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Posted at 1:15 PM EST.

8:05 PM EST. The Coyotes have two wins in 19 games, which puts them on a pace for about 10 wins in 82 games. We can’t even begin to explain how preposterous that is for a team with this much talent. The worst teams in the history of this league have fared better and we can assure you that the Coyotes are not close to being as bad as those some of those teams. In their second season, the San Jose Sharks would make history by breaking futility records. San Jose finished 11-71-2, with just 24 points. Those 71 losses are a record for most in a season, and they also set the record for most consecutive losses with 17. There are more on record but those teams were getting smashed nightly while this team is not. Arizona has had the lead in almost every game they have played. Very weak teams rarely have the lead. Arizona has had nothing but an ocean of bad luck and it is bound to change soon. Whether its luck improves here or not remains to be seen but one thing we know for sure is that the Jets are not playing good enough to be priced in this range.

Winnipeg comes in with a misleading 9-4-3 record; misleading because they are constantly getting outplayed. Over the past week, Winnipeg went 2-1-1 with only regulation loss over that span occurring at Las Vegas, 5-2. However, in its 5-4 OT loss in Montreal, the Jets were outshot 50-23. The Jets have been out-chanced in six of its last seven games and in 72% of their games this season. The Jets overall Corsi +/- rating is -111, which is the third worst mark in the NHL, ahead of only Colorado and New Jersey. Winnipeg has recorded a weak 24, 19, 27, 23, 26, 29 and 21 shots on net respectively over its last seven games. Obviously the Jets are capable of winning here. This is still a dangerous offensive team that can score in bushels. However, the Jets record is much better than their performances and what we have here are two teams in line for a correction. Winnipeg also returns home from a three-game trip to Montreal, Las Vegas and Arizona on Saturday night. Incidentally, Arizona outshot Winnipeg 30-21, but lost 3-1. Tonight might be different, as the Jets will honour Dale Hawerchuk in a pre-game ceremony and that's just another angle we like to try and exploit.  

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