Thursday, December 8, 2016

MTS Centre

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The New York Rangers travel to MTS Centre to play the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday, December 8, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Rangers at -110 and the Jets at +100. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

New York comes into this matchup having played 27 games. They have an overall record of 17-8-1 and on the road they have a record of 7-5-0. Currently they are 2nd in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 97 goals and given up 69 goals for a point differential of +28. The Rangers have an overall record of 4-5-1 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 17-10 and an over/under record of 16-9-2. Winnipeg shows up with a record of 13-13-2 including 8-5-1 at home this season. They are 3rd in the Central Division. They've scored 77 goals and surrendered 85 for a goal differential of -8. The Jets have a record of 4-5-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 12-16 while their over/under record sits at 11-15-3.

Kevin Hayes has accumulated 19 total points this season for the Rangers. He has 10 goals this season with 42 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 24%. He has a total of 9 assists on the season and averages 16 minutes played per game. J.T. Miller has averaged 16 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 15% by scoring 8 goals on 55 shots. He has 11 assists giving him a total of 19 points on the season. Henrik Lundqvist has 12 wins and 7 losses this season in net for the Rangers. He has had 538 shots against him and has given up 46 goals. He has made 492 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

Blake Wheeler has accumulated 21 total points this season for the Jets. He has 8 goals this season with 79 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 10%. He has a total of 13 assists on the season and averages 21 minutes played per game. Mark Scheifele has averaged 21 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 20% by scoring 13 goals on 66 shots. He has 13 assists giving him a total of 26 points on the season. Connor Hellebuyck has 10 wins and 9 losses this season in net for the Jets. He has had 560 shots against him and has given up 50 goals. He has made 510 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

The Rangers have 35 total points this season. They have scored 95 goals while giving up 65 goals. They have had 75 power play opportunities and have scored 17 goals on those chances for a percentage of 23%. The Rangers have allowed 67 power play opportunities and given up 10 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 85%. They average 28 shots per game and as a team are shooting 12.94% for the season to this point. They allow 30 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 92%.

The Jets have a total of 28 points on the season. They have 15 power play goals on 94 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 16%. They have allowed 103 power play opportunities and have given up 21 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 80%. As a team, the Rangers have a total of 74 goals scored while they've given up 81 goals to this point. They average 28 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.60%. As a team they give up 30 shots per game and have a save percentage of 90%.

New York has a Corsi percentage of 47.1% as they've attempted 1,343 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 1,509 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 49.2% as they have 1,021 attempts while they've given up 1,053 shots on the defensive end. The Rangers start possessions in the offensive zone 47.2% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 52.8% for the season. They have 747 face off wins compared to 776 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 49%. On defense New York has 520 hits and they've blocked 456 shots from the opposition.

Winnipeg has attempted 1,450 shots at full strength and they've given up 1,586 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 47.8% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 48.2% as they have 1,079 shots while they've given up 1,158 attempts on defense. The Jets have an offensive zone percentage of 47.6% and their defensive zone percentage is 52.4% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 45.5% as they've compiled 741 face off wins this season and they have suffered 887 face off losses. On defense Winnipeg has blocked 428 shot attempts and they have 678 hits as a unit.

New York Rangers Betting Trends

The New York Rangers are 17-10 straight up

The New York Rangers are 16-9-2 against the over/under

Winnipeg Jets Betting Trends

The Winnipeg Jets are 12-16 straight up

The Winnipeg Jets are 11-15-3 against the over/under

New York Rangers Injuries

12/06/16 RW Michael Grabner Personal "?" Thursday vs Winnipeg
12/06/16 LW Rick Nash Lower Body injured last game, "?" Thursday vs Wiinnpeg
12/06/16 LW Matt Puempel Concussion injured last game, "?" Thursday vs Winnipeg
11/20/16 C Mika Zibanejad Fibula expected to miss 6-8 weeks
11/20/16 LW Pavel Buchnevich Back out indefinitely

Winnipeg Jets Injuries

12/06/16 C Alexander Burmistrov Upper Body injured last game, "?" Thursday vs NY Rangers
12/06/16 C Mark Scheifele Lower Body "?" Thursday vs NY Rangers
11/30/16 C Nic Petan Lower Body out indefinitely
11/23/16 D Tyler Myers Lower Body out indefinitely
11/05/16 RW Joel Armia Ankle out indefinitely
11/02/16 C Shawn Matthias Ankle out indefinitely

Josh's Pick: Take Winnipeg +100

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