Friday, October 9, 2015

Prudential Center

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The Winnipeg Jets travel to Prudential Center to play the New Jersey Devils on Friday, October 9, 2015. The opening line for this game has the Jets at -109 and the Devils at -101. The over/under has been set at 5.

The Winnipeg Jets ended last season with a 43-26 record on the season with 99 total points. They ranked 15th in the league for goals scored with 230 while ranking 21st in the league in goals allowed with 210. In fairness to the Jets, they had the 5th ranked most difficult schedule which was evident in their ranking. Winnipeg did stand out in one particular category with a first place ranking in shorthanded goals with 10. In power play opportunities, the Jets ranked 6th with 269 chances and scored on 48 of those opportunities placing them at 11. They were just under the league average in power play percentage at 17.84 placing them at 17th.

The New Jersey Devils finished last season with a 32-36 record and had a total of 78 points as a team. The Devils ranked 28th in the league last season with 181 goals so they'll be hoping to improve on that number. As far as goals against go, they ranked 17 with 216. The New Jersey Devils ranked 11th in strength of schedule. The Devils ranked dead last in the league in power play opportunities only 212 chances and ranked 22nd in power play goals with 41. This ranked them 8th in the league in power play percentage so they did take advantage of the opportunities they had.

The Jets are 6-13 in their last 19 road games and 13-40 in their last 53 games playing on 0 days rest. They are 1-4 in their last 5 vs. the Metropolitan and 0-4 in their last 4 overall. The over is 4-1 in the Jets last 5 overall, 3-1-1 in their last 5 games playing on no days rest and 11-5 in their last 16 vs. Eastern Conference. The under is 4-1 in their last 5 road games.

The Devils are 17-40 in their last 57 vs. the Western Conference and 11-26 in their last 37 Friday games. They are 8-20 in their last 28 vs. the Central, 1-4 in their last 5 home games and 1-10 in their last 11 overall.

The under is 1-0-3 in the Devils last 4 Friday games and 29-11-11 in their last 51 home games.The under is also 35-14-7 in their last 56 vs. the Central, 39-16-12 in their last 67 overall and 41-17-9 in their last 67 vs. Western Conference.

Head to head, the under is 6-0 in the last 6 meetings and the home team is 5-1 in the last 6 meetings. The Jets are 5-2 in the last 7 meetings and 2-7 in the last 9 meetings in New Jersey.

Winnipeg Jets Betting Trends

The Winnipeg Jets are 0-0 straight up

The Winnipeg Jets are 0-0-0 against the over/under

New Jersey Devils Betting Trends

The New Jersey Devils are 0-0 straight up

The New Jersey Devils are 0-0-0 against the over/under

Winnipeg Jets Injuries

No key injuries to report

New Jersey Devils Injuries

10/07/15 LW Patrik Elias Knee out indefinitely

Tony's Pick: Take Winnipeg

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