Winnipeg Jets vs Dallas Stars Predictions

Dallas has the rest advantage

Dallas hosts Winnipeg at American Airlines Center after four days off, compared with one day for the Jets. Probetrics, an NHL game-data site, lists Winnipeg at 4-1-0 and Dallas at 3-1-1 over their past five games. The extra rest and home ice favor the Stars, but Winnipeg’s recent results make Dallas difficult to back at the SPF price of -185.

Key absences raise the risk

Probetrics lists Dallas defensemen Miro Heiskanen, Kyle Capobianco and Luke Krys and forward Oskar Back as out. Winnipeg will be without defenseman Elias Salomonsson and forwards Vladislav Namestnikov and Nick Bjugstad. Heiskanen’s absence is another reason not to pay a steep price for Dallas.

Neither starting goalie is confirmed. Nico Daws started Winnipeg’s previous game, and Jake Oettinger started Dallas’s, but that doesn’t establish who will play here. The uncertainty also makes the 5.5 total difficult to assess.

Betting outlook

Dallas is the more likely winner, but the Stars’ -185 moneyline doesn’t justify a wager given Winnipeg’s recent form, the absences and the unconfirmed goalies. Winnipeg is listed at +1.5, but the puck-line price is unavailable, so that market can’t be evaluated. Pass before the game.