Saturday, February 20, 2016

BB&T Center

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The Winnipeg Jets travel to BB&T Center to play the Florida Panthers on Saturday, February 20, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Jets at +123 and the Panthers at -136. The over/under has been set at 5.

Winnipeg comes into this matchup having played 57 games. They have an overall record of 25-28-4 and on the road they have a record of 12-15-3. Currently they are 7th in the Central Division. They've scored 148 goals and given up 168 goals for a point differential of -20. The Jets have 4 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 23-32 and an over/under record of 25-28-4. Florida shows up with a record of 33-18-7 including 18-9-4 at home this season. They are 1st in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 161 goals and surrendered 136 for a goal differential of +25. The Panthers have 7 losses in OT and 2 of them occurred in a shootout. They have a record of 5-3-2 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 32-25 while their over/under record sits at 21-26-11.

Dustin Byfuglien has accumulated 35 total points this season for the Jets. He has 15 goals this season with 177 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 8%. He has a total of 20 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 169 shots. He has 38 assists giving him a total of 54 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%.

Jaromir Jagr has accumulated 41 total points this season for the Panthers. He has 18 goals this season with 98 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 18%. He has a total of 23 assists on the season and averages 17 minutes played per game. Jonathan Huberdeau has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 8% by scoring 11 goals on 134 shots. He has 29 assists giving him a total of 40 points on the season. Roberto Luongo has 24 wins and 14 losses this season in net for the Panthers. He has had 1,295 shots against him and has given up 98 goals. He has made 1,197 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

The Jets have 54 total points this season. They have scored 146 goals while giving up 165 goals. They have had 182 power play opportunities and have scored 30 goals on those chances for a percentage of 16%. The Jets have allowed 213 power play opportunities and given up 47 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 78%. They average 30 shots per game and as a team are shooting 8.58% for the season to this point. They allow 30 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 90%.

The Panthers have a total of 73 points on the season. They have 32 power play goals on 197 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 16%. They have allowed 192 power play opportunities and have given up 35 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 82%. As a team, the Jets have a total of 155 goals scored while they've given up 134 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 92%.

Winnipeg has a Corsi percentage of 50.8% as they've attempted 3,192 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,090 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 50.5% as they have 2,359 attempts while they've given up 2,310 shots on the defensive end. The Jets start possessions in the offensive zone 52.1% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 47.9% for the season. They have 1,644 face off wins compared to 1,789 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 47.9%. On defense Winnipeg has 1,457 hits and they've blocked 780 shots from the opposition.

Florida has attempted 2,782 shots at full strength and they've given up 3,041 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 2,200 shots while they've given up 2,364 attempts on defense. The Panthers have an offensive zone percentage of 48.3% and their defensive zone percentage is 51.7% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 49.5% as they've compiled 1,766 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,803 face off losses. On defense Florida has blocked 677 shot attempts and they have 1,459 hits as a unit.

Winnipeg Jets Betting Trends

The Winnipeg Jets are 23-32 straight up

The Winnipeg Jets are 25-28-4 against the over/under

Florida Panthers Betting Trends

The Florida Panthers are 32-25 straight up

The Florida Panthers are 21-26-11 against the over/under

Winnipeg Jets Injuries

10/25/15 D Grant Clitsome Back out indefinitely
02/19/16 C Bryan Little Neck "?" Saturday vs. Florida
02/15/16 D Mark Stuart Hand expected to miss 4-6 weeks

Florida Panthers Injuries

02/19/16 C Aleksander Barkov Concussion is downgraded to out indefinitely
02/19/16 D Erik Gudbranson Concussion is downgraded to out indefinitely
02/17/16 C Quinton Howden Concussion out indefinitely
02/14/16 C Brandon Pirri Ankle out indefinitely
02/06/16 D Willie Mitchell Concussion out indefinitely
01/04/16 C David Bolland Ankle out indefinitely

Guy's Pick: Take Florida

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