Sunday, October 23, 2016
MTS Centre
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The Edmonton Oilers travel to MTS Centre to play the Winnipeg Jets on Sunday, October 23, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Oilers at +165 and the Jets at +139. The over/under has been set at 5.5.
Edmonton comes into this matchup having played 5 games. They have an overall record of 4-1-0 and on the road they have a record of 1-0-0. Currently they are 2nd in the Pacific Division. They've scored 20 goals and given up 16 goals for a point differential of +4. For the season they have an ATS record of 4-1 and an over/under record of 3-2-0. Winnipeg shows up with a record of 2-2-0 including 2-1-0 at home this season. They are 5th in the Central Division. They've scored 14 goals and surrendered 16 for a goal differential of -2. Their record against the spread is 2-2 while their over/under record sits at 3-1-0.
Connor McDavid has accumulated 8 total points this season for the Oilers. He has 4 goals this season with 15 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 27%. He has a total of 4 assists on the season and averages 21 minutes played per game. Leon Draisaitl has averaged 16 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 14% by scoring 2 goals on 14 shots. He has 4 assists giving him a total of 6 points on the season. Cam Talbot has 4 wins and 1 loss this season in net for the Oilers. He has had 167 shots against him and has given up 16 goals. He has made 151 saves for a save percentage of 90%.
Dustin Byfuglien has accumulated 4 total points this season for the Jets. He has a total of 4 assists on the season and averages 29 minutes played per game. Blake Wheeler has averaged 21 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 20% by scoring 3 goals on 15 shots. He has 2 assists giving him a total of 5 points on the season. Michael Hutchinson has 1 win and 1 loss this season in net for the Jets. He has had 71 shots against him and has given up 8 goals. He has made 63 saves for a save percentage of 89%.
The Oilers have 8 total points this season. They have scored 20 goals while giving up 16 goals. They have had 16 power play opportunities and have scored 3 goals on those chances for a percentage of 19%. The Oilers have allowed 19 power play opportunities and given up 3 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 84%. They average 28 shots per game and as a team are shooting 14.18% for the season to this point. They allow 34 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 2 power play goals on 16 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 13%. They have allowed 14 power play opportunities and have given up 5 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 64%. As a team, the Oilers have a total of 14 goals scored while they've given up 16 goals to this point. They average 28 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 12.50%. As a team they give up 31 shots per game and have a save percentage of 88%.
Edmonton has a Corsi percentage of 46.2% as they've attempted 265 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 309 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 45.7% as they have 192 attempts while they've given up 228 shots on the defensive end. The Oilers start possessions in the offensive zone 44.3% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 55.7% for the season. They have 142 face off wins compared to 166 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 46.1%. On defense Edmonton has 107 hits and they've blocked 81 shots from the opposition.
Winnipeg has attempted 222 shots at full strength and they've given up 222 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 50% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 47.1% as they have 154 shots while they've given up 173 attempts on defense. The Jets have an offensive zone percentage of 49.8% and their defensive zone percentage is 50.2% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 45.6% as they've compiled 113 face off wins this season and they have suffered 135 face off losses. On defense Winnipeg has blocked 49 shot attempts and they have 78 hits as a unit.
Edmonton Oilers Betting Trends
The Edmonton Oilers are 4-1 straight up
The Edmonton Oilers are 3-2-0 against the over/under
Winnipeg Jets Betting Trends
The Winnipeg Jets are 2-2 straight up
The Winnipeg Jets are 3-1-0 against the over/under
Edmonton Oilers Injuries
10/21/16 D Andrew Ference Undisclosed out indefinitely
10/20/16 GO Jonas Gustavsson Concussion "?" Sunday vs. Winnipeg
10/20/16 D Mark Fayne Leg out indefinitely
10/18/16 LW Drake Caggiula Hip out indefinitely
10/17/16 LW Matt Hendricks Knee out indefinitely
10/14/16 D Brandon Davidson Upper Body out indefinitely
10/09/16 RW Iiro Pakarinen Knee out indefinitely
Winnipeg Jets Injuries
10/14/16 C Bryan Little Lower Body out indefinitely
Josh's Pick: Take Winnipeg
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