Tuesday, February 7, 2017

MTS Centre

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The Minnesota Wild head to MTS Centre to take on the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday, February 7, 2017. The opening line for this contest has the Wild at -115 and the Jets at +104. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Minnesota comes into this game having played 51 games. They have an overall record of 34-12-5 and away from home they have a record of 17-6-5. The currently are 1st in the Central Division. They've scored 172 goals and surrendered 119 goals for a point differential of +53. The Wild have an overall record of 7-3-0 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 32-17 and an over/under record of 25-18-8. Winnipeg shows up with a record of 25-26-4 including 13-11-1 at home this season. They are 5th in the Central Division. They've scored 161 goals and surrendered 172 for a goal differential of -11. The Jets have a record of 5-4-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 23-30 while their over/under record sits at 27-22-6.

Ryan Suter has accumulated 30 total points this season for the Wild. He has 7 goals this season with 97 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 7%. 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 12% by scoring 16 goals on 129 shots. He has 26 assists giving him a total of 42 points on the season. Devan Dubnyk has 28 wins and 9 losses this season in net for the Wild. He has had 1,184 shots against him and has given up 80 goals. He has made 1,104 saves for a save percentage of 93%.

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Mark Scheifele has accumulated 53 total points this season for the Jets. He has 25 goals this season with 114 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 22%. He has a total of 28 assists on the season and averages 20 minutes played per game. Blake Wheeler has averaged 20 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 9% by scoring 16 goals on 173 shots. He has 30 assists giving him a total of 46 points on the season. Connor Hellebuyck has 17 wins and 13 losses this season in net for the Jets. He has had 957 shots against him and has given up 88 goals. He has made 869 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

The Wild have 73 total points this season. They have scored 172 goals while giving up 119 goals. They have had 140 power play opportunities and have scored 29 goals on those chances for a percentage of 21%. The Wild have allowed 142 power play opportunities and given up 25 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 82%. They average 30 shots per game and as a team are shooting 11.35% 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 54 points on the season. They have 33 power play goals on 176 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 19%. They have allowed 191 power play opportunities and have given up 45 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 76%. As a team, the Wild have a total of 161 goals scored while they've given up 172 goals to this point. They average 29 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 10.04%. As a team they give up 31 shots per game and have a save percentage of 90%.

Minnesota has a Corsi percentage of 48.4% as they've attempted 2,781 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 2,965 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 48.6% as they have 2,090 attempts while they've given up 2,208 shots on the defensive end. The Wild start possessions in the offensive zone 49.9% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 50.1% for the season. They have 1,597 face off wins compared to 1,490 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 51.7%. On defense Minnesota has 809 hits and they've blocked 757 shots from the opposition.

Winnipeg has attempted 2,888 shots at full strength and they've given up 3,038 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 48.7% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 49% as they have 2,178 shots while they've given up 2,271 attempts on defense. The Jets have an offensive zone percentage of 49.9% and their defensive zone percentage is 50.1% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 47.6% as they've compiled 1,540 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,696 face off losses. On defense Winnipeg has blocked 767 shot attempts and they have 1,236 hits as a unit.

Minnesota Wild Betting Trends

The Minnesota Wild are 32-17 straight up

The Minnesota Wild are 25-18-8 against the over/under

Winnipeg Jets Betting Trends

The Winnipeg Jets are 23-30 straight up

The Winnipeg Jets are 27-22-6 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

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
02/04/17 RW Drew Stafford Lower Body "?" Tuesday vs Minnesota
01/13/17 D Ben Chiarot Lower Body out indefinitely

Tony's Pick: Take Minnesota -115

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