Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Xcel Energy Center

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The New Jersey Devils travel to Xcel Energy Center to play the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday, January 17, 2017. The opening line for this game has the Devils at +160 and the Wild at -204. The over/under has been set at 5.

New Jersey comes into this matchup having played 45 games. They have an overall record of 18-18-9 and on the road they have a record of 8-12-6. Currently they are 7th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 101 goals and given up 129 goals for a point differential of -28. The Devils have an overall record of 5-3-2 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 15-27 and an over/under record of 15-18-12. Minnesota shows up with a record of 28-9-5 including 14-4-0 at home this season. They are 1st in the Central Division. They've scored 138 goals and surrendered 92 for a goal differential of +46. The Wild have a record of 8-1-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 27-14 while their over/under record sits at 17-17-8.

Taylor Hall has accumulated 28 total points this season for the Devils. He has 11 goals this season with 117 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 9%. He has a total of 17 assists on the season and averages 20 minutes played per game. Travis Zajac has averaged 20 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 11% by scoring 9 goals on 80 shots. He has 19 assists giving him a total of 28 points on the season. Cory Schneider has 13 wins and 14 losses this season in net for the Devils. He has had 1,002 shots against him and has given up 90 goals. He has made 912 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

Ryan Suter has accumulated 26 total points this season for the Wild. He has 6 goals this season with 87 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 7%. He has a total of 20 assists on the season and averages 27 minutes played per game. Eric Staal has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 14% by scoring 15 goals on 110 shots. He has 24 assists giving him a total of 39 points on the season. Devan Dubnyk has 23 wins and 7 losses this season in net for the Wild. He has had 981 shots against him and has given up 59 goals. He has made 922 saves for a save percentage of 94%.

The Devils have 45 total points this season. They have scored 101 goals while giving up 129 goals. They have had 151 power play opportunities and have scored 20 goals on those chances for a percentage of 13%. The Devils have allowed 138 power play opportunities and given up 23 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 83%. They average 27 shots per game and as a team are shooting 8.22% for the season to this point. They allow 31 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.

The Wild have a total of 61 points on the season. They have 24 power play goals on 119 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 20%. They have allowed 119 power play opportunities and have given up 18 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 85%. As a team, the Devils have a total of 138 goals scored while they've given up 92 goals to this point. They average 30 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 11.14%. As a team they give up 31 shots per game and have a save percentage of 93%.

New Jersey has a Corsi percentage of 46.5% as they've attempted 2,171 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 2,493 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 46.5% as they have 1,668 attempts while they've given up 1,919 shots on the defensive end. The Devils start possessions in the offensive zone 47.6% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 52.4% for the season. They have 1,355 face off wins compared to 1,332 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 50.4%. On defense New Jersey has 918 hits and they've blocked 574 shots from the opposition.

Minnesota has attempted 2,288 shots at full strength and they've given up 2,441 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 48.4% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 48.5% as they have 1,706 shots while they've given up 1,810 attempts on defense. The Wild have an offensive zone percentage of 50% and their defensive zone percentage is 50% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 51.8% as they've compiled 1,320 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,230 face off losses. On defense Minnesota has blocked 631 shot attempts and they have 702 hits as a unit.

New Jersey Devils Betting Trends

The New Jersey Devils are 15-27 straight up

The New Jersey Devils are 15-18-12 against the over/under

Minnesota Wild Betting Trends

The Minnesota Wild are 27-14 straight up

The Minnesota Wild are 17-17-8 against the over/under

New Jersey Devils Injuries

01/15/17 D Andy Greene Wrist "?" Tuesday vs Minnesota
01/15/17 LW Vernon Fiddler Lower Body "?" Tuesday vs Minnesota
01/09/17 D Yohann Auvitu Lower Body out indefinitely
01/02/17 D John Moore Concussion out indefinitely

Minnesota Wild Injuries

10/10/16 D Victor Bartley Tricep out indefinitely

Tony's Pick: Take Minnesota -204

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