Friday, March 10, 2017

BB&T Center

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The Minnesota Wild travel to BB&T Center to play the Florida Panthers on Friday, March 10, 2017. The opening line for this game has the Wild at -118 and the Panthers at +107. The over/under has been set at 5.

Minnesota comes into this matchup having played 64 games. They have an overall record of 42-16-6 and on the road they have a record of 19-7-5. Currently they are 1st in the Central Division. They've scored 213 goals and given up 151 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 39-22 and an over/under record of 32-24-8. Florida shows up with a record of 29-25-11 including 15-15-3 at home this season. They are 6th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 162 goals and surrendered 183 for a goal differential of -21. The Panthers have a record of 4-5-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 25-36 while their over/under record sits at 27-28-10.

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Ryan Suter has accumulated 35 total points this season for the Wild. He has 8 goals this season with 124 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 7%. 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 12% by scoring 19 goals on 155 shots. He has 29 assists giving him a total of 48 points on the season. Devan Dubnyk has 35 wins and 13 losses this season in net for the Wild. He has had 1,503 shots against him and has given up 101 goals. He has made 1,402 saves for a save percentage of 93%.

Jaromir Jagr has accumulated 35 total points this season for the Panthers. He has 12 goals this season with 137 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 9%. He has a total of 23 assists on the season and averages 17.2 minutes played per game. Vincent Trocheck has averaged 21.2 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 12% by scoring 22 goals on 190 shots. He has 23 assists giving him a total of 45 points on the season. James Reimer has 12 wins and 10 losses this season in net for the Panthers. He has had 831 shots against him and has given up 67 goals. He has made 764 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

The Wild have 90 total points this season. They have scored 213 goals while giving up 151 goals. They have had 178 power play opportunities and have scored 39 goals on those chances for a percentage of 22%. The Wild have allowed 167 power play opportunities and given up 26 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 84%. They average 30 shots per game and as a team are shooting 11.00% for the season to this point. They allow 31 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 93%.

The Panthers have a total of 69 points on the season. They have 36 power play goals on 216 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 17%. They have allowed 198 power play opportunities and have given up 27 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 86%. As a team, the Wild have a total of 162 goals scored while they've given up 183 goals to this point. They average 32 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 7.70%. As a team they give up 32 shots per game and have a save percentage of 91%.

Minnesota has a Corsi percentage of 48.6% as they've attempted 3,514 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,719 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 48.9% as they have 2,647 attempts while they've given up 2,769 shots on the defensive end. The Wild start possessions in the offensive zone 50.2% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 49.8% for the season. They have 1,987 face off wins compared to 1,862 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 51.6%. On defense has 994 hits and they've blocked 950 shots from the opposition.

Florida has attempted 3,742 shots at full strength and they've given up 3,461 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 52% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 51.5% as they have 2,890 shots while they've given up 2,726 attempts on defense. The Panthers have an offensive zone percentage of 53.4% and their defensive zone percentage is 46.6% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 47.9% as they've compiled 1,912 face off wins this season and they have suffered 2,078 face off losses. On defense has blocked 735 shot attempts and they have 1,365 hits as a unit.

Minnesota Wild Betting Trends

The Minnesota Wild are 39-22 straight up

The Minnesota Wild are 32-24-8 against the over/under

Florida Panthers Betting Trends

The Florida Panthers are 25-36 straight up

The Florida Panthers are 27-28-10 against the over/under

Minnesota Wild Injuries

10/10/16 D Victor Bartley Tricep out indefinitely
03/08/17 D Matt Dumba Illness "?" Thursday vs. Tampa Bay
03/05/17 D Christian Folin Arm out indefinitely

Florida Panthers Injuries

03/03/17 GO Roberto Luongo Hip out indefinitely

Tony's Pick: Take Florida +107

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