Thursday, October 27, 2016

MTS Centre

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The Dallas Stars travel to MTS Centre to play the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday, October 27, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Stars at -147 and the Jets at +118. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Dallas comes into this matchup having played 6 games. They have an overall record of 3-2-1 and on the road they have a record of 1-1-0. Currently they are 3rd in the Central Division. They've scored 17 goals and given up 18 goals for a point differential of -1. For the season they have an ATS record of 3-3 and an over/under record of 3-3-0. Winnipeg shows up with a record of 2-4-0 including 2-2-0 at home this season. They are 7th in the Central Division. They've scored 16 goals and surrendered 22 for a goal differential of -6. Their record against the spread is 2-4 while their over/under record sits at 3-3-0.

Jamie Benn has accumulated 4 total points this season for the Stars. He has 2 goals this season with 18 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 11%. He has a total of 2 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Jason Spezza has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 17% by scoring 2 goals on 12 shots. He has 1 assist giving him a total of 3 points on the season. Kari Lehtonen has 1 win and 2 losses this season in net for the Stars. He has had 105 shots against him and has given up 8 goals. He has made 97 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Mark Scheifele has accumulated 7 total points this season for the Jets. He has 4 goals this season with 17 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 24%. He has a total of 3 assists on the season and averages 22 minutes played per game. Blake Wheeler has averaged 22 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 15% by scoring 3 goals on 20 shots. He has 2 assists giving him a total of 5 points on the season. Michael Hutchinson has 1 win and 2 losses this season in net for the Jets. He has had 97 shots against him and has given up 11 goals. He has made 86 saves for a save percentage of 89%.

The Stars have 7 total points this season. They have scored 17 goals while giving up 18 goals. They have had 25 power play opportunities and have scored 4 goals on those chances for a percentage of 16%. The Stars have allowed 23 power play opportunities and given up 5 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 78%. They average 27 shots per game and as a team are shooting 10.43% for the season to this point. They allow 32 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.

The Jets have a total of 4 points on the season. They have 3 power play goals on 24 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 13%. They have allowed 22 power play opportunities and have given up 6 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 73%. As a team, the Stars have a total of 16 goals scored while they've given up 22 goals to this point. They average 29 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.25%. As a team they give up 30 shots per game and have a save percentage of 88%.

Dallas has a Corsi percentage of 46.5% as they've attempted 337 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 387 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 46.7% as they have 248 attempts while they've given up 283 shots on the defensive end. The Stars start possessions in the offensive zone 42% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 58% for the season. They have 200 face off wins compared to 186 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 51.8%. On defense Dallas has 105 hits and they've blocked 104 shots from the opposition.

Winnipeg has attempted 343 shots at full strength and they've given up 322 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 51.6% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 49.5% as they have 244 shots while they've given up 249 attempts on defense. The Jets have an offensive zone percentage of 49.7% and their defensive zone percentage is 50.3% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 45% as they've compiled 171 face off wins this season and they have suffered 209 face off losses. On defense Winnipeg has blocked 73 shot attempts and they have 121 hits as a unit.

Dallas Stars Betting Trends

The Dallas Stars are 3-3 straight up

The Dallas Stars are 3-3-0 against the over/under

Winnipeg Jets Betting Trends

The Winnipeg Jets are 2-4 straight up

The Winnipeg Jets are 3-3-0 against the over/under

Dallas Stars Injuries

10/25/16 RW Ales Hemsky Groin "?" Thursday vs Winnipeg
10/25/16 C Jason Spezza Undisclosed "?" Thursday vs Winnipeg
10/22/16 RW Jiri Hudler Illness out indefinitely
10/21/16 LW Patrick Sharp Concussion expected to miss 5-7 days
10/10/16 C Cody Eakin Knee out indefinitely
10/10/16 C Mattias Janmark Knee out indefinitely

Winnipeg Jets Injuries

10/25/16 RW Drew Stafford Upper Body injured last game, "?" Thursday vs Dallas
10/14/16 C Bryan Little Lower Body out indefinitely

Josh's Pick: Take Winnipeg

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