Thursday, January 26, 2017

United Center

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The Winnipeg Jets head to United Center to take on the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday, January 26, 2017. The opening line for this contest has the Jets at +149 and the Blackhawks at -165. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Winnipeg comes into this game having played 51 games. They have an overall record of 22-25-4 and away from home they have a record of 9-14-3. The currently are 6th in the Central Division. They've scored 145 goals and surrendered 158 goals for a point differential of -13. The Jets have an overall record of 3-6-1 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 20-29 and an over/under record of 23-22-6. Chicago shows up with a record of 30-15-5 including 18-6-4 at home this season. They are 2nd in the Central Division. They've scored 139 goals and surrendered 127 for a goal differential of +12. The Blackhawks have a record of 7-3-0 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 28-20 while their over/under record sits at 18-21-11.

Mark Scheifele has accumulated 46 total points this season for the Jets. He has 21 goals this season with 101 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 21%. He has a total of 25 assists on the season and averages 20 minutes played per game. Blake Wheeler has averaged 20 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 9% by scoring 15 goals on 161 shots. He has 25 assists giving him a total of 40 points on the season. Connor Hellebuyck has 16 wins and 13 losses this season in net for the Jets. He has had 916 shots against him and has given up 85 goals. He has made 831 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

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Patrick Kane has accumulated 48 total points this season for the Blackhawks. He has 15 goals this season with 173 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 9%. He has a total of 33 assists on the season and averages 22 minutes played per game. Artem Anisimov has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 23% by scoring 18 goals on 79 shots. He has 15 assists giving him a total of 33 points on the season. Corey Crawford has 18 wins and 11 losses this season in net for the Blackhawks. He has had 985 shots against him and has given up 81 goals. He has made 904 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

The Jets have 48 total points this season. They have scored 145 goals while giving up 158 goals. They have had 164 power play opportunities and have scored 29 goals on those chances for a percentage of 18%. The Jets have allowed 181 power play opportunities and given up 42 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 77%. They average 29 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.71% for the season to this point. They allow 30 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 90%.

The Blackhawks have a total of 65 points on the season. They have 26 power play goals on 148 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 18%. They have allowed 128 power play opportunities and have given up 31 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 76%. As a team, the Jets have a total of 139 goals scored while they've given up 127 goals to this point. They average 29 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.45%. As a team they give up 31 shots per game and have a save percentage of 92%.

Winnipeg has a Corsi percentage of 49.1% as they've attempted 2,701 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 2,795 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 49.2% as they have 2,032 attempts while they've given up 2,097 shots on the defensive end. The Jets start possessions in the offensive zone 50.1% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 49.9% for the season. They have 1,445 face off wins compared to 1,566 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 48%. On defense Winnipeg has 1,152 hits and they've blocked 698 shots from the opposition.

Chicago has attempted 2,784 shots at full strength and they've given up 2,756 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 50.3% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 48.8% as they have 1,978 shots while they've given up 2,074 attempts on defense. The Blackhawks have an offensive zone percentage of 53.2% and their defensive zone percentage is 46.8% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 47.9% as they've compiled 1,388 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,508 face off losses. On defense Chicago has blocked 682 shot attempts and they have 758 hits as a unit.

Winnipeg Jets Betting Trends

The Winnipeg Jets are 20-29 straight up

The Winnipeg Jets are 23-22-6 against the over/under

Chicago Blackhawks Betting Trends

The Chicago Blackhawks are 28-20 straight up

The Chicago Blackhawks are 18-21-11 against the over/under

Winnipeg Jets Injuries

12/30/16 D Marko Dano Lower Body expected to miss 8 weeks
11/23/16 D Tyler Myers Personal out indefinitely
01/24/17 RW Drew Stafford Lower Body expected to miss 5-7 days
01/24/17 C Mathieu Perreault Wrist out indefinitely
01/24/17 D Toby Enstrom Upper Body injured last game, "?" Thursday vs Chicago
01/13/17 D Ben Chiarot Lower Body out indefinitely

Chicago Blackhawks Injuries

01/24/17 C Marcus Kruger Hand "?" Thursday vs Winnipeg

Josh's Pick: Take Winnipeg +149

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