Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Scotiabank Saddledome

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The Winnipeg Jets travel to Scotiabank Saddledome to play the Calgary Flames on Wednesday, March 16, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Jets at +111 and the Flames at -123. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Winnipeg comes into this matchup having played 69 games. They have an overall record of 29-35-5 and on the road they have a record of 14-18-3. Currently they are 7th in the Central Division. They've scored 181 goals and given up 205 goals for a point differential of -24. The Jets have 5 overtime losses including 3 of them in a shootout. In the past 10 games they have an overall record of 4-5-1. For the season they have an ATS record of 27-40 and an over/under record of 31-33-5. Calgary shows up with a record of 29-35-5 including 19-15-2 at home this season. They are 6th in the Pacific Division. They've scored 189 goals and surrendered 217 for a goal differential of -28. The Flames have 5 losses in OT and 2 of them occurred in a shootout. They have a record of 3-5-2 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 28-40 while their over/under record sits at 35-30-4.

Dustin Byfuglien has accumulated 44 total points this season for the Jets. He has 16 goals this season with 208 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 8%. He has a total of 28 assists on the season and averages 25 minutes played per game. Blake Wheeler has averaged 0 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 0% by scoring 18 goals on 213 shots. He has 43 assists giving him a total of 61 points on the season. Ondrej Pavelec has 8 wins and 11 losses this season in net for the Jets. He has had 657 shots against him and has given up 63 goals. He has made 594 saves for a save percentage of 90%.

John Gaudreau has accumulated 69 total points this season for the Flames. He has 26 goals this season with 182 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 14%. He has a total of 43 assists on the season and averages 20 minutes played per game. Sean Monahan has averaged 20 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 14% by scoring 23 goals on 167 shots. He has 28 assists giving him a total of 51 points on the season. Jonas Hiller has 9 wins and 10 losses this season in net for the Flames. He has had 625 shots against him and has given up 73 goals. He has made 552 saves for a save percentage of 88%.

The Jets have 63 total points this season. They have scored 179 goals while giving up 202 goals. They have had 221 power play opportunities and have scored 34 goals on those chances for a percentage of 15%. The Jets have allowed 252 power play opportunities and given up 54 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 79%. They average 30 shots per game and as a team are shooting 8.73% for the season to this point. They allow 30 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 90%.

The Flames have a total of 63 points on the season. They have 36 power play goals on 229 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 16%. They have allowed 191 power play opportunities and have given up 49 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 74%. As a team, the Jets have a total of 187 goals scored while they've given up 215 goals to this point. They average 29 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.23%. As a team they give up 29 shots per game and have a save percentage of 89%.

Winnipeg has a Corsi percentage of 50.8% as they've attempted 3,849 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,725 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 50.4% as they have 2,840 attempts while they've given up 2,797 shots on the defensive end. The Jets start possessions in the offensive zone 51.9% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 48.1% for the season. They have 1,945 face off wins compared to 2,152 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 47.5%. On defense Winnipeg has 1,775 hits and they've blocked 928 shots from the opposition.

Calgary has attempted 3,798 shots at full strength and they've given up 3,977 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 48.8% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 49.5% as they have 2,787 shots while they've given up 2,843 attempts on defense. The Flames have an offensive zone percentage of 51.8% and their defensive zone percentage is 48.2% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 48.4% as they've compiled 2,031 face off wins this season and they have suffered 2,167 face off losses. On defense Calgary has blocked 1,134 shot attempts and they have 1,421 hits as a unit.

Winnipeg Jets Betting Trends

The Winnipeg Jets are 27-40 straight up

The Winnipeg Jets are 31-33-5 against the over/under

Calgary Flames Betting Trends

The Calgary Flames are 28-40 straight up

The Calgary Flames are 35-30-4 against the over/under

Winnipeg Jets Injuries

10/25/15 D Grant Clitsome Back out indefinitely
03/14/16 D Dustin Byfuglien Illness "?" Wednesday vs Calgary
03/12/16 RW Anthony Peluso Shoulder out for season
03/08/16 RW Joel Armia Lower Body expected to miss 7-10 days
03/04/16 LW Nikolaj Ehlers Eye out indefinitely
02/25/16 C Bryan Little Back out for season
02/15/16 D Mark Stuart Hand expected to miss 4-6 weeks

Calgary Flames Injuries

03/14/16 C Sam Bennett Upper Body "?" Wednesday vs Winnipeg
03/14/16 D T.J. Brodie Upper Body "?" Wednesday vs Winnipeg
02/19/16 D Ladislav Smid Upper Body out indefinitely
02/12/16 GO Karri Ramo Knee out for season

Josh's Pick: Take Calgary

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