Tuesday night in the NHL sees the Winnipeg Jets travel to Montreal to take on the Montreal Canadiens in an all-Canadian matchup. Welcome to NHL Predictions here at Last Word on Hockey, where we preview and predict the upcoming slate of NHL games around the league each day!
The Winnipeg Jets kick off a challenging three-game road trip against the Montreal Canadiens. During this three-game stretch, the Jets will face the Canadiens, Boston Bruins, and the league-leading Washington Capitals.
As a 5-on-5 force, the Oilers remain a top-three club in both shot attempt differential (measuring total puck possession) and expected goals rate per Moneypuck.com. Then there is the largest concern of all, which has bitten the Oilers when push comes to shove every year they've been within arm's reach of a Cup: Goaltending.
An Oilers analyst has suggested that Edmonton may be shopping for some under the radar depth additions at the trade deadline, and named 4 players in the AHL who could be trade targets.
The Jets GM gave a midseason address Tuesday in which he also spoke about Logan Stanley's role, plans for Winnipeg's UFAs and more.
All hope was seemingly lost after the Colorado Avalanche built an early 3-0 lead in the first period. Four unanswered Oilers goals, however, lifted Edmonton to their fourth straight victory and has put them in a very good spot in the standings.
Prediction for the NHL-1 match between Montreal vs Winnipeg, which will take place on January 29th. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the teams' conditions! Several betting options are available.
BOSTON (AP) — Tom McVie, who coached the Winnipeg Jets to the 1979 World Hockey Association championship over Wayne Gretzky’s Edmonton Oilers in the final year before the franchises were absorbed into the NHL, has died. He was 89.
An ultrasound technician has been charged with sexually assaulting a patient at his southeast Edmonton clinic last year. Edmonton police say 53-year-old Aasim Syed Ahmed was charged
A young Edmonton man who just celebrated his 18th birthday is clinging to life in a Dominican Republic hospital after being brutally attacked while on vacation at a nearby resort, his mother says.
Murat Ates of the Athletic: Ates writes now that Dylan Samberg is returning to the Winnipeg Jets lineup changes the way they put their pairs together. But it allows the restricted free agent to potentially get a nice long-term deal this summer where he could be a staple on this Jets defense corps moving forward.