Saturday, November 12, 2016

Wells Fargo Center

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The Minnesota Wild travel to Wells Fargo Center to play the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday, November 12, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Wild at -115 and the Flyers at +104. The over/under has been set at 5.

Minnesota comes into this matchup having played 12 games. They have an overall record of 7-4-1 and on the road they have a record of 3-3-1. Currently they are 3rd in the Central Division. They've scored 37 goals and given up 24 goals for a point differential of +13. The Wild have an overall record of 6-3-1 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 7-5 and an over/under record of 4-7-1. Philadelphia shows up with a record of 6-6-2 including 3-3-1 at home this season. They are 6th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 49 goals and surrendered 51 for a goal differential of -2. The Flyers have a record of 5-4-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 4-8 while their over/under record sits at 10-3-1.

Ryan Suter has accumulated 11 total points this season for the Wild. He has 3 goals this season with 30 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 10%. He has a total of 8 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 15% by scoring 5 goals on 34 shots. He has 6 assists giving him a total of 11 points on the season. Devan Dubnyk has 6 wins and 3 losses this season in net for the Wild. He has had 304 shots against him and has given up 15 goals. He has made 289 saves for a save percentage of 95%.

Claude Giroux has accumulated 15 total points this season for the Flyers. He has 4 goals this season with 36 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 11%. He has a total of 11 assists on the season and averages 20 minutes played per game. Wayne Simmonds has averaged 20 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 15% by scoring 6 goals on 39 shots. He has 6 assists giving him a total of 12 points on the season. Steve Mason has 2 wins and 4 losses this season in net for the Flyers. He has had 215 shots against him and has given up 24 goals. He has made 191 saves for a save percentage of 89%.

The Wild have 15 total points this season. They have scored 37 goals while giving up 24 goals. They have had 37 power play opportunities and have scored 6 goals on those chances for a percentage of 16%. The Wild have allowed 35 power play opportunities and given up 4 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 89%. They average 28 shots per game and as a team are shooting 10.98% for the season to this point. They allow 31 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 94%.

The Flyers have a total of 14 points on the season. They have 15 power play goals on 53 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 28%. They have allowed 43 power play opportunities and have given up 9 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 79%. As a team, the Wild have a total of 49 goals scored while they've given up 51 goals to this point. They average 33 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 10.75%. As a team they give up 28 shots per game and have a save percentage of 88%.

Minnesota has a Corsi percentage of 48.9% as they've attempted 631 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 659 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 48.5% as they have 467 attempts while they've given up 496 shots on the defensive end. The Wild start possessions in the offensive zone 49.6% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 50.4% for the season. They have 375 face off wins compared to 369 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 50.4%. On defense Minnesota has 201 hits and they've blocked 163 shots from the opposition.

Philadelphia has attempted 894 shots at full strength and they've given up 755 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 54.2% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 55.4% as they have 668 shots while they've given up 538 attempts on defense. The Flyers have an offensive zone percentage of 57.9% and their defensive zone percentage is 42.1% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 49.4% as they've compiled 416 face off wins this season and they have suffered 426 face off losses. On defense Philadelphia has blocked 217 shot attempts and they have 346 hits as a unit.

Minnesota Wild Betting Trends

The Minnesota Wild are 7-5 straight up

The Minnesota Wild are 4-7-1 against the over/under

Philadelphia Flyers Betting Trends

The Philadelphia Flyers are 4-8 straight up

The Philadelphia Flyers are 10-3-1 against the over/under

Minnesota Wild Injuries

11/01/16 C Zac Dalpe Knee out 4-6 weeks
10/30/16 D Marco Scandella Ankle out indefinitely
10/30/16 LW Zach Parise Foot out indefinitely
10/10/16 D Victor Bartley Tricep out indefinitely

Philadelphia Flyers Injuries

11/03/16 D Andrew MacDonald Lower Body expected to miss 7-10 days
11/01/16 C Boyd Gordon Upper Body out indefinitely
10/06/16 C Scott Laughton Lower Body expected to miss 3-4 weeks

Guy's Pick: Take Philadelphia +104

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