Tuesday, November 1, 2016

MTS Centre

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The Washington Capitals travel to MTS Centre to play the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday, November 1, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Capitals at -165 and the Jets at +149. The over/under has been set at 5.

Washington comes into this matchup having played 8 games. They have an overall record of 5-2-1 and on the road they have a record of 3-1-1. Currently they are 3rd in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 22 goals and given up 17 goals for a point differential of +5. For the season they have an ATS record of 5-3 and an over/under record of 3-4-1. Winnipeg shows up with a record of 4-5-0 including 3-3-0 at home this season. They are 5th in the Central Division. They've scored 22 goals and surrendered 26 for a goal differential of -4. Their record against the spread is 4-5 while their over/under record sits at 3-6-0.

Alex Ovechkin has accumulated 6 total points this season for the Capitals. He has 4 goals this season with 32 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 13%. He has a total of 2 assists on the season and averages 18 minutes played per game. Marcus Johansson has averaged 17 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 33% by scoring 5 goals on 15 shots. He has 4 assists giving him a total of 9 points on the season. Braden Holtby has 3 wins and 2 losses this season in net for the Capitals. He has had 156 shots against him and has given up 13 goals. He has made 143 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Mark Scheifele has accumulated 8 total points this season for the Jets. He has 4 goals this season with 28 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 14%. He has a total of 4 assists on the season and averages 22 minutes played per game. Blake Wheeler has averaged 21 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 10% by scoring 3 goals on 29 shots. He has 4 assists giving him a total of 7 points on the season. Michael Hutchinson has 2 wins and 3 losses this season in net for the Jets. He has had 149 shots against him and has given up 14 goals. He has made 135 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

The Capitals have 11 total points this season. They have scored 22 goals while giving up 17 goals. They have had 23 power play opportunities and have scored 4 goals on those chances for a percentage of 17%. The Capitals have allowed 23 power play opportunities and given up 5 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 78%. They average 33 shots per game and as a team are shooting 8.30% for the season to this point. They allow 25 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 93%.

The Jets have a total of 8 points on the season. They have 5 power play goals on 40 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 13%. They have allowed 33 power play opportunities and have given up 7 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 79%. As a team, the Capitals have a total of 22 goals scored while they've given up 26 goals to this point. They average 30 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 8.21%. As a team they give up 32 shots per game and have a save percentage of 91%.

Washington has a Corsi percentage of 54.4% as they've attempted 461 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 386 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 55% as they have 347 attempts while they've given up 284 shots on the defensive end. The Capitals start possessions in the offensive zone 58.1% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 41.9% for the season. They have 243 face off wins compared to 235 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 50.8%. On defense Washington has 137 hits and they've blocked 102 shots from the opposition.

Winnipeg has attempted 504 shots at full strength and they've given up 512 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 49.6% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 47.8% as they have 363 shots while they've given up 396 attempts on defense. The Jets have an offensive zone percentage of 50.8% and their defensive zone percentage is 49.2% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 44.9% as they've compiled 253 face off wins this season and they have suffered 311 face off losses. On defense Winnipeg has blocked 116 shot attempts and they have 183 hits as a unit.

Washington Capitals Betting Trends

The Washington Capitals are 5-3 straight up

The Washington Capitals are 3-4-1 against the over/under

Winnipeg Jets Betting Trends

The Winnipeg Jets are 4-5 straight up

The Winnipeg Jets are 3-6-0 against the over/under

Washington Capitals Injuries

No key injuries to report

Winnipeg Jets Injuries

10/30/16 D Tyler Myers Lower Body "?" Tuesday vs. Washington
10/27/16 RW Drew Stafford Upper Body out indefinitely
10/14/16 C Bryan Little Knee out indefinitely

Guy's Pick: Take Washington

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