Thursday, February 25, 2016

American Airlines Center

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The Winnipeg Jets travel to American Airlines Center to play the Dallas Stars on Thursday, February 25, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Jets at +172 and the Stars at -191. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Winnipeg comes into this matchup having played 59 games. They have an overall record of 25-30-4 and on the road they have a record of 12-16-3. Currently they are 7th in the Central Division. They've scored 152 goals and given up 176 goals for a point differential of -24. The Jets have 4 overtime losses including 3 of them in a shootout. In the past 10 games they have an overall record of 3-6-1. For the season they have an ATS record of 23-34 and an over/under record of 26-29-4. Dallas shows up with a record of 38-17-6 including 20-8-0 at home this season. They are 1st in the Central Division. They've scored 199 goals and surrendered 172 for a goal differential of +27. The Stars have 6 losses in OT and 2 of them occurred in a shootout. They have a record of 6-3-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 38-23 while their over/under record sits at 33-27-1.

Dustin Byfuglien has accumulated 37 total points this season for the Jets. He has 15 goals this season with 182 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 8%. He has a total of 22 assists on the season and averages 25 minutes played per game. Blake Wheeler has averaged 20 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 9% by scoring 16 goals on 176 shots. He has 39 assists giving him a total of 55 points on the season. Connor Hellebuyck has 13 wins and 11 losses this season in net for the Jets. He has had 683 shots against him and has given up 56 goals. He has made 627 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Tyler Seguin has accumulated 66 total points this season for the Stars. He has 31 goals this season with 230 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 13%. He has a total of 35 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Jamie Benn has averaged 20 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 16% by scoring 32 goals on 194 shots. He has 37 assists giving him a total of 69 points on the season. Antti Niemi has 22 wins and 11 losses this season in net for the Stars. He has had 1,018 shots against him and has given up 95 goals. He has made 923 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

The Jets have 54 total points this season. They have scored 150 goals while giving up 173 goals. They have had 190 power play opportunities and have scored 31 goals on those chances for a percentage of 16%. The Jets have allowed 222 power play opportunities and given up 50 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 77%. They average 30 shots per game and as a team are shooting 8.54% for the season to this point. They allow 30 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 90%.

The Stars have a total of 82 points on the season. They have 42 power play goals on 195 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 22%. They have allowed 183 power play opportunities and have given up 38 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 79%. As a team, the Jets have a total of 197 goals scored while they've given up 170 goals to this point. They average 32 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 10.03%. As a team they give up 29 shots per game and have a save percentage of 91%.

Winnipeg has a Corsi percentage of 50.8% as they've attempted 3,304 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,202 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 50.4% as they have 2,435 attempts while they've given up 2,394 shots on the defensive end. The Jets start possessions in the offensive zone 52.2% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 47.8% for the season. They have 1,692 face off wins compared to 1,856 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 47.7%. On defense Winnipeg has 1,509 hits and they've blocked 808 shots from the opposition.

Dallas has attempted 3,820 shots at full strength and they've given up 3,404 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 52.9% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 52.2% as they have 2,796 shots while they've given up 2,558 attempts on defense. The Stars have an offensive zone percentage of 52.7% and their defensive zone percentage is 47.3% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 50.7% as they've compiled 1,968 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,915 face off losses. On defense Dallas has blocked 846 shot attempts and they have 1,094 hits as a unit.

Winnipeg Jets Betting Trends

The Winnipeg Jets are 23-34 straight up

The Winnipeg Jets are 26-29-4 against the over/under

Dallas Stars Betting Trends

The Dallas Stars are 38-23 straight up

The Dallas Stars are 33-27-1 against the over/under

Winnipeg Jets Injuries

10/25/15 D Grant Clitsome Back out indefinitely
02/23/16 C Bryan Little Neck "?" Thursday vs Dallas
02/15/16 D Mark Stuart Hand expected to miss 4-6 weeks

Dallas Stars Injuries

10/05/15 RW Brett Ritchie Wrist out indefinitely
02/12/16 LW Travis Moen Lower Body out indefinitely

Josh's Pick: Take Dallas

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