Saturday, February 11, 2017

MTS Centre

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The Tampa Bay Lightning head to MTS Centre to take on the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday, February 11, 2017. The opening line for this contest has the Lightning at -175 and the Jets at +155. The over/under has been set at 5.

Tampa Bay comes into this game having played 54 games. They have an overall record of 24-24-6 and away from home they have a record of 10-14-4. The currently are 6th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 149 goals and surrendered 157 goals for a point differential of -8. The Lightning have an overall record of 4-4-2 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 21-30 and an over/under record of 26-22-6. Winnipeg shows up with a record of 25-27-4 including 13-12-1 at home this season. They are 5th in the Central Division. They've scored 163 goals and surrendered 176 for a goal differential of -13. The Jets have a record of 5-5-0 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 23-31 while their over/under record sits at 28-22-6.

Nikita Kucherov has accumulated 49 total points this season for the Lightning. He has 21 goals this season with 151 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 14%. He has a total of 28 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Victor Hedman has averaged 25 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 7% by scoring 7 goals on 97 shots. He has 35 assists giving him a total of 42 points on the season. Andrei Vasilevskiy has 11 wins and 12 losses this season in net for the Lightning. He has had 820 shots against him and has given up 75 goals. He has made 745 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

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Mark Scheifele has accumulated 53 total points this season for the Jets. He has 25 goals this season with 115 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 176 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 967 shots against him and has given up 88 goals. He has made 879 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

The Lightning have 54 total points this season. They have scored 149 goals while giving up 157 goals. They have had 196 power play opportunities and have scored 42 goals on those chances for a percentage of 21%. The Lightning have allowed 182 power play opportunities and given up 36 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 80%. They average 30 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.23% for the season to this point. They allow 30 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 90%.

The Jets have a total of 54 points on the season. They have 33 power play goals on 177 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 19%. They have allowed 192 power play opportunities and have given up 45 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 77%. As a team, the Lightning have a total of 163 goals scored while they've given up 176 goals to this point. They average 29 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.91%. As a team they give up 31 shots per game and have a save percentage of 90%.

Tampa Bay has a Corsi percentage of 51.1% as they've attempted 3,008 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 2,883 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 50.7% as they have 2,265 attempts while they've given up 2,204 shots on the defensive end. The Lightning start possessions in the offensive zone 51.1% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 48.9% for the season. They have 1,602 face off wins compared to 1,669 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 49%. On defense Tampa Bay has 1,204 hits and they've blocked 679 shots from the opposition.

Winnipeg has attempted 2,960 shots at full strength and they've given up 3,087 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 48.9% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 49.2% as they have 2,236 shots while they've given up 2,305 attempts on defense. The Jets 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 47.6% as they've compiled 1,567 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,726 face off losses. On defense Winnipeg has blocked 782 shot attempts and they have 1,252 hits as a unit.

Tampa Bay Lightning Betting Trends

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 21-30 straight up

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 26-22-6 against the over/under

Winnipeg Jets Betting Trends

The Winnipeg Jets are 23-31 straight up

The Winnipeg Jets are 28-22-6 against the over/under

Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries

11/16/16 C Steven Stamkos Knee out 4 months
02/10/17 C Tyler Johnson Undisclosed "?" Friday vs. Minnesota
02/09/17 LW Alex Killorn Undisclosed is upgraded to probable Friday vs. Minnesota
02/09/17 LW Ondrej Palat Lower Body is upgraded to probable Friday vs. Minnesota
01/15/17 RW Ryan Callahan Hip expected to miss 4 weeks

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
02/09/17 D Ben Chiarot Upper Body is upgraded to "?" Friday vs. Chicago
02/09/17 GO Ondrej Pavelec Lower Body expected to miss 7-10 days

Josh's Pick: Take Tampa Bay -175

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