NHL Hockey Game Matchups

IN ACTION TODAY			NHL Hockey Game Matchup Report for Friday 5/9/2008
Friday, 5/9/2008 (7:05 PM) View the FoxSheet for this Matchup						Offensive Statistics				Defensive Statistics
Teams	Line	OU	W-L	Ov/Un/P	GF/GA	SOG	SHT %	PP	PP %	SOG	SHT %	PP	PP %
51: PHILADELPHIA 52: PITTSBURGH	+170 -195	5.5	50-44 55-36	45-46-3 38-48-5	3.1 / 2.8 3.1 / 2.6	29.1 28.3	10.6% 10.8%	4.6 4.7	21.7% 20.9%	32.0 30.5	9.7% 10.0%	4.7 4.4	17.8% 17.9%

News Coverage: PHILADELPHIA \| PITTSBURGH						Offensive Statistics				Defensive Statistics
Teams	Line	GF/GA	SU	Units	O/U	SOG	SHT %	PP	PP %	SOG	SHT %	PP	PP %
51: PHILADELPHIA 52: PITTSBURGH	5.5 -195	3.1 / 2.8 3.1 / 2.6	50-44 55-36	+1.2 +14.0	45-46-3 38-48-5	2735 2573	10.6% 10.8%	433 425	21.7% 20.9%	3004 2776	0.0% 8.4%	438 396	17.8% 17.9%

Power Rating Line
The power rating system is based on recent game results. The section should be used to compare the relative strength of the two teams involved. A power line is calculated using both teams ratings and home field advantage. Where the power line differs significantly from the current line, the team with the edge is indicated.

		Power Rating Line
Teams	Goalies	Rating	Estimated Line	Edge
PHILADELPHIA	BIRON	4.3	0, -115
PITTSBURGH	FLEURY	4	0, +115

Team Trends and Angles
All team trends listed below apply to the current game.

PHILADELPHIA - Recent ATS Trends
	ATS Win/Loss Record						Over/Under
	Current Year		Last 3 Years		Since 1996		Current	Last 3	Since 1996
Description	W-L	Units	W-L	Units	W-L	Units	O-U	O-U	O-U
in all games	50-44	+1.2	119-145	-38.1	498-467	-65.5	45-46	127-121	436-463
in a road game where where the total is 5.5	14-11	+5.4	14-18	-1.6	87-77	+0.1	15-10	16-16	87-88
second half of the season	31-26	+2.3	66-85	-23	285-288	-57.4	29-27	73-69	259-267
on Friday nights	3-6	-3.7	12-12	-2.3	47-34	+8.6	4-5	13-11	34-39
when playing with 3 or more days rest	6-5	+1.7	10-15	-5	57-44	+7.9	6-4	8-14	48-48
vs. division opponents	17-15	+0.7	41-55	-20.9	149-149	-32.5	16-14	44-47	130-140
in the conference finals	0-0	0	0-0	0	10-9	+1.4	0-0	0-0	10-7
after allowing 4 goals or more	20-12	+7.7	52-57	-7.2	136-120	-2	16-16	51-52	126-109
after a win by 2 goals or more	19-10	+8	28-33	-13.4	151-144	-36.5	13-14	27-30	124-149
after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game	20-11	+7.8	47-44	-3.6	183-135	+17	15-14	42-43	130-157
after a 3 game unbeaten streak	5-7	-2.4	11-13	-5.9	98-77	-5.5	7-5	13-10	80-80
when playing against a team with a winning record	24-25	+0.2	54-74	-11.7	224-239	-33.3	27-21	70-49	208-212
when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season	15-15	+1	30-46	-11.6	132-163	-44.3	17-12	41-29	132-133

PITTSBURGH - Recent ATS Trends
	ATS Win/Loss Record						Over/Under
	Current Year		Last 3 Years		Since 1996		Current	Last 3	Since 1996
Description	W-L	Units	W-L	Units	W-L	Units	O-U	O-U	O-U
in all games	55-36	+14	125-135	+2.2	439-487	-59.4	38-48	121-124	446-422
in a home game where where the total is 5.5	12-5	+5.1	12-5	+5.1	75-56	+7.5	5-12	5-12	70-72
second half of the season	35-18	+16	79-69	+24.6	255-281	-24	21-27	69-68	265-232
on Friday nights	4-3	-0.2	14-15	+4.8	50-53	+0.9	4-3	16-12	51-48
when playing with 3 or more days rest	5-5	-2.4	11-17	-7.5	37-60	-30.8	5-5	14-13	45-43
vs. division opponents	19-18	-2	51-50	+7	143-152	-8.5	17-18	48-46	144-130
after a division game	18-18	-4.2	46-54	-5.6	147-145	+3.1	14-19	47-48	137-133
in the conference finals	0-0	0	0-0	0	1-4	-2.1	0-0	0-0	2-2
revenging a loss versus opponent	23-15	+8.6	55-68	-1.2	55-68	-1.2	18-18	56-57	56-57
when playing against a team with a winning record	26-18	+9.8	55-70	+2.2	201-257	-26	22-20	55-62	229-195
when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season	16-10	+8	32-37	+6.2	113-150	-14.6	13-11	32-31	131-105

Team Statistics
Peformance statistics for each team in various situations are listed below. Categories where a team has performed poorly are denoted in red. Categories where a team has performed well are denoted in green.

PHILADELPHIA - Current Season Performance
	Straight Up		Against Spread			Team		Opponent
	W-L-T	Units	W-L	Units	O-U	Score	Shots	Score	Shots
All Games	50-44-0	+1.2	50-44	+1.2	45-46	3.1	29.1	2.8	32.0
Team Stats (Road Games)	25-23-0	+7.2	25-23	+7.2	23-22	3.0	28.9	2.9	33.7
Last 5 Games	4-1-0	+4	4-1	+4	4-1	4.0	26.6	2.8	35.4
Playoff Games	8-4-0	+5.4	8-4	+5.4	8-4	3.6	31.3	2.8	32.9
vs. Division	17-15-0	+0.7	17-15	+0.7	16-14	3.0	28.3	2.8	31.3

PHILADELPHIA Team Statistics
		Scoring						Shots On Goal		Power Plays
	Games	Goals	1rst	2nd	3rd	OT	EN	Shots	Pct	Num	Conv	Pct	Ast
Team Stats (All Games)	94	291	80	109	95	8	13	2735	10.6%	433	94	21.7%	470
Team Stats (Road Games)	48	145	41	57	44	4	6	1387	10.5%	211	45	21.3%	233
Team Stats (Last 5 Games)	5	20	5	8	7	0	2	133	15.0%	14	4	28.6%	29
Team Stats (Playoffs)	12	43	15	15	11	2	3	376	11.4%	50	12	24.0%	67
Team Stats (vs. Division)	32	96	24	32	38	3	6	906	10.6%	154	34	22.1%	161
Stats Against (All Games)		267	85	98	76	12	11	3004	8.9%	438	78	17.8%	451
Stats Against (Road Games)		137	50	47	38	6	6	1620	8.5%	227	41	18.1%	232
Stats Against (Last 5 Games)		14	3	4	7	1	0	177	7.9%	22	5	22.7%	24
Stats Against (Playoffs)		34	9	11	14	1	0	395	8.6%	57	13	22.8%	60
Stats Against (vs. Division)		91	36	31	21	3	4	1002	9.1%	158	26	16.5%	153

PHILADELPHIA - Goalie Statistics
	Goalie Statistics						Team's record in starts
Goalie	Games	Starts	Shots	Saves	PCT	SHO	ATS	Units	SU	Units	O-U
MARTIN BIRON (All Games)	74	70	2259	2072	91.7%	7	38-32	+3	38-32-0	+2	32-36
MARTIN BIRON (Road Games)	35	33	1119	1024	91.5%	2	16-17	+2.8	16-17-0	+2	16-15
MARTIN BIRON (vs. Division)	28	25	746	690	92.5%	5	15-10	+4.1	15-10-0	+4	10-14
MARTIN BIRON (Last 4 Games)	4	4	143	133	93.0%	0	4-0	+5	4-0-0	+6	3-1
MARTIN BIRON (Playoff Games)	12	12	395	361	91.4%	0	8-4	+5.4	8-4-0	+6	8-4
MARTIN HOULE (All Games)	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0
MARTIN HOULE (Road Games)	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0
MARTIN HOULE (vs. Division)	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0
MARTIN HOULE (Playoff Games)	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0
ANTERO NIITTYMAKI (All Games)	28	24	739	670	90.7%	1	12-12	-1.8	12-12-0	-3	13-10
ANTERO NIITTYMAKI (Road Games)	16	15	497	461	92.8%	1	9-6	+4.4	9-6-0	+4	7-7
ANTERO NIITTYMAKI (vs. Division)	10	7	255	224	87.8%	0	2-5	-3.4	2-5-0	-3	6-0
ANTERO NIITTYMAKI (Last 4 Games)	4	3	80	71	88.7%	0	2-1	+1	2-1-0	+1	2-1
ANTERO NIITTYMAKI (Playoff Games)	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0

PITTSBURGH - Current Season Performance
	Straight Up		Against Spread			Team		Opponent
	W-L-T	Units	W-L	Units	O-U	Score	Shots	Score	Shots
All Games	55-36-0	+14	55-36	+14	38-48	3.1	28.3	2.6	30.5
Team Stats (Home Games)	31-15-0	+9	31-15	+9	20-23	3.4	28.4	2.3	28.5
Last 5 Games	4-1-0	+3.1	4-1	+3.1	2-2	3.0	28.8	2.4	29.0
Playoff Games	8-1-0	+7.1	8-1	+7.1	3-5	3.4	33.9	1.9	28.6
vs. Division	19-18-0	-2	19-18	-2	17-18	2.8	26.5	2.7	29.9

PITTSBURGH Team Statistics
		Scoring						Shots On Goal		Power Plays
	Games	Goals	1rst	2nd	3rd	OT	EN	Shots	Pct	Num	Conv	Pct	Ast
Team Stats (All Games)	91	278	77	96	99	9	20	2573	10.8%	425	89	20.9%	484
Team Stats (Home Games)	46	155	43	52	57	4	7	1307	11.9%	225	53	23.6%	280
Team Stats (Last 5 Games)	5	15	3	7	5	1	1	144	10.4%	24	5	20.8%	29
Team Stats (Playoffs)	9	31	6	12	13	1	3	305	10.2%	48	11	22.9%	57
Team Stats (vs. Division)	37	104	35	40	30	1	3	982	10.6%	172	40	23.3%	190
Stats Against (All Games)		233	67	85	73	8	10	2776	8.4%	396	71	17.9%	417
Stats Against (Home Games)		106	33	31	37	5	4	1310	8.1%	195	28	14.4%	188
Stats Against (Last 5 Games)		12	2	5	5	0	1	145	8.3%	25	3	12.0%	24
Stats Against (Playoffs)		17	2	9	6	0	1	257	6.6%	37	4	10.8%	33
Stats Against (vs. Division)		99	30	34	32	3	3	1108	8.9%	184	34	18.5%	183

PITTSBURGH - Goalie Statistics
	Goalie Statistics						Team's record in starts
Goalie	Games	Starts	Shots	Saves	PCT	SHO	ATS	Units	SU	Units	O-U
TY CONKLIN (All Games)	33	31	1013	935	92.3%	2	18-13	+2.7	18-13-0	+3	16-15
TY CONKLIN (Home Games)	16	16	495	464	93.7%	2	11-5	+4.2	11-5-0	+4	8-8
TY CONKLIN (vs. Division)	10	9	322	291	90.4%	0	5-4	+0.5	5-4-0	+1	7-2
TY CONKLIN (Last 4 Games)	4	4	120	107	89.2%	0	1-3	-3.6	1-3-0	-3	3-1
TY CONKLIN (Playoff Games)	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0
PATRICK EHELECHNER (All Games)	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0
PATRICK EHELECHNER (Home Games)	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0
PATRICK EHELECHNER (vs. Division)	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0
PATRICK EHELECHNER (Playoff Games)	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0
MARC-ANDRE FLEURY (All Games)	44	41	1165	1077	92.4%	6	27-14	+9.1	27-14-0	+9	15-22
MARC-ANDRE FLEURY (Home Games)	24	24	638	589	92.3%	4	18-6	+8.2	18-6-0	+8	9-12
MARC-ANDRE FLEURY (vs. Division)	21	21	617	573	92.9%	4	12-9	+1.8	12-9-0	+1	8-11
MARC-ANDRE FLEURY (Last 4 Games)	4	4	120	113	94.2%	2	3-1	+2.1	3-1-0	+2	1-2
MARC-ANDRE FLEURY (Playoff Games)	9	9	256	240	93.7%	3	8-1	+7.1	8-1-0	+7	3-5
DANNY SABOURIN (All Games)	24	19	596	539	90.4%	1	10-9	+2.1	10-9-0	+3	7-11
DANNY SABOURIN (Home Games)	8	6	176	154	87.5%	0	2-4	-3.4	2-4-0	-3	3-3
DANNY SABOURIN (vs. Division)	7	7	170	149	87.6%	1	2-5	-4.2	2-5-0	-4	2-5
DANNY SABOURIN (Last 4 Games)	4	3	102	92	90.2%	0	2-1	+1.6	2-1-0	+2	2-0
DANNY SABOURIN (Playoff Games)	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0-0	0	0-0-0	0	0-0

Average power rating of opponents played: PHILADELPHIA 3.02, PITTSBURGH 2.95

Current Season Results And Upcoming Games
Here are the most recent results and upcoming schedules for the two teams involved. Lines, total, game scores, results versus the spread, straight up and against the total are all displayed.

PHILADELPHIA - Schedule
Date	Opponent	Score	SU	Line	ATS	Total	O/U
4/13/2008	at WASHINGTON	2-0	W	0, +130	W	5.5 ov	U
4/15/2008	WASHINGTON	6-3	W	0, -135	W	5.5 un	O
4/17/2008	WASHINGTON	4-3	W	0, -150	W	5.5 un	O
4/19/2008	at WASHINGTON	2-3	L	0, +105	L	5.5 ev	U
4/21/2008	WASHINGTON	2-4	L	0, -145	L	5.5 un	O
4/22/2008	at WASHINGTON	3-2	W	0, +145	W	5.5 un	U
4/24/2008	at MONTREAL	3-4	L	0, +170	L	5.5 un	O
4/26/2008	at MONTREAL	4-2	W	0, +150	W	5.5 un	O
4/28/2008	MONTREAL	3-2	W	0, -120	W	5.5 ov	U
4/30/2008	MONTREAL	4-2	W	0, -110	W	5.5 un	O
5/3/2008	at MONTREAL	6-4	W	0, +155	W	5.5 un	O
5/9/2008	at PITTSBURGH
5/11/2008	at PITTSBURGH

PITTSBURGH - Schedule
Date	Opponent	Score	SU	Line	ATS	Total	O/U
4/14/2008	at OTTAWA	4-1	W	0, -125	W	5.5 un	U
4/16/2008	at OTTAWA	3-1	W	0, -165	W	5.5 un	U
4/25/2008	NY RANGERS	5-4	W	0, -145	W	5 ov	O
4/27/2008	NY RANGERS	2-0	W	0, -150	W	5.5 un	U
4/29/2008	at NY RANGERS	5-3	W	0, +130	W	5 ov	O
5/1/2008	at NY RANGERS	0-3	L	0, -120	L	5.5 un	U
5/4/2008	NY RANGERS	3-2	W	0, -195	W	5 ov	P
5/9/2008	PHILADELPHIA
5/11/2008	PHILADELPHIA

Head-to-Head Series History
Listed below is a summary of the games results in recent Head-to-Head matchups.

All games in this series since 1996

PHILADELPHIA is 42-26-6 straight up against PITTSBURGH since 1996

38 of 64 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=+8.0 Units)

Games over the last 3 seasons

PITTSBURGH is 13-11 (+4.1 Units) against the spread versus PHILADELPHIA over the last 3 seasons

PITTSBURGH is 13-11-0 straight up against PHILADELPHIA over the last 3 seasons

15 of 23 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+6.1 Units)

All games played at PITTSBURGH since 1996

PITTSBURGH is 19-14 (+6.1 Units) against the spread versus PHILADELPHIA since 1996

PITTSBURGH is 17-15-5 straight up against PHILADELPHIA since 1996

20 of 31 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1996. (Over=+7.0 Units)

Games played at PITTSBURGH over the last 3 seasons.

PITTSBURGH is 8-4 (+5.2 Units) against the spread versus PHILADELPHIA over the last 3 seasons

PITTSBURGH is 8-4-0 straight up against PHILADELPHIA over the last 3 seasons

6 of 11 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.1 Units)

						Team Statistics			Goalie Statistics
Date	Teams	Score	Line	Total	Result	Shots	AST	Pwr Play	Starter	Shots	Saves
4/6/2008	PITTSBURGH	0	0, -150		Under	20	0	8-0	FLEURY	21	20
	PHILADELPHIA	2	0, +130	6 un	SU ATS	22	3	4-0	BIRON	20	20
4/2/2008	PHILADELPHIA	2	0, +125			29	4	5-1	BIRON	29	25
	PITTSBURGH	4	0, -145	6 un	SU ATS	29	7	6-4	FLEURY	29	27
3/16/2008	PHILADELPHIA	1	0, +145		Over	25	1	3-0	NIITTYMAKI	28	24
	PITTSBURGH	7	0, -165	6 un	SU ATS	36	13	5-0	FLEURY	25	24
2/10/2008	PHILADELPHIA	3	0, -110		Over	30	5	4-1	BIRON	25	21
	PITTSBURGH	4	0, -110	6 un	SU ATS	25	8	2-1	CONKLIN	30	27
1/24/2008	PITTSBURGH	3	0, +165		Over	24	6	2-1	CONKLIN	33	29
	PHILADELPHIA	4	0, -190	6 un	SU ATS	33	8	6-1	BIRON	24	21
12/11/2007	PITTSBURGH	2	0, +115		Over	22	4	3-2	SABOURIN	25	20
	PHILADELPHIA	8	0, -135	5.5 ov	SU ATS	40	15	13-4	BIRON	22	20
11/10/2007	PITTSBURGH	2	0, -110		Over	31	4	10-2	FLEURY	29	25
	PHILADELPHIA	5	0, -110	6 un	SU ATS	30	9	5-2	BIRON	31	29
11/7/2007	PHILADELPHIA	3	0, +120		SU ATS	20	6	3-0	BIRON	27	26
	PITTSBURGH	1	0, -140	6 ov	Under	27	2	7-0	SABOURIN	20	17
3/4/2007	PHILADELPHIA	3	0, +240		Over	34	6	8-0	BIRON	38	35
	PITTSBURGH	4	0, -275	6.5 ov	SU ATS	38	6	8-1	FLEURY	34	31
2/8/2007	PITTSBURGH	5	0, -165		SU ATS	32	8	5-1	FLEURY	33	29
	PHILADELPHIA	4	0, +145	6.5 ev	Over	33	8	5-2	NIITTYMAKI	32	28
1/13/2007	PITTSBURGH	5	0, -135		SU ATS	39	8	6-1	FLEURY	18	15
	PHILADELPHIA	3	0, +115	6.5 un	Over	18	6	4-1	NIITTYMAKI	38	34

Team Line Action - Where the money is going!

Oddsmakers move a line in part because of one-sided public betting action on a side or total. They also move the line in reaction to wise guys selections. Either way, this section attempts to uncover whether the wise guys and public have a read on a given team. It summarizes both line and total movements. As a general rule, follow the line or total movement when percentages exceed 57% and go against it when they are below 43%.

Key Player Injuries

PHILADELPHIA

[D] Jaroslav Modry out indefinitely. - Personal - 04/25/08

[LW] Simon Gagne out indefinitely. - Concussion - 04/21/08

[D] Mike Rathje out indefinitely. - Groin - 04/21/08

PITTSBURGH

[C] Maxime Talbot missed last 2 games, "?" Friday vs Philadelphia. - Foot - 05/05/08

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