Tuesday evening the Winnipeg Jets kickoff a three-game road trip with their first stop in La Belle Province to take on the Montreal Canadiens.  Puck drop is slated for 7 pm ET live from the

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!

Turning to the final leg of this same-game parlay, Winnipeg winger Nikolaj Ehlers paces the Jets with 9.7 shots and 18.94 attempts per 60 minutes, and he has a splash of statistical correction ahead in the shots column.

Montreal always seems to give Winnipeg a tough test, especially in their own building. The Jets lost 4-3 in a shootout during last year’s annual visit (Laurent Brossoit was in net), and fell 4-1 the previous season (with Hellebuyck between the pipes).

The New Jersey Devils picked up a 4-3 overtime win against the Montreal Canadiens on Jan. 25. Devils superstar Jack Hughes was the hero, as he scored the overtime winner to get New Jersey two points. With this win against the Canadiens, the Devils made history.

The Devils have the horses to keep up: Jack Hughes, Nico Hischier, Jesper Bratt, and Timo Meier are capable of taking over games on any given night. Those four stars are spread across three lines in Sheldon Keefe’s current variation of the lineup, making the Devils a difficult team to match up against.

Jets vs. Canadiens, Stars vs. Golden Knights, Rangers vs. Hurricanes. Get ready for intense action and matchups on the ice!

The Jets (34-14-3) have won three straight games thanks to a 5-2 victory over the Calgary Flames on Sunday. In that contest, Gabriel Vilardi scored twice and had four points, while Kyle Connor also found the back of the net (as part of a three-point performance),