Wednesday, February 1, 2017

Scotiabank Saddledome

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The Minnesota Wild head to Scotiabank Saddledome to take on the Calgary Flames on Wednesday, February 1, 2017. The opening line for this contest has the Wild at -120 and the Flames at +109. The over/under has been set at 5.

Minnesota comes into this game having played 48 games. They have an overall record of 32-11-5 and away from home they have a record of 15-5-5. The currently are 1st in the Central Division. They've scored 160 goals and surrendered 109 goals for a point differential of +51. The Wild have an overall record of 8-2-0 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 30-16 and an over/under record of 22-18-8. Calgary shows up with a record of 25-24-3 including 13-13-0 at home this season. They are 4th in the Pacific Division. They've scored 134 goals and surrendered 149 for a goal differential of -15. The Flames have a record of 3-6-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 23-27 while their over/under record sits at 21-25-6.

Ryan Suter has accumulated 30 total points this season for the Wild. He has 7 goals this season with 93 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 8%. He has a total of 23 assists on the season and averages 27 minutes played per game. Eric Staal has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 13% by scoring 16 goals on 124 shots. He has 25 assists giving him a total of 41 points on the season. Devan Dubnyk has 27 wins and 8 losses this season in net for the Wild. He has had 1,121 shots against him and has given up 72 goals. He has made 1,049 saves for a save percentage of 94%.

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Mikael Backlund has accumulated 34 total points this season for the Flames. He has 14 goals this season with 125 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 11%. He has a total of 20 assists on the season and averages 17 minutes played per game. Johnny Gaudreau has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 9% by scoring 11 goals on 116 shots. He has 20 assists giving him a total of 31 points on the season. Chad Johnson has 16 wins and 12 losses this season in net for the Flames. He has had 826 shots against him and has given up 72 goals. He has made 754 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

The Wild have 69 total points this season. They have scored 160 goals while giving up 109 goals. They have had 135 power play opportunities and have scored 29 goals on those chances for a percentage of 21%. The Wild have allowed 133 power play opportunities and given up 21 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 84%. They average 29 shots per game and as a team are shooting 11.32% for the season to this point. They allow 30 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 93%.

The Flames have a total of 53 points on the season. They have 35 power play goals on 172 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 20%. They have allowed 194 power play opportunities and have given up 37 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 81%. As a team, the Wild have a total of 134 goals scored while they've given up 149 goals to this point. They average 29 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 8.84%. As a team they give up 28 shots per game and have a save percentage of 90%.

Minnesota has a Corsi percentage of 48.5% as they've attempted 2,609 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 2,770 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 48.7% as they have 1,954 attempts while they've given up 2,062 shots on the defensive end. The Wild start possessions in the offensive zone 49.7% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 50.3% for the season. They have 1,484 face off wins compared to 1,394 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 51.6%. On defense Minnesota has 776 hits and they've blocked 708 shots from the opposition.

Calgary has attempted 2,837 shots at full strength and they've given up 2,770 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 50.6% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 50.1% as they have 2,078 shots while they've given up 2,073 attempts on defense. The Flames have an offensive zone percentage of 50.1% and their defensive zone percentage is 49.9% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 49.4% as they've compiled 1,562 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,599 face off losses. On defense Calgary has blocked 697 shot attempts and they have 1,025 hits as a unit.

Minnesota Wild Betting Trends

The Minnesota Wild are 30-16 straight up

The Minnesota Wild are 22-18-8 against the over/under

Calgary Flames Betting Trends

The Calgary Flames are 23-27 straight up

The Calgary Flames are 21-25-6 against the over/under

Minnesota Wild Injuries

10/10/16 D Victor Bartley Tricep out indefinitely
01/18/17 D Jonas Brodin Finger out indefinitely

Calgary Flames Injuries

10/09/16 D Ladislav Smid Neck out for season
01/19/17 RW Garnet Hathaway Upper Body out indefinitely

Guy's Pick: Take Minnesota -120

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