Monday, November 21, 2016

American Airlines Center

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The Minnesota Wild travel to American Airlines Center to play the Dallas Stars on Monday, November 21, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Wild at -105 and the Stars at -105. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Minnesota comes into this matchup having played 17 games. They have an overall record of 9-7-1 and on the road they have a record of 4-4-1. Currently they are 4th in the Central Division. They've scored 44 goals and given up 32 goals for a point differential of +12. The Wild have an overall record of 5-5-0 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 9-8 and an over/under record of 4-10-3. Dallas shows up with a record of 7-7-5 including 4-3-2 at home this season. They are 5th in the Central Division. They've scored 50 goals and surrendered 64 for a goal differential of -14. The Stars have a record of 4-3-3 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 7-12 while their over/under record sits at 9-10-0.

Ryan Suter has accumulated 13 total points this season for the Wild. He has 4 goals this season with 39 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 10%. He has a total of 9 assists on the season and averages 27 minutes played per game. Eric Staal has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 10% by scoring 5 goals on 50 shots. He has 8 assists giving him a total of 13 points on the season. Devan Dubnyk has 7 wins and 6 losses this season in net for the Wild. He has had 426 shots against him and has given up 22 goals. He has made 404 saves for a save percentage of 95%.

Jamie Benn has accumulated 15 total points this season for the Stars. He has 5 goals this season with 49 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 10%. He has a total of 10 assists on the season and averages 20 minutes played per game. Tyler Seguin has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 10% by scoring 7 goals on 69 shots. He has 14 assists giving him a total of 21 points on the season. Kari Lehtonen has 4 wins and 5 losses this season in net for the Stars. He has had 316 shots against him and has given up 35 goals. He has made 281 saves for a save percentage of 89%.

The Wild have 19 total points this season. They have scored 44 goals while giving up 32 goals. They have had 51 power play opportunities and have scored 7 goals on those chances for a percentage of 14%. The Wild have allowed 52 power play opportunities and given up 7 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 87%. They average 30 shots per game and as a team are shooting 8.71% for the season to this point. They allow 31 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 94%.

The Stars have a total of 19 points on the season. They have 15 power play goals on 78 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 19%. They have allowed 66 power play opportunities and have given up 14 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 79%. As a team, the Wild have a total of 50 goals scored while they've given up 64 goals to this point. They average 29 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.16%. As a team they give up 31 shots per game and have a save percentage of 89%.

Minnesota has a Corsi percentage of 50.1% as they've attempted 951 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 946 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 49.5% as they have 700 attempts while they've given up 713 shots on the defensive end. The Wild start possessions in the offensive zone 50.7% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 49.3% for the season. They have 543 face off wins compared to 521 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 51%. On defense Minnesota has 283 hits and they've blocked 233 shots from the opposition.

Dallas has attempted 1,072 shots at full strength and they've given up 1,164 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 47.9% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 48.4% as they have 797 shots while they've given up 848 attempts on defense. The Stars have an offensive zone percentage of 43.7% and their defensive zone percentage is 56.3% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 49.7% as they've compiled 617 face off wins this season and they have suffered 625 face off losses. On defense Dallas has blocked 316 shot attempts and they have 368 hits as a unit.

Minnesota Wild Betting Trends

The Minnesota Wild are 9-8 straight up

The Minnesota Wild are 4-10-3 against the over/under

Dallas Stars Betting Trends

The Dallas Stars are 7-12 straight up

The Dallas Stars are 9-10-0 against the over/under

Minnesota Wild Injuries

11/20/16 LW Zach Parise Illness "?" Monday vs. Dallas
11/01/16 C Zac Dalpe Knee out 4-6 weeks
10/30/16 D Marco Scandella Ankle out indefinitely
10/10/16 D Victor Bartley Tricep out indefinitely

Dallas Stars Injuries

11/16/16 RW Jiri Hudler Illness out indefinitely
11/01/16 C Mattias Janmark Knee expected to miss 5-6 months
10/31/16 RW Ales Hemsky Hip expected to miss 5-6 months

Tony's Pick: Take Dallas -105

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