Category: Hockey

When the Winnipeg Jets take the ice at Bell MTS Place, good things usually happen, and that’s where they will be tonight when they host the Pittsburgh Penguins. Winnipeg is 8-2-1-1 at home. They will face a Pittsburgh team that is 0-5 in their last 5 road games and 3-10 in their last 13 overall. The Jets’ Patrik Laine has been off the Richter scale, notching 11 goals in his last 4 games, and the home team is 6-1 in the last 7 meetings between these two clubs.
TONIGHT’S PICK: WINNIPEG JETS

The New York Rangers have lost two in a row and tonight they will look to get back on track when they host an Ottawa Senators team that cannot stop the puck. The Senators have allowed more goals than any other club in the NHL and are a dismal 2-7-1 on the road where they are allowing an average of 5.40 goals per game, which is not good. The Rangers are always a force at MSG, with a home record of 9-4-0 and are 7-1 in their last 8 at the rink in mid-town. The home team has won 10 of the last 11 meetings between these two clubs and Ottawa is 1-4 in their last 5 trips to MSG. TONIGHT’S PICK: NEW YORK RANGERS

The St. Louis Blues have lost two in a row, with shutouts in both losses, and the last team they want to face to get back on track is the Nashville Predators but that is who their opponent will be tonight when the two clubs square off at Bridgestone Arena. The Predators are the best team in hockey and rarely lose at home, with a record of 7-3-0. The Blues have been awful on the road, at 2-3-2, and especially at Bridgestone Arena, where they are 0-8 in their last 8 games and are 0-5 in their last 5 overall against Nashville. St. Louis fired their coach, Mike Yeo, on Monday. The interim coach, Craig Berube, will be making his debut as the Blues skipper tonight and he’ll need all the luck he can get.
TONIGHT’S PICK: NASHVILLE PREDATORS

The Edmonton Oilers are just 1-6 in their last 7 games overall and tonight they will have their hands full when they travel to SAP Center to face the San Jose Sharks. The Oilers are 0-4 in their last 4 road games and when not at Rogers Place, they are averaging 2.55 goals per game and allowing an average of 3.45. On the flip side, the Sharks are 5-1 in their last 6 home games and at the Shark Tank they are averaging 3.45 goals per game and allowing an average of 2.73. San Jose has the edge in Offense, Defense, Penalty Kill, Discipline, Goaltending and are the side to take in this one.
TONIGHT’S PICK: SAN JOSE SHARKS

The Buffalo Sabres are the real deal and they will take their 5-game winning streak into PPG Paints Arena tonight to face a Pittsburgh Penguin team that’s starting to unravel. Pittsburgh has lost 3 in a row and are just 1-8 in their last 9 overall. The Penguins have had the Sabres’ number in the past but that was then and this is now. Take the Western New Yorkers tonight.
TONIGHT’S PICK: BUFFALO SABRES

To notch a win against the Winnipeg Jets at Bell MTS Place is always a difficult task, but that is what the Buffalo Sabres did last night, extending their winning streak to 4. Today they will be playing back-to-back games, and that’s always tough, when the Sabres make the short trip to Xcel Energy Center to face the Minnesota Wild. The Wild are a force at home, with a record of 6-1-1-1, and the Western New Yorkers are just 2-8 in their last 10 meetings with the Wild.
TODAY’S PICK: MINNESOTA WILD

If the Chicago Blackhawks are going to end their 8-game skid, it should be at United Center tonight when they host the St. Louis Blues. The bottom dwelling Blues are 6-6-3 on the season and only 1-4 in their last 5 road games. Chicago is 2-1 against St. Louis this season and should be motivated in front of the home crowd to give their new skipper, Jeremy Colliton, his first win.
TONIGHT’S PICK: CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS