Winnipeg at San Jose

Winnipeg is terrible on the road (6-13) because of bad defense, #25 in the NHL in goals allowed and #26 in penalty killing. The Jets are on a 1-11-1 run on the road and 7-19 against the Western Conference. Winnipeg has been short-handed a league-high 141 times and has the NHL's worst penalty kill since November 12 at 71.8 percent, letting opponents go 9 of 30 in the last eight games. The Jets are 1 for 23 on the power play in that span and 3 for 45 in their past 15 road games. San Jose is ninth in the NHL in goals scored and fifth on the power play, playing the third of five straight home games. San Jose has Logan Couture back on the ice and he had two assists in just his sixth game of the season Wednesday in a 4-2 win over Philadelphia. Couture, a 20-goal scorer in each of the last five seasons, returned after missing seven games with a lower-body injury and sat out 23 earlier this season with a fractured right tibia. His two points were part of a three-for-six night by the Sharks' power play. San Jose is a sizzling 13-5-2 against Winnipeg and holds all the cards here. Play San Jose.