Winnipeg Jets – Nashville Predators: Jets looking to cement their dominance 
Winnipeg hosts Nashville for the second time this season. Both clubs are stuck in the lower half of the West and have been maddeningly inconsistent for months. But on head-to-heads this year, the Jets have bossed it.
Will the home side lay down the law again, or will the Preds finally get revenge in Manitoba and walk away with the points? We break down the form to find the best angle.
Jets picking up steam 
Currently 12th in the West (66 points in 66 games, 188 goals for, 202 against), the Jets have had a rough season. That said, they’ve started to smile again. Two straight wins have revived them: a tidy 3-1 over Colorado, then a tough 3-2 grind-out against St. Louis.
They still suffer baffling lapses — remember that 6-3 hiding from the Rangers — but at home the Jets have the tools to make any opponent sweat.
Nashville: defence is wide open 
Sitting just above their opponents tonight (11th, 67 points, 195 for, 225 against), the Predators are paying for a habit of handing out goals. 225 conceded is among the worst tallies in the conference. They roll in on the back of two straight road defeats: a 3-1 loss in Edmonton and a shootout exit in Vancouver (4-3).
Their attack can light up the scoreboard — they’ve hit Seattle 4-2 and Boston 6-3 recently — but the total lack of defensive backbone stops them closing out games away from home.
NHL prediction Winnipeg Jets vs Nashville Predators
Winnipeg Jets to score over 2.5 goals
The Jets head into this one brimming with confidence after two straight wins. But the real stat is the season series: Winnipeg absolutely loves playing Nashville. They’ve already put four on them, then five, in earlier meetings.
At home the Jets keep the pressure on. On the road the Predators are leaking — recently conceding about 3.2 goals per game. Given the hosts’ form, the mental edge they hold over this matchup and the gaping holes in Nashville’s defence, backing Winnipeg to score at least three tonight is the most logical, safest play.
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