Monday, December 7, 2015

Pepsi Center

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The Minnesota Wild travel to Pepsi Center to play the Colorado Avalanche on Monday, December 7, 2015. The opening line for this game has the Wild at -125 and the Avalanche at -103. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Minnesota comes into this matchup having played 25 games. They have an overall record of 14-7-4 and on the road they have a record of 4-4-3. Currently they are 3rd in the Central Division. They've scored 69 goals and given up 62 goals for a point differential of +7. Colorado shows up with a record of 11-15-1 including 3-6-1 at home this season. They are 7th in the Central Division. They've scored 75 goals and surrendered 80 for a goal differential of -5.

Mikko Koivu has accumulated 20 total points this season for the Wild. He has 4 goals this season with 42 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 10%. He has a total of 16 assists on the season and averages 20 minutes played per game. Thomas Vanek has averaged 16 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 18% by scoring 10 goals on 57 shots. He has 9 assists giving him a total of 19 points on the season. Devan Dubnyk has 13 wins and 7 losses this season in net for the Wild. He has had 620 shots against him and has given up 51 goals. He has made 569 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Gabriel Landeskog has accumulated 21 total points this season for the Avalanche. He has 7 goals this season with 66 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 11%. He has a total of 14 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Nathan MacKinnon has averaged 20 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 11% by scoring 10 goals on 94 shots. He has 14 assists giving him a total of 24 points on the season. Semyon Varlamov has 6 wins and 8 losses this season in net for the Avalanche. He has had 440 shots against him and has given up 45 goals. He has made 395 saves for a save percentage of 90%.

The Wild have 32 total points this season. They have scored 69 goals while giving up 62 goals. They have had 86 power play opportunities and have scored 16 goals on those chances for a percentage of 19%. The Wild have allowed 62 power play opportunities and given up 15 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 76%. They average 28 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.90% for the season to this point. They allow 29 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 92%.

The Avalanche have a total of 23 points on the season. They have 18 power play goals on 96 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 19%. They have allowed 84 power play opportunities and have given up 17 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 80%. As a team, the Wild have a total of 75 goals scored while they've given up 80 goals to this point. They average 29 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.72%. As a team they give up 30 shots per game and have a save percentage of 90%.

Minnesota Wild Betting Trends

The Minnesota Wild are 14-11 straight up

The Minnesota Wild are 9-11-5 against the over/under

Colorado Avalanche Betting Trends

The Colorado Avalanche are 11-16 straight up

The Colorado Avalanche are 14-12-1 against the over/under

Minnesota Wild Injuries

12/06/15 GO Devan Dubnyk Groin expected to miss Monday vs. Colorado
11/03/15 C Tyler Graovac Groin out another 6 weeks

Colorado Avalanche Injuries

10/06/15 C Jesse Winchester Concussion out indefinitely

Guy's Pick: Take Minnesota

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