the Penguins did what amounted to everything but win when they swarmed on offense and produced 46 shots, only to have the Senators' Craig Anderson stop 45 in a 2-1 loss.

"I think (it's) just the fact that it's coming down to one game, and everything that's led up to now really doesn't matter," Murray said Wednesday. "But at the same time, we want to take those good feelings from the last couple games.

"So, yeah, you just do what you need to do. You just try to worry about what you can control, and that's how we prepare and how we play. I think, if we do that, the rest will take care of itself."

Anderson, who got pulled in Game 5 before coming back strong in Game 6, pushed the power of positive thinking.

"It's huge," he said. "The mind is a powerful thing -- history and the scientific data behind using your brain, using visualization as a tool to get yourself better.

"I think if you believe you're beaten, you're done already. If you believe that you can win, there's always a chance."

The teams have clashing styles with Ottawa's methodical, smothering defensive scheme against Pittsburgh's speed and high-octane offense. Evgeni Malkin (first with 24 points), Sidney Crosby (19) Phil Kessel (18) and Jake Guentzel (16) rank in the top seven in point production this postseason, while Erik Karlsson (16) is the only Ottawa player in the top seven.

Yet the first six games haven't necessarily favored either pattern completely.

Further, statistics and trends often don't fall true in these make-or-break games.

So, the fact that Ottawa is 0-5 in franchise history in Game 7s might not mean much. Same with Pittsburgh's all-time record of 3-7 at home in Game 7s. Or Pittsburgh's fresh memory of beating Washington 2-0 in Game 7 of the previous round. Or that fact that Penguins center Matt Cullen's teams are 6-0 in his Game 7s over the years.

Cullen isn't denying that these games are different.

"Well, I think just, obviously, the finality of it," he said. "These are the games, when you're a kid growing up, that you're playing in the backyard. So, for us as players, this is what it's all about. It's a different level of intensity. It's a different level of excitement. Obviously, when you get it, you move on."

For Pittsburgh, falling in this Game 7 would mean failing to defend last year's Stanley Cup championship. For Ottawa, it would be a jubilant upset.

Ottawa winger Mike Hoffman said he figures that's an advantage for his club.

"No pressure on us," Hoffman said. "They're the ones that are favored. For us, we just go and take it as another hockey game."

Pittsburgh might get a couple lineup reinforcements. Coach Mike Sullivan said feisty winger Patric Hornqvist and defenseman Justin Schultz could return from upper-body injuries.


Last Updated: 3/28/2024 7:29:54 PM EST.


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