Thursday, March 24, 2016

MTS Centre

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The Los Angeles Kings travel to MTS Centre to play the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday, March 24, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Kings at -165 and the Jets at +145. The over/under has been set at 5.

Los Angeles comes into this matchup having played 73 games. They have an overall record of 44-24-5 and on the road they have a record of 21-13-3. Currently they are 1st in the Pacific Division. They've scored 199 goals and given up 167 goals for a point differential of +32. The Kings have 5 overtime losses including 2 of them in a shootout. In the past 10 games they have an overall record of 6-3-1. For the season they have an ATS record of 44-29 and an over/under record of 24-29-20. Winnipeg shows up with a record of 30-37-6 including 16-18-3 at home this season. They are 7th in the Central Division. They've scored 186 goals and surrendered 216 for a goal differential of -30. The Jets have 6 losses in OT and 3 of them occurred in a shootout. They have a record of 4-5-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 28-43 while their over/under record sits at 31-36-6.

Anze Kopitar has accumulated 67 total points this season for the Kings. He has 24 goals this season with 160 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 15%. He has a total of 43 assists on the season and averages 21 minutes played per game. Jeff Carter has averaged 18 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 9% by scoring 18 goals on 206 shots. He has 33 assists giving him a total of 51 points on the season. Jonathan Quick has 37 wins and 19 losses this season in net for the Kings. He has had 1,603 shots against him and has given up 128 goals. He has made 1,475 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Dustin Byfuglien has accumulated 44 total points this season for the Jets. He has 16 goals this season with 224 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 7%. He has a total of 28 assists on the season and averages 25 minutes played per game. Blake Wheeler has averaged 0 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 0% by scoring 19 goals on 227 shots. He has 45 assists giving him a total of 64 points on the season. Ondrej Pavelec has 9 wins and 13 losses this season in net for the Jets. He has had 742 shots against him and has given up 71 goals. He has made 671 saves for a save percentage of 90%.

The Kings have 93 total points this season. They have scored 197 goals while giving up 165 goals. They have had 215 power play opportunities and have scored 44 goals on those chances for a percentage of 20%. The Kings have allowed 256 power play opportunities and given up 48 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 81%. They average 32 shots per game and as a team are shooting 8.41% for the season to this point. They allow 28 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 92%.

The Jets have a total of 66 points on the season. They have 34 power play goals on 233 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 15%. They have allowed 260 power play opportunities and have given up 56 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 78%. As a team, the Kings have a total of 184 goals scored while they've given up 213 goals to this point. They average 30 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 8.42%. As a team they give up 30 shots per game and have a save percentage of 90%.

Los Angeles has a Corsi percentage of 54.7% as they've attempted 4,537 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,758 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 54.5% as they have 3,413 attempts while they've given up 2,844 shots on the defensive end. The Kings start possessions in the offensive zone 54.5% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 45.5% for the season. They have 2,248 face off wins compared to 2,224 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 50.3%. On defense Los Angeles has 2,227 hits and they've blocked 914 shots from the opposition.

Winnipeg has attempted 4,079 shots at full strength and they've given up 3,920 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 51% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 50.6% as they have 3,017 shots while they've given up 2,948 attempts on defense. The Jets have an offensive zone percentage of 51.9% and their defensive zone percentage is 48.1% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 47.3% as they've compiled 2,044 face off wins this season and they have suffered 2,278 face off losses. On defense Winnipeg has blocked 972 shot attempts and they have 1,858 hits as a unit.

Los Angeles Kings Betting Trends

The Los Angeles Kings are 44-29 straight up

The Los Angeles Kings are 24-29-20 against the over/under

Winnipeg Jets Betting Trends

The Winnipeg Jets are 28-43 straight up

The Winnipeg Jets are 31-36-6 against the over/under

Los Angeles Kings Injuries

10/22/15 D Matt Greene Shoulder out indefinitely
03/22/16 LW Tanner Pearson Personal "?" Thursday vs Winnipeg
03/22/16 RW Kris Versteeg Foot "?" Thursday vs Winnipeg
03/04/16 C Jordan Nolan Back out indefinitely
02/13/16 RW Marian Gaborik Knee out indefinitely

Winnipeg Jets Injuries

10/25/15 D Grant Clitsome Back out indefinitely
03/22/16 D Mark Stuart Hand "?" Thursday vs LA
03/22/16 D Tobias Enstrom Knee likely out for season
03/21/16 C Mathieu Perreault Concussion out indefinitely
03/18/16 RW Joel Armia Lower Body expected to miss 7-10 days
03/12/16 RW Anthony Peluso Shoulder out for season
03/04/16 LW Nikolaj Ehlers Eye out indefinitely
02/25/16 C Bryan Little Back out for season

Guy's Pick: Take Los Angeles

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