Sunday, April 3, 2016

MTS Centre

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The Minnesota Wild travel to MTS Centre to play the Winnipeg Jets on Sunday, April 3, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Wild at -140 and the Jets at +127. The over/under has been set at 5.

Minnesota comes into this matchup having played 79 games. They have an overall record of 38-30-11 and on the road they have a record of 17-16-7. Currently they are 5th in the Central Division. They've scored 214 goals and given up 196 goals for a point differential of +18. The Wild have 11 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 35-41 and an over/under record of 28-33-18. Winnipeg shows up with a record of 31-39-8 including 17-19-4 at home this season. They are 7th in the Central Division. They've scored 199 goals and surrendered 230 for a goal differential of -31. The Jets have 8 losses in OT and 3 of them occurred in a shootout. They have a record of 3-4-3 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 29-47 while their over/under record sits at 32-37-9.

Mikko Koivu has accumulated 55 total points this season for the Wild. He has 17 goals this season with 135 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 13%. He has a total of 38 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 12% by scoring 18 goals on 146 shots. He has 23 assists giving him a total of 41 points on the season. Devan Dubnyk has 32 wins and 24 losses this season in net for the Wild. He has had 1,770 shots against him and has given up 143 goals. He has made 1,627 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Dustin Byfuglien has accumulated 48 total points this season for the Jets. He has 18 goals this season with 237 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 8%. He has a total of 30 assists on the season and averages 25 minutes played per game. Blake Wheeler has averaged 20 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 9% by scoring 22 goals on 245 shots. He has 50 assists giving him a total of 72 points on the season. Ondrej Pavelec has 10 wins and 13 losses this season in net for the Jets. He has had 835 shots against him and has given up 80 goals. He has made 755 saves for a save percentage of 90%.

The Wild have 87 total points this season. They have scored 211 goals while giving up 194 goals. They have had 249 power play opportunities and have scored 48 goals on those chances for a percentage of 19%. The Wild have allowed 196 power play opportunities and given up 42 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 79%. They average 29 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.25% for the season to this point. They allow 29 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.

The Jets have a total of 70 points on the season. They have 34 power play goals on 244 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 14%. They have allowed 272 power play opportunities and have given up 58 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 79%. As a team, the Wild have a total of 197 goals scored while they've given up 227 goals to this point. They average 30 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 8.53%. As a team they give up 30 shots per game and have a save percentage of 90%.

Minnesota has a Corsi percentage of 48.7% as they've attempted 4,183 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 4,414 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 49.2% as they have 3,146 attempts while they've given up 3,244 shots on the defensive end. The Wild start possessions in the offensive zone 52% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 48% for the season. They have 2,489 face off wins compared to 2,275 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 52.2%. On defense Minnesota has 1,357 hits and they've blocked 1,170 shots from the opposition.

Winnipeg has attempted 4,335 shots at full strength and they've given up 4,231 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 50.6% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 50.3% as they have 3,203 shots while they've given up 3,163 attempts on defense. The Jets have an offensive zone percentage of 51.6% and their defensive zone percentage is 48.4% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 47% as they've compiled 2,157 face off wins this season and they have suffered 2,433 face off losses. On defense Winnipeg has blocked 1,068 shot attempts and they have 2,006 hits as a unit.

Minnesota Wild Betting Trends

The Minnesota Wild are 35-41 straight up

The Minnesota Wild are 28-33-18 against the over/under

Winnipeg Jets Betting Trends

The Winnipeg Jets are 29-47 straight up

The Winnipeg Jets are 32-37-9 against the over/under

Minnesota Wild Injuries

04/01/16 D Jared Spurgeon Lower Body "?" Sunday vs Winnipeg
04/01/16 C Ryan Carter Shoulder "?" Sunday vs Winnipeg

Winnipeg Jets Injuries

10/25/15 D Grant Clitsome Back out indefinitely
03/24/16 D Tyler Myers Knee out for season
03/22/16 D Tobias Enstrom Knee out for season
03/21/16 C Mathieu Perreault Concussion out indefinitely
03/12/16 RW Anthony Peluso Shoulder out for season
02/25/16 C Bryan Little Back out for season

Guy's Pick: Take Winnipeg

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