In Round 1, the Winnipeg Jets (+600) showed that old time hockey is alive and well. Led by Dustin Byfuglien, the Jets used brute force and sound defensive play to overwhelm the Minnesota Wild offense and dominated in all areas of the ice. This Friday, Winnipeg will kick off their next series against the top team during the regular season.
Though the Nashville Predators (+400) came away victorious over the Colorado Avalanche 4-2 in their quarterfinal matchup, the Aves were a surprising challenge for the heavily favoured Preds. Winnipeg presents new challenges for Nashville and they’ll need more than third liners Colton Sissons and Austin Watson, who led the team in points in the First Round, to show up against the Jets. Game 1 has the Predators as 1.5-goal favourites at home, but anything could change with the drop of the puck.
NHL Odds: Favoured Predators Open Series Against Jets
Connor Hellebuyck and the Winnipeg Jets steamrolled the Minnesota Wild in their First-Round matchup and now have their sights set on the NHL’s top team, the Nashville Predators. Though the Preds are favoured to hoist Lord Stanley’s Cup this spring (+400), Hellebuyck and the Jets (+600) have the firepower and physicality to challenge any team in the league.
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Nashville has home ice advantage throughout the Stanley Cup Playoffs, and that may prove to be the difference in this series. The Predators won their season series against Winnipeg 3-1-1, but only two goals separated the teams over those five games. Though the Preds are favoured by 1.5 goals in Game 1, this quarterfinal should be close throughout.
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