After coping with the frustration of a loss to a backside 5 NHL crew of their final contest, the Winnipeg Jets should regroup rapidly in preparation for a match in opposition to the Washington Capitals. The Better of the West versus the Beast of the East sort recreation. The #1 ranked Caps visiting the #2 ranked Jets with the President’s Trophy probably on the road. Our squad shouldn’t want any “bulletin materials” to get hyped for this recreation.
Winnipeg (48-19-4) must overcome some accidents to key gamers like winger Gabriel Vilardi & defenseman Neal Pionk. That has compelled head coach Scott Arniel to change the lineup to attempt to get the perfect out of his gamers, together with Alex Iafallo shifting as much as the highest ahead line and Rasmus Kupari taking his spot on the 4th line.
The Jets are 25-6-4 on the Canada Life Centre in 2024-25 and have gone 9-5-1 because the 4 Nations match concluded. The True Northers have the NHL’s 2nd greatest offense (246) & the league’s greatest protection (170), in addition to the best powerplay (30.1%). Of their final 4 outings, Winnipeg has needed to go to further time to win a pair video games and gave up 5+ targets in opposition to in two losses.
Washington (47-15-8) isn’t coping with any new accidents at this level of the season, although they’ve been with out Nicklas Backstrom, TJ Oshie, & Sonny Milano (long-term damage reserve) all season.
The Capitals have been good on the street, with a 23-8-2 document (greatest in NHL), and have gone 11-4-0 because the 4 Nations ended. The Caps have the NHL’s greatest offense (257), the league’s third greatest protection (181), & the third handiest penalty killers (82.8%). Washington has been rolling alongside after being shutout by the Los Angeles Kings 5 video games in the past, choosing up 4 straight victories whereas out-scoring the opposition 18 to 7.
Beneath is how PuckPedia is predicting the teaching workers to line up the gamers on Tuesday night time:
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The Winnipeg Jets have two gamers (Kyle Connor/Mark Scheifele) with greater than 70 factors this season, a pair extra forwards within the 60’s (Nikolaj Ehlers/Gabriel Vilardi), and defenseman Josh Morrissey within the 50 level vary.
The Washington Capitals have three forwards with at the least 60 factors (Dylan Strome/Aliaksei Protas/Pierre-Luc Dubois) and a pair extra on the cusp of that vary (Alex Ovechkin/Tom Wilson), plus Connor McMichael who sits within the mid-50’s.
Time to take a look at how the franchises stack up head-to-head primarily based on this yr’s stats….take a while to overview AIH’s Match Up graphic and ESPN’s have a look at the goalies.
It was nearly 2 months in the past that the Jets & Capitals met for the primary time this season and the visiting Winnipeggers walked away with a 5-4 time beyond regulation win. Who will come out on prime on the CLC on Tuesday??
The Jets’ magic quantity stays at 9 because the Dallas Stars picked up one other win on Monday…so it is likely to be time for Winnipeg to go on one other lengthy profitable streak to lock up the highest spot within the Central. Solely 11 extra video games to go….six in Manitoba and 5 on the street.
The final time the Jets confronted a “pivotal second” recreation, they impressed with a 4-1 victory over the Dallas Stars….can they discover that degree of play once more on Tuesday? Puck drops at 7 pm Central…within the meantime, lets hear your ideas, considerations, predictions, or simply normal musing within the Remark part beneath.
Go Winnipeg!!!!!!!
