Saturday, February 4, 2017

Pepsi Center

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The Winnipeg Jets travel to Pepsi Center to play the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday, February 4, 2017. The opening line for this game has the Jets at -165 and the Avalanche at +145. The over/under has been set at 6.

Winnipeg comes into this matchup having played 54 games. They have an overall record of 25-25-4 and on the road they have a record of 12-14-3. Currently they are 5th in the Central Division. They've scored 159 goals and given up 167 goals for a point differential of -8. The Jets have an overall record of 5-4-1 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 23-29 and an over/under record of 26-22-6. Colorado shows up with a record of 13-33-2 including 5-18-1 at home this season. They are 7th in the Central Division. They've scored 94 goals and surrendered 166 for a goal differential of -72. The Avalanche have a record of 1-8-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 13-35 while their over/under record sits at 19-21-8.

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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 this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 9% by scoring 16 goals on 171 shots. He has 29 assists giving him a total of 45 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%.

Matt Duchene has accumulated 29 total points this season for the Avalanche. He has 15 goals this season with 101 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 15%. He has a total of 14 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Nathan MacKinnon has averaged 20 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 7% by scoring 11 goals on 164 shots. He has 22 assists giving him a total of 33 points on the season. Calvin Pickard has 7 wins and 14 losses this season in net for the Avalanche. He has had 710 shots against him and has given up 69 goals. He has made 641 saves for a save percentage of 90%.

The Jets have 54 total points this season. They have scored 159 goals while giving up 167 goals. They have had 172 power play opportunities and have scored 32 goals on those chances for a percentage of 19%. The Jets have allowed 189 power play opportunities and given up 44 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 77%. They average 29 shots per game and as a team are shooting 10.07% for the season to this point. They allow 31 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 90%.

The Avalanche have a total of 28 points on the season. They have 21 power play goals on 154 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 14%. They have allowed 177 power play opportunities and have given up 39 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 78%. As a team, the Jets have a total of 94 goals scored while they've given up 166 goals to this point. They average 28 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 6.94%. As a team they give up 32 shots per game and have a save percentage of 89%.

Winnipeg has a Corsi percentage of 48.7% as they've attempted 2,838 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 2,991 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 48.9% as they have 2,138 attempts while they've given up 2,235 shots on the defensive end. The Jets start possessions in the offensive zone 49.8% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 50.2% for the season. They have 1,522 face off wins compared to 1,653 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 47.9%. On defense Winnipeg has 1,215 hits and they've blocked 756 shots from the opposition.

Colorado has attempted 2,477 shots at full strength and they've given up 2,777 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 47.1% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 46.9% as they have 1,855 shots while they've given up 2,102 attempts on defense. The Avalanche have an offensive zone percentage of 48% and their defensive zone percentage is 52% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 53.2% as they've compiled 1,556 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,371 face off losses. On defense Colorado has blocked 675 shot attempts and they have 1,101 hits as a unit.

Winnipeg Jets Betting Trends

The Winnipeg Jets are 23-29 straight up

The Winnipeg Jets are 26-22-6 against the over/under

Colorado Avalanche Betting Trends

The Colorado Avalanche are 13-35 straight up

The Colorado Avalanche are 19-21-8 against the over/under

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
02/02/17 RW Drew Stafford Lower Body "?" Saturday vs Colorado
01/13/17 D Ben Chiarot Lower Body out indefinitely

Colorado Avalanche Injuries

12/04/16 D Erik Johnson Fibula expected to miss 6-8 weeks
02/02/17 RW Rene Bourque Lower Body "?" Saturday vs. Winnipeg
01/26/17 GO Semyon Varlamov Hip out for season

Josh's Pick: Take Colorado +145

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