Thursday, March 16, 2017

Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

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The Winnipeg Jets head to Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum to take on the New York Islanders on Thursday, March 16, 2017. The opening line for this contest has the Jets at +131 and the Islanders at -145. The over/under has been set at 6.

Winnipeg comes into this game having played 70 games. They have an overall record of 30-33-7 and away from home they have a record of 14-15-6. The currently are 5th in the Central Division. They've scored 208 goals and surrendered 224 goals for a point differential of -16. The Jets have an overall record of 4-4-2 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 28-40 and an over/under record of 36-28-6. New York shows up with a record of 32-25-11 including 20-9-6 at home this season. They are 5th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 206 goals and surrendered 211 for a goal differential of -5. The Islanders have a record of 5-4-1 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 32-36 while their over/under record sits at 37-27-5.

Mark Scheifele has accumulated 69 total points this season for the Jets. He has 28 goals this season with 135 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 21%. He has a total of 41 assists on the season and averages 20.3 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 10% by scoring 21 goals on 220 shots. He has 36 assists giving him a total of 57 points on the season. Connor Hellebuyck has 22 wins and 18 losses this season in net for the Jets. He has had 1,384 shots against him and has given up 129 goals. He has made 1,255 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

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John Tavares has accumulated 58 total points this season for the Islanders. He has 25 goals this season with 226 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 11%. He has a total of 33 assists on the season and averages 20.3 minutes played per game. Josh Bailey has averaged 18.6 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 8% by scoring 12 goals on 151 shots. He has 37 assists giving him a total of 49 points on the season. Thomas Greiss has 23 wins and 15 losses this season in net for the Islanders. He has had 1,229 shots against him and has given up 106 goals. He has made 1,123 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

The Jets have 67 total points this season. They have scored 208 goals while giving up 224 goals. They have had 225 power play opportunities and have scored 39 goals on those chances for a percentage of 17%. The Jets have allowed 242 power play opportunities and given up 57 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 76%. They average 30 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.95% for the season to this point. They allow 31 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 90%.

The Islanders have a total of 75 points on the season. They have 30 power play goals on 192 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 16%. They have allowed 189 power play opportunities and have given up 36 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 81%. As a team, the Jets have a total of 203 goals scored while they've given up 209 goals to this point. They average 31 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.78%. As a team they give up 32 shots per game and have a save percentage of 91%.

Winnipeg has a Corsi percentage of 49.1% as they've attempted 3,768 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 3,903 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 49.4% as they have 2,847 attempts while they've given up 2,916 shots on the defensive end. The Jets start possessions in the offensive zone 50.2% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 49.8% for the season. They have 2,009 face off wins compared to 2,151 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 48.3%. On defense has 1,607 hits and they've blocked 987 shots from the opposition.

New York has attempted 3,800 shots at full strength and they've given up 4,226 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 47.3% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 48% as they have 2,830 shots while they've given up 3,064 attempts on defense. The Islanders have an offensive zone percentage of 49.6% and their defensive zone percentage is 50.4% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 48.2% as they've compiled 1,906 face off wins this season and they have suffered 2,052 face off losses. On defense has blocked 1,162 shot attempts and they have 1,708 hits as a unit.

Winnipeg Jets Betting Trends

The Winnipeg Jets are 28-40 straight up

The Winnipeg Jets are 36-28-6 against the over/under

New York Islanders Betting Trends

The New York Islanders are 32-36 straight up

The New York Islanders are 37-27-5 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
03/14/17 D Jacob Trouba Upper Body "?" Thursday vs. NY Islanders
03/13/17 GO Ondrej Pavelec Knee out indefinitely
03/10/17 D Toby Enstrom Upper Body out indefinitely
02/15/17 C Andrew Copp Upper Body out indefinitely

New York Islanders Injuries

10/10/16 C Mikhail Grabovski Concussion out indefinitely
03/14/17 D Johnny Boychuk Lower Body "?" Thursday vs. Winnipeg
03/14/17 C Shane Prince Lower Body "?" Thursday vs. Winnipeg
03/01/17 C Alan Quine Upper Body out indefinitely
02/23/17 C Casey Cizikas Hand expected to miss 4-6 weeks

Guy's Pick: Take Winnipeg +131

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