The Boston Bruins and the Winnipeg Jets meet in NHL action from the Canada Life Centre on Friday night. Two of the best in the NHL duking it out on Friday night, who comes out on top? Let’s take a look and give out a Bruins vs. Jets Prediction.

Boston Bruins Team Preview

The Boston Bruins will be looking to rebound from back-to-back losses after a 4-3 OT loss to Minnesota in their last matchup. David Pastrnak leads the Bruins in scoring with 43 points including a team-high 19 goals and 24 assists while Brad Marchand has 27 points with 13 goals and 14 assists. Charlie Coyle has 21 points with 10 goals and 11 assists while Pavel Zacha has 21 points with 8 goals and 13 apples. Charlie McAvoy has 17 points with 14 assists and James van Riemsdyk has 21 points with 6 goals and 15 assists. Jeremy Swayman’s gone 9-1-4 with a 2.06 GAA and a .933 save percentage for the Bruins in goal while Linus Ullmark is 10-4-2 with a 2.86 GAA and a .912 save percentage this season.

Boston Bruins Team Facts

The Bruins have won each of their last six games against the Jets.
The underdogs have covered the puck line in each of the Bruins’ last four games.
The Bruins have won the third period in five of their last six games against the Jets.
The ‘Over 1.5 Goals Period 1′ market has hit in each of the Bruins’ last six games as favorites against the Jets.

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Winnipeg Jets Team Preview

The Winnipeg Jets will try to keep the puck rolling after a 5-2 win over Detroit in their last matchup. Mark Scheifele has a team-high 34 points with 12 goals and 22 assists while Kyle Connor has 28 points with a team-high 17 goals and 11 assists. Josh Morrissey has 28 points with 23 assists of his own while Nikolaj Ehlers has 25 points with 11 goals and 14 assists and  Cole Perfetti also has 21 points with 10 goals and 11 assists. Connor Hellebuyck has gone 15-6-2 with a 2.43 GAA and an .916 save percentage in goal for Winnipeg while Laurent Brossoit is 4-3-1 with a 2.50 GAA and an .911 save percentage this season.

Winnipeg Jets Team Facts

The Jets have won each of their last three games as underdogs.
The Jets have covered the puck line in each of their last eight games as underdogs following a home win.
The ‘Over 1.5 Goals Period 1’ market has hit in eight of the last nine games between the Bruins and Jets.
The favorites have won the third period in six of the last seven games between the Bruins and Jets.

Matchup/League Facts

The Winnipeg Jets rank 4th in the league for goals against per game this season (2.58).
The Winnipeg Jets rank 27th in the league in penalty kill percentage this season (74.47%).
The Boston Bruins rank 1st in the league in penalty kill percentage this season (87.50%).
The Boston Bruins rank 3rd in the league for goals against per game this season (2.57).

Bruins vs. Jets Prediction

I’m on the Under here. I just think this is going to be a low-scoring, heavyweight tilt between two of the best teams in the NHL with two of the best goaltending tandems out there as well. Boston’s owned this matchup in recent years, but a lot of the games have been first to 3 wins kinds of games, so keeping with that trend, I’ll take the under here.