Saturday, February 27, 2016

Consol Energy Center

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The Winnipeg Jets travel to Consol Energy Center to play the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday, February 27, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Jets at +156 and the Penguins at -173. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Winnipeg comes into this matchup having played 60 games. They have an overall record of 26-30-4 and on the road they have a record of 13-16-3. Currently they are 7th in the Central Division. They've scored 158 goals and given up 179 goals for a point differential of -21. 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 24-34 and an over/under record of 27-29-4. Pittsburgh shows up with a record of 30-21-8 including 17-9-4 at home this season. They are 4th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 155 goals and surrendered 156 for a goal differential of -1. The Penguins have 8 losses in OT and 4 of them occurred in a shootout. They have a record of 5-4-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 29-29 while their over/under record sits at 24-25-10.

Dustin Byfuglien has accumulated 38 total points this season for the Jets. He has 15 goals this season with 183 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 8%. He has a total of 23 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 17 goals on 182 shots. He has 39 assists giving him a total of 56 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%.

Sidney Crosby has accumulated 56 total points this season for the Penguins. He has 25 goals this season with 173 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 14%. He has a total of 31 assists on the season and averages 20 minutes played per game. Evgeni Malkin has averaged 20 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 16% by scoring 23 goals on 140 shots. He has 26 assists giving him a total of 49 points on the season. Marc-Andre Fleury has 24 wins and 14 losses this season in net for the Penguins. He has had 1,309 shots against him and has given up 106 goals. He has made 1,203 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

The Jets have 56 total points this season. They have scored 156 goals while giving up 176 goals. They have had 192 power play opportunities and have scored 31 goals on those chances for a percentage of 16%. The Jets have allowed 226 power play opportunities and given up 52 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 77%. They average 30 shots per game and as a team are shooting 8.74% for the season to this point. They allow 30 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 90%.

The Penguins have a total of 68 points on the season. They have 35 power play goals on 190 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 18%. They have allowed 186 power play opportunities and have given up 30 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 84%. As a team, the Jets have a total of 153 goals scored while they've given up 152 goals to this point. They average 33 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 7.89%. As a team they give up 31 shots per game and have a save percentage of 92%.

Winnipeg has a Corsi percentage of 50.7% as they've attempted 3,353 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,256 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 50.3% as they have 2,472 attempts while they've given up 2,438 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 1,729 face off wins compared to 1,884 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 47.9%. On defense Winnipeg has 1,532 hits and they've blocked 818 shots from the opposition.

Pittsburgh has attempted 3,448 shots at full strength and they've given up 3,222 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 51.7% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 51.6% as they have 2,619 shots while they've given up 2,454 attempts on defense. The Penguins 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 50.7% as they've compiled 1,897 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,848 face off losses. On defense Pittsburgh has blocked 768 shot attempts and they have 1,463 hits as a unit.

Winnipeg Jets Betting Trends

The Winnipeg Jets are 24-34 straight up

The Winnipeg Jets are 27-29-4 against the over/under

Pittsburgh Penguins Betting Trends

The Pittsburgh Penguins are 29-29 straight up

The Pittsburgh Penguins are 24-25-10 against the over/under

Winnipeg Jets Injuries

10/25/15 D Grant Clitsome Back out indefinitely
02/25/16 C Bryan Little Neck out for season
02/15/16 D Mark Stuart Hand expected to miss 4-6 weeks

Pittsburgh Penguins Injuries

12/08/15 RW Pascal Dupuis Blood Clot has retired
02/26/16 C Evgeni Malkin Lower Body "?" Saturday vs Winnipeg
02/24/16 C Nick Bonino Hand "?" Saturday vs Winnipeg
02/23/16 D Ben Lovejoy Upper Body out indefinitely
02/04/16 RW Eric Fehr Lower Body expected to miss 4-6 weeks
02/02/16 RW Beau Bennett Shoulder out indefinitely
01/23/16 D David Warsofsky Concussion out indefinitely

Guy's Pick: Take Winnipeg

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