Monday, February 15, 2016

Rogers Arena

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The Minnesota Wild travel to Rogers Arena to play the Vancouver Canucks on Monday, February 15, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Wild at -123 and the Canucks at +111. The over/under has been set at 5.

Minnesota comes into this matchup having played 55 games. They have an overall record of 23-22-10 and on the road they have a record of 9-12-6. Currently they are 6th in the Central Division. They've scored 135 goals and given up 140 goals for a point differential of -5. The Wild have 10 overtime losses including 2 of them in a shootout. In the past 10 games they have an overall record of 1-7-2. For the season they have an ATS record of 23-32 and an over/under record of 20-26-9. Vancouver shows up with a record of 22-21-12 including 9-11-5 at home this season. They are 5th in the Pacific Division. They've scored 131 goals and surrendered 152 for a goal differential of -21. The Canucks have 12 losses in OT and 3 of them occurred in a shootout. They have a record of 4-4-2 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 22-33 while their over/under record sits at 18-23-14.

Mikko Koivu has accumulated 37 total points this season for the Wild. He has 11 goals this season with 95 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 12%. He has a total of 26 assists on the season and averages 20 minutes played per game. Thomas Vanek has averaged 16 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 14% by scoring 15 goals on 107 shots. He has 18 assists giving him a total of 33 points on the season. Devan Dubnyk has 18 wins and 19 losses this season in net for the Wild. He has had 1,208 shots against him and has given up 100 goals. He has made 1,108 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Daniel Sedin has accumulated 45 total points this season for the Canucks. He has 22 goals this season with 185 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 12%. He has a total of 23 assists on the season and averages 18 minutes played per game. Henrik Sedin has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 15% by scoring 9 goals on 61 shots. He has 30 assists giving him a total of 39 points on the season. Ryan Miller has 12 wins and 16 losses this season in net for the Canucks. He has had 1,146 shots against him and has given up 96 goals. He has made 1,050 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

The Wild have 56 total points this season. They have scored 135 goals while giving up 138 goals. They have had 167 power play opportunities and have scored 29 goals on those chances for a percentage of 17%. The Wild have allowed 139 power play opportunities and given up 29 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 79%. They average 29 shots per game and as a team are shooting 8.38% for the season to this point. They allow 29 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.

The Canucks have a total of 56 points on the season. They have 27 power play goals on 167 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 16%. They have allowed 176 power play opportunities and have given up 33 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 81%. As a team, the Wild have a total of 127 goals scored while they've given up 149 goals to this point. They average 29 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 8.03%. As a team they give up 32 shots per game and have a save percentage of 91%.

Minnesota has a Corsi percentage of 49.5% as they've attempted 2,990 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,055 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 49.8% as they have 2,242 attempts while they've given up 2,263 shots on the defensive end. The Wild start possessions in the offensive zone 52.6% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 47.4% for the season. They have 1,740 face off wins compared to 1,622 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 51.8%. On defense Minnesota has 968 hits and they've blocked 792 shots from the opposition.

Vancouver has attempted 2,828 shots at full strength and they've given up 3,105 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 47.7% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 47.9% as they have 2,171 shots while they've given up 2,361 attempts on defense. The Canucks have an offensive zone percentage of 50.2% and their defensive zone percentage is 49.8% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 45.4% as they've compiled 1,500 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,801 face off losses. On defense Vancouver has blocked 744 shot attempts and they have 1,008 hits as a unit.

Minnesota Wild Betting Trends

The Minnesota Wild are 23-32 straight up

The Minnesota Wild are 20-26-9 against the over/under

Vancouver Canucks Betting Trends

The Vancouver Canucks are 22-33 straight up

The Vancouver Canucks are 18-23-14 against the over/under

Minnesota Wild Injuries

02/13/16 D Jared Spurgeon Leg "?" Monday vs Vancouver
02/06/16 D Jonas Brodin Foot expected to miss a month

Vancouver Canucks Injuries

02/10/16 D Alexander Edler Fibula out indefinitely
02/10/16 C Brandon Sutter Jaw out 6-8 weeks

Josh's Pick: Take Vancouver

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