Vancouver Canucks vs. Winnipeg Jets Prediction, NHL Odds
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Edgar Chaput
The B.C.-based ensemble embarks on a road trip while carrying the momentum of a strong win over Colorado in their last home game. The Jets spend the weekend at home following a thrilling two points earned Friday against the Lightning.
Winnipeg is awarded status as -1.5 favourites on the NHL odds (+136 on the puckline). The over-under is valued at 6.5 goals.
Canucks vs. Jets NHL Betting Odds
It’s a tale of two seasons when these franchises clash. For the 2021-2022 campaign, Vancouver took all three scheduled tilts. Success has smiled on Winnipeg this season, at least so far. In fact, Sunday is already the third and final regular-season date between these sides. All have come in rapid succession. The Jets won 5-1 on December 17th, then 4-2 on December 29th.
Bruce Boudreau’s Vancouver unit is one of a few teams who have performed better away from home, although the schism isn’t slight. Still, they can hold their heads high with a respectable 9-8-2 tally when travelling. Regarding the spread, they’ve split their past six road games. Interestingly enough, four of those were to Canadian rivals and in those contests the Canucks are 3-1.
As for the Jets, they’re flying high, pardon the pun. Rick Bowness has his side trail Dallas by a single point in the Central Division, aided by a four-game winning streak. Speaking of those wins, they all translated to spread covers. That same streak has improved Winnipeg’s showing ATS to 25-14 on the season.
Vancouver Canucks
What a way to smash a losing streak to bits. Not only was Vancouver desperate for points on Thursday night, but so too were the visiting Avalanche, losers of four straight at the time.
What’s more, the Canucks did a couple of surprising things. For one, they took care of business at home, something they’ve struggled with this year (8-10-1). Second, they did to an opponent exactly what befell them so many times: snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. The Avalanche looked like the superior team for the better part of 25 minutes, taking a 2-0 lead, aided by Mikko Rantanen’s 26th of the year. Whatever Bruce Boudreau yelled to his players when they were awarded a power play late in the second, but it worked. Andrei Kuzmenko cut the deficit to 2-1, then scored two minutes later to tie the game before Brock Boeser made it 3-2 thirty seconds after that! Vancouver held on in the third and slotted an empty net goal to make the final 4-2.
Winnipeg Jets
After defeating a trio of Western Canadian foes, one of the NHL’s most dominant outfits came to town Friday. A win over the mighty Lightning, who have found their groove as of late, would be huge.
There aren’t many games when one can say that a potential turning point arrived in the first period with no goals scored yet, but this was one such example. With about twelve minutes played, Lightning talisman Steven Stamkos was hanging freely around the Winnipeg net and received a pass. He went for a slick backhander, but Connor Hellebuyck spread the pads for a brilliant save. The American netminder would end up having a big night, performing many critical saves as his side fought back from 1-0 and 2-1 deficits. Pierre-Luc Dubois improved his tally to 19 goals with a brace and the winner came courtesy of Kyle Conner, a big goal specialist.
