Tuesday, February 28, 2017

MTS Centre

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The Minnesota Wild head to MTS Centre to take on the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday, February 28, 2017. The opening line for this contest has the Wild at -150 and the Jets at +136. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Minnesota comes into this game having played 59 games. They have an overall record of 39-14-6 and away from home they have a record of 18-6-5. The currently are 1st in the Central Division. They've scored 198 goals and surrendered 138 goals for a point differential of +60. The Wild have an overall record of 6-3-1 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 36-20 and an over/under record of 30-21-8. Winnipeg shows up with a record of 28-29-6 including 14-14-1 at home this season. They are 5th in the Central Division. They've scored 184 goals and surrendered 199 for a goal differential of -15. The Jets have a record of 4-4-2 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 26-35 while their over/under record sits at 32-25-6.

Eric Staal has accumulated 45 total points this season for the Wild. He has 17 goals this season with 146 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 12%. He has a total of 28 assists on the season and averages 18.8 minutes played per game. Ryan Suter has averaged 27.3 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 7% by scoring 8 goals on 117 shots. He has 25 assists giving him a total of 33 points on the season. Devan Dubnyk has 32 wins and 11 losses this season in net for the Wild. He has had 1,385 shots against him and has given up 93 goals. He has made 1,292 saves for a save percentage of 93%.

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Blake Wheeler has accumulated 49 total points this season for the Jets. He has 17 goals this season with 198 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 9%. He has a total of 32 assists on the season and averages 20 minutes played per game. Mark Scheifele has averaged 20.4 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 20% by scoring 25 goals on 124 shots. He has 37 assists giving him a total of 62 points on the season. Connor Hellebuyck has 20 wins and 15 losses this season in net for the Jets. He has had 1,196 shots against him and has given up 108 goals. He has made 1,088 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

The Wild have 84 total points this season. They have scored 198 goals while giving up 138 goals. They have had 163 power play opportunities and have scored 37 goals on those chances for a percentage of 23%. The Wild have allowed 154 power play opportunities and given up 26 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 83%. They average 30 shots per game and as a team are shooting 11.15% for the season to this point. They allow 31 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 93%.

The Jets have a total of 62 points on the season. They have 35 power play goals on 198 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 18%. They have allowed 215 power play opportunities and have given up 50 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 77%. As a team, the Wild have a total of 184 goals scored while they've given up 199 goals to this point. They average 29 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.94%. As a team they give up 31 shots per game and have a save percentage of 90%.

Minnesota has a Corsi percentage of 48.2% as they've attempted 3,238 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,475 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 48.6% as they have 2,439 attempts while they've given up 2,579 shots on the defensive end. The Wild start possessions in the offensive zone 50% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 50% for the season. They have 1,846 face off wins compared to 1,719 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 51.8%. On defense has 914 hits and they've blocked 896 shots from the opposition.

Winnipeg has attempted 3,362 shots at full strength and they've given up 3,518 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 48.9% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 49% as they have 2,525 shots while they've given up 2,631 attempts on defense. The Jets have an offensive zone percentage of 49.7% and their defensive zone percentage is 50.3% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 47.9% as they've compiled 1,782 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,942 face off losses. On defense has blocked 887 shot attempts and they have 1,465 hits as a unit.

Minnesota Wild Betting Trends

The Minnesota Wild are 36-20 straight up

The Minnesota Wild are 30-21-8 against the over/under

Winnipeg Jets Betting Trends

The Winnipeg Jets are 26-35 straight up

The Winnipeg Jets are 32-25-6 against the over/under

Minnesota Wild Injuries

10/10/16 D Victor Bartley Tricep out indefinitely

Winnipeg Jets Injuries

12/30/16 D Marko Dano Leg expected to miss 8 weeks
11/23/16 D Tyler Myers Lower Body out indefinitely
02/21/17 RW Drew Stafford Illness "?" Tuesday vs Minnesota
02/20/17 D Jacob Trouba Suspension expected to miss Tuesday vs Minnesota
02/15/17 C Andrew Copp Upper Body out indefinitely
02/13/17 D Toby Enstrom Lower Body out indefinitely
02/09/17 GO Ondrej Pavelec Lower Body expected to miss 7-10 days

Josh's Pick: Take Minnesota -150

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