Sunday, March 12, 2017

United Center

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The Minnesota Wild head to United Center to take on the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday, March 12, 2017. The opening line for this contest has the Wild at +113 and the Blackhawks at -125. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Minnesota comes into this game having played 66 games. They have an overall record of 43-17-6 and away from home they have a record of 20-8-5. The currently are 1st in the Central Division. They've scored 221 goals and surrendered 159 goals for a point differential of +62. The Wild have an overall record of 6-4-0 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 40-23 and an over/under record of 33-25-8. Chicago shows up with a record of 42-20-5 including 22-9-4 at home this season. They are 2nd in the Central Division. They've scored 200 goals and surrendered 169 for a goal differential of +31. The Blackhawks have a record of 7-3-0 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 39-25 while their over/under record sits at 30-26-11.

Ryan Suter has accumulated 35 total points this season for the Wild. He has 8 goals this season with 131 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 6%. He has a total of 27 assists on the season and averages 27 minutes played per game. Eric Staal has averaged 18.7 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 13% by scoring 21 goals on 160 shots. He has 30 assists giving him a total of 51 points on the season. Devan Dubnyk has 36 wins and 14 losses this season in net for the Wild. He has had 1,543 shots against him and has given up 105 goals. He has made 1,438 saves for a save percentage of 93%.

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Patrick Kane has accumulated 71 total points this season for the Blackhawks. He has 29 goals this season with 244 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 12%. He has a total of 42 assists on the season and averages 21.5 minutes played per game. Artem Anisimov has averaged 18 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 21% by scoring 22 goals on 105 shots. He has 22 assists giving him a total of 44 points on the season. Corey Crawford has 26 wins and 15 losses this season in net for the Blackhawks. He has had 1,354 shots against him and has given up 111 goals. He has made 1,243 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

The Wild have 92 total points this season. They have scored 221 goals while giving up 159 goals. They have had 185 power play opportunities and have scored 39 goals on those chances for a percentage of 21%. The Wild have allowed 172 power play opportunities and given up 28 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 84%. They average 31 shots per game and as a team are shooting 10.96% for the season to this point. They allow 31 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 92%.

The Blackhawks have a total of 89 points on the season. They have 36 power play goals on 189 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 19%. They have allowed 174 power play opportunities and have given up 39 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 78%. As a team, the Wild have a total of 200 goals scored while they've given up 169 goals to this point. They average 30 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.80%. As a team they give up 31 shots per game and have a save percentage of 92%.

Minnesota has a Corsi percentage of 48.8% as they've attempted 3,639 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,825 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 49.1% as they have 2,748 attempts while they've given up 2,853 shots on the defensive end. The Wild start possessions in the offensive zone 50.4% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 49.6% for the season. They have 2,058 face off wins compared to 1,923 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 51.7%. On defense has 1,032 hits and they've blocked 972 shots from the opposition.

Chicago has attempted 3,804 shots at full strength and they've given up 3,733 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 50.5% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 49.6% as they have 2,730 shots while they've given up 2,774 attempts on defense. The Blackhawks have an offensive zone percentage of 53.3% and their defensive zone percentage is 46.7% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 48.2% as they've compiled 1,841 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,977 face off losses. On defense has blocked 959 shot attempts and they have 954 hits as a unit.

Minnesota Wild Betting Trends

The Minnesota Wild are 40-23 straight up

The Minnesota Wild are 33-25-8 against the over/under

Chicago Blackhawks Betting Trends

The Chicago Blackhawks are 39-25 straight up

The Chicago Blackhawks are 30-26-11 against the over/under

Minnesota Wild Injuries

10/10/16 D Victor Bartley Tricep out indefinitely
03/10/17 D Gustav Olofsson Upper Body out indefinitely
03/05/17 D Christian Folin Arm out indefinitely

Chicago Blackhawks Injuries

03/04/17 GO Scott Darling Upper Body out indefinitely

Tony's Pick: Take Minnesota +113

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