Monday, October 17, 2016

MTS Centre

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The Boston Bruins travel to MTS Centre to play the Winnipeg Jets on Monday, October 17, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Bruins at -109 and the Jets at -114. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Boston comes into this matchup after having a regular season record of 42-31-9 last season and on the road they had a record of 25-13-3. They finished 4th in the Atlantic Division. They scored 240 goals and gave up 230 goals for a point differential of +10. The Bruins had 9 overtime losses including 2 of them in a shootout. In their last 10 games they had an overall record of 3-6-1. For the season they had an ATS record of 41-39 and an over/under record of 36-36-10. Winnipeg had a regular season record of 35-39-8 including 18-19-4 at home last season. They were 7th in the Central Division. They scored 215 goals and surrendered 239 for a goal differential of -24. The Jets had 8 losses in OT and 3 of them occurred in a shootout. They had a record of 6-2-2 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread was 32-47 while their over/under record sat at 35-38-9.

Patrice Bergeron accumulated 68 total points last season for the Bruins. He had 32 goals last year with 282 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 11%. He had a total of 36 assists on the season and averaged 20 minutes played per game. David Pastrnak averaged 14 minutes of ice time per game last year. In that time he had a shooting percentage of 14% by scoring 15 goals on 108 shots. He had 11 assists giving him a total of 26 points on the season. Tuukka Rask had 31 wins and 22 losses last season in net for the Bruins. He had 1,854 shots against him and gave up 157 goals. He made 1,697 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Dustin Byfuglien accumulated 53 total points last season for the Jets. He had 19 goals last year with 247 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 8%. He had a total of 34 assists on the season and averaged 25 minutes played per game. Blake Wheeler averaged 20 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he had a shooting percentage of 10% by scoring 26 goals on 256 shots. He had 52 assists giving him a total of 78 points on the season. Michael Hutchinson had 9 wins and 15 losses this season in net for the Jets. He had 805 shots against him and gave up 75 goals. He made 730 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

The Bruins had 93 total points last season. They scored 240 goals while giving up 230 goals. They had 234 power play opportunities and scored 48 goals on those chances for a percentage of 21%. The Bruins allowed 270 power play opportunities and gave up 48 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 82%. They averaged 32 shots per game and as a team they shot 9.16% for the season. They allowed 30 shots to their opposition per contest and had a team save percentage of 91%.

The Jets had a total of 78 points on the season. They had 38 power play goals on 257 opportunities for a percentage of 15%. They allowed 282 power play opportunities and gave up 61 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 78%. As a team, the Bruins had a total of 215 goals scored while they gave up 239 goals during the campaign. They averaged 30 shots per contest and had a team shooting percentage of 8.86%. As a team they gave up 29 shots per game and had a save percentage of 91%.

Boston had a Corsi percentage of 49.8% as they attempted 4,667 shots on net at full strength while they gave up 4,710 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage was at 50.2% as they had 3,553 attempts while they gave up 3,526 shots on the defensive end. The Bruins started possessions in the offensive zone 50.6% of the time while their defensive zone percentage was at 49.4% for the season. They had 2,592 face off wins compared to 2,548 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage was 50.4%. On defense Boston had 2,164 hits and they blocked 1,184 shots from the opposition.

Winnipeg attempted 4,539 shots at full strength and they gave up 4,463 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage was at 50.4% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they were at 50.2% as they had 3,363 shots while they gave up 3,330 attempts on defense. The Jets had an offensive zone percentage of 51.4% and their defensive zone percentage was 48.6% this season. They had a faceoff win percentage of 46.7% as they compiled 2,257 face off wins this season and they suffered 2,572 face off losses. On defense Winnipeg blocked 1,133 shot attempts and they had 2,100 hits as a unit.

Boston Bruins Betting Trends

The Boston Bruins were 41-39 straight up last season

The Boston Bruins were 36-36-10 against the over/under

Winnipeg Jets Betting Trends

The Winnipeg Jets were 32-47 straight up last season

The Winnipeg Jets were 35-38-9 against the over/under

Boston Bruins Injuries

10/16/16 RW David Backes Hand probable Monday vs. Winnipeg
10/15/16 D Adam McQuaid Upper Body "?" Monday vs Winnipeg
10/15/16 C Patrice Bergeron Lower Body "?" Monday vs Winnipeg
10/12/16 D Kevan Miller Hand expected to miss 6 weeks
10/10/16 C Frank Vatrano Foot out indefinitely

Winnipeg Jets Injuries

10/14/16 C Bryan Little Lower Body out indefinitely

Guy's Pick: Take Winnipeg

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