Jets vs Lightning Prediction, Player Props & Odds (Oct 29, 2026)

Winnipeg Jets logo

Jets4-8 · 7-5 ATS13th in the West
FINAL4 – 6
Tampa Bay Lightning logo

Lightning7-4 · 6-5 ATS5th in the East

NHL · Thursday, October 29, 2026 · 7:00 PM ET · Benchmark International Arena

Final score by period

Team 1 2 3 T
Jets 1 0 3 4
Lightning 1 4 1 6

How the bets settled

MoneylineLightning wonClosed at -225
SpreadLightning coveredLightning -1.5, by 0.5
TotalOver 5.510 scored, 4.5 over

Closing line, DraftKings.

Game review

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Winnipeg Jets 6-4 on October 29, with the game swinging in the second period when the Lightning scored four goals while holding Winnipeg scoreless and built a 5-1 lead. Winnipeg’s three third-period goals only narrowed the final margin.

Pontus Holmberg led Tampa Bay with a goal, three assists and four points. Neal Pionk scored twice for Winnipeg, and Mark Scheifele had three assists and three points. The Lightning outshot Winnipeg and converted one of three power plays at 33.3 percent, while the Jets went 0 for 2. Winnipeg won 61.4 percent of faceoffs and blocked more shots, but Tampa Bay’s shot advantage and power-play edge drove the result.

For bettors, Tampa Bay covered the -1.5 closing spread by 0.5, and the 5.5 closing total went over by 4.5.

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Against the spread, start to finish

LightningJets
The score margin against the closing spread (Lightning -1.5). Blue: Lightning covering. Orange: Jets covering.
+1.5Largest WPG cover
62%WPG covering
+2.5Largest TB cover
38%TB covering

Top performers

Jets

  • GoalsNeal Pionk2
  • AssistsMark Scheifele3
  • PointsMark Scheifele3

Lightning

  • GoalsPontus Holmberg1
  • AssistsPontus Holmberg3
  • PointsPontus Holmberg4

Team stats

JetsLightning
21Shots31
61.4%Faceoffs won38.6%
0Power play goals1
28Hits17
14Blocked shots10
2Takeaways1
11Giveaways16
6Penalty minutes4

Box score

Winnipeg Jets

Forwards

Player G A SOG S +/- TOI SHFT HT BS TK GV PIM FO%
Morgan Barron C 0 0 0 0 -1 13:40 21 4 0 0 0 0 60.0
Viggo Bjorck C 0 0 0 0 0 12:28 18 3 1 1 1 4 64.3
Kyle Connor LW 1 1 0 4 -2 19:09 23 0 0 0 1 0 0.0
Alex Iafallo LW 0 0 0 0 -1 15:42 21 2 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cole Koepke LW 0 0 0 0 0 8:48 14 3 1 0 1 0 0.0
Brad Lambert C 0 0 0 0 0 8:58 14 1 0 0 0 0 0.0
Adam Lowry C 0 0 0 0 -1 17:01 24 2 0 0 0 0 53.8
Dawson Mercer C 0 1 0 3 -1 14:33 19 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cole Perfetti C 0 2 0 3 2 17:26 19 2 1 0 1 0 0.0
Isak Rosen RW 0 0 0 1 -1 11:53 18 1 1 0 0 0 0.0
Mark Scheifele C 0 3 0 0 1 20:31 22 0 1 0 1 0 80.0
Gabriel Vilardi C 0 0 0 0 1 19:08 22 0 1 0 1 0 60.0

Defenses

Player G A SOG S +/- TOI SHFT HT BS TK GV PIM FO%
Dylan DeMelo D 0 0 0 1 -1 19:53 25 0 1 0 1 2 0.0
Mario Ferraro D 0 0 0 0 -1 20:15 26 1 4 0 1 0 0.0
Haydn Fleury D 0 0 0 0 -1 15:44 21 2 1 0 0 0 0.0
Neal Pionk D 2 0 0 4 1 22:03 28 4 1 0 1 0 0.0
Elias Salomonsson D 0 0 0 2 -2 15:50 24 1 0 1 0 0 0.0
Dylan Samberg D 1 1 0 3 2 22:29 27 2 1 0 1 0 0.0

Goalies

Player GA SA SOS SOSA SV SV% ESSV PPSV SHSV TOI YTDG PIM
Nico Daws G 0 9 0 0 9 1.000 7 2 0 18:58 0 0
Stuart Skinner G 5 21 0 0 16 .762 10 6 0 40:00 0 0

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forwards

Player G A SOG S +/- TOI SHFT HT BS TK GV PIM FO%
Anthony Cirelli C 1 2 0 1 1 19:00 27 1 0 0 1 0 48.0
Conor Geekie C 1 0 0 2 0 11:32 16 5 0 0 1 0 36.4
Gage Goncalves C 0 1 0 1 -1 12:15 19 1 0 0 1 0 0.0
Jake Guentzel C 0 1 0 6 0 22:51 27 1 1 0 1 0 21.4
Brandon Hagel LW 1 2 0 5 1 21:47 26 1 1 1 1 0 0.0
Pontus Holmberg RW 1 3 0 1 1 17:54 23 0 1 0 1 0 0.0
Dominic James C 0 1 0 2 1 11:48 18 1 0 0 0 0 33.3
Nikita Kucherov RW 0 1 0 3 0 16:13 22 1 0 0 2 2 0.0
Ilya Mikheyev RW 0 0 0 0 0 16:06 23 1 0 0 1 0 0.0
Brayden Point C 1 0 0 3 0 20:12 23 0 0 0 0 0 50.0
Jeffrey Viel LW 0 1 0 1 0 11:22 16 1 0 0 2 0 0.0

Defenses

Player G A SOG S +/- TOI SHFT HT BS TK GV PIM FO%
John Carlson D 1 0 0 3 2 13:12 21 0 1 0 0 0 0.0
Erik Cernak D 0 0 0 0 -1 19:04 23 2 0 0 1 0 0.0
Charle-Edouard D’Astous D 0 0 0 2 0 19:18 23 1 1 0 1 0 0.0
Victor Hedman D 0 0 0 0 -1 18:06 22 0 2 0 1 0 0.0
Emil Lilleberg D 0 0 0 0 -1 8:58 12 1 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ryan McDonagh D 0 0 0 0 2 17:51 22 0 0 0 1 2 0.0
JJ Moser D 0 0 0 1 1 18:31 22 0 3 0 1 0 0.0

Goalies

Player GA SA SOS SOSA SV SV% ESSV PPSV SHSV TOI YTDG PIM
Andrei Vasilevskiy G 4 21 0 0 17 .810 13 4 0 60:00 0 0

Attendance 19,092 · Officials: Jean Hebert, Tommy Hughes, Libor Suchanek, Brandon Blandina

Recap: Holmberg has a career-high 4 points as the Lightning beat the Jets 6-4 to remain unbeaten at home (ESPN)

Highlights

Play-by-play on ESPN

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Betting trends

From each team’s last 10 games and recent meetings, against the closing line.

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Jets vs Lightning pre-game preview

Tampa Bay is a -233 moneyline favorite at -1.5 and 5.5 total; DraftKings opened at -1.5 and 5.5. The last meeting went to Winnipeg, 4-1 at home on March 5, 2026, and the Jets are 4-2 in the last six head-to-head meetings, 3-1 ATS, with the O/U at 1-3.

Winnipeg is 4-8 overall and 7-5 ATS, but 3-7 straight up and 7-3 ATS over its last 10 after a 1-5 loss to Florida on October 27; its O/U is 3-9. Tampa Bay is 7-4 and 6-5 ATS, 7-3 straight up and 6-4 ATS over its last 10 after a 4-5 loss at Utah on October 24, with a 6-5 O/U.

The most notable defensive split is shot volume allowed: Tampa Bay gives up 24.45 shots per game (rank 6), while Winnipeg allows 28.75 (rank 24), even though both allow 3 goals per game. Tampa Bay’s injury list includes Hedman and Hagel as day-to-day, Girgensons out and Gourde on IR; Winnipeg has Morrissey and Namestnikov on IR.

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Player stats and form

Season averages and each player’s last 5 games, newest first. Splits: per-game averages (games in brackets); vs the opponent covers this season and last, newest game first.

Winnipeg Jets

Kyle Connor L1.0 PTS · 4.3 SOG · 0.8 G per game
Date Opp TOI G A SOG HIT
10/27 vs FLA 21:34 0 0 3 0
10/25 vs MTL 24:23 0 0 5 0
10/22 @ DAL 23:02 1 0 3 0
10/20 @ STL 21:43 0 0 4 0
10/17 vs CAR 20:12 0 0 2 0
Splits Season Road 2025-26 vs TB
PTS 1.0 (12) 1.0 (5) 1.1 (82) 1.5 (2)
2 · 1
SOG 4.3 (12) 4.6 (5) 3.3 (82) 4.5 (2)
4 · 5

Josh Morrissey D0.8 PTS · 3.0 SOG · 0.0 G per game
Date Opp TOI G A SOG HIT
10/7 vs COL 09:32 0 0 1 0
10/5 @ PIT 23:50 0 1 0 0
10/4 @ DET 21:33 0 2 7 1
10/2 vs BOS 25:22 0 0 4 0
Splits Season Road 2025-26 vs TB
PTS 0.8 (4) 1.5 (2) 0.7 (77) 0.0 (1)
0
SOG 3.0 (4) 3.5 (2) 1.9 (77) 1.0 (1)
1

Cole Perfetti C0.8 PTS · 2.9 SOG · 0.5 G per game
Date Opp TOI G A SOG HIT
10/27 vs FLA 16:07 0 0 3 1
10/25 vs MTL 24:01 0 0 4 4
10/22 @ DAL 19:00 0 0 2 1
10/20 @ STL 19:47 1 0 5 2
10/17 vs CAR 16:42 0 0 3 1
Splits Season Road 2025-26 vs TB
PTS 0.8 (12) 1.0 (5) 0.5 (68) 0.0 (2)
0 · 0
SOG 2.9 (12) 3.0 (5) 2.0 (68) 2.5 (2)
2 · 3

Tampa Bay Lightning

Nikita Kucherov R1.3 PTS · 2.8 SOG · 0.4 G per game
Date Opp TOI G A SOG HIT
10/24 @ UTA 20:02 0 1 3 0
10/23 @ COL 20:43 0 0 2 0
10/20 @ VGK 18:19 1 2 2 0
10/17 vs VAN 20:40 2 0 7 0
10/15 vs SEA 22:16 0 0 8 1
Splits Season Home 2025-26 vs WPG
PTS 1.3 (11) 1.4 (5) 1.6 (83) 1.0 (2)
0 · 2
SOG 2.8 (11) 4.0 (5) 3.1 (83) 1.5 (2)
1 · 2

Brandon Hagel L1.2 PTS · 4.5 SOG · 0.6 G per game
Date Opp TOI G A SOG HIT
10/24 @ UTA 22:51 0 0 7 1
10/23 @ COL 20:33 0 1 2 1
10/20 @ VGK 18:55 1 0 3 0
10/17 vs VAN 20:10 0 1 5 0
10/15 vs SEA 23:24 2 0 6 1
Splits Season Home 2025-26 vs WPG
PTS 1.2 (11) 1.4 (5) 1.1 (78) 0.0 (2)
0 · 0
SOG 4.5 (11) 5.6 (5) 3.0 (78) 1.0 (2)
1 · 1

Jake Guentzel C1.1 PTS · 2.6 SOG · 0.6 G per game
Date Opp TOI G A SOG HIT
10/24 @ UTA 19:32 1 0 2 0
10/23 @ COL 22:12 2 0 7 3
10/20 @ VGK 18:16 0 0 0 0
10/17 vs VAN 19:06 1 1 2 0
10/15 vs SEA 19:24 0 1 2 0
Splits Season Home 2025-26 vs WPG
PTS 1.1 (11) 1.4 (5) 1.1 (88) 0.5 (2)
1 · 0
SOG 2.6 (11) 2.4 (5) 2.7 (88) 3.0 (2)
5 · 1

Records

Team Record ATS O/U Home Away
Jets 4-8 7-5 3-9 2-5 2-3
Lightning 7-4 6-5 6-5 5-0 2-4

This season, regular season. ATS and O/U against each game’s closing line.

Jets vs Lightning head-to-head

Jets are 4-2, 3-1 ATS, O/U 1-3 in the last 6 meetings. Last time: Jets won 4-1 on March 5, 2026.

Date Venue Jets result ATS O/U
Mar 5, 26 Jets home W 4-1 W +1.5 U 5.5
Jan 29, 26 Lightning home L 1-4 L +1.5 U 5.5
Nov 14, 24 Lightning home L 1-4 – –
Nov 3, 24 Jets home W 7-4 – –
Jan 2, 24 Jets home W 4-2 W -1.5 O 5.5
Nov 22, 23 Lightning home W 3-2 W +1.5 U 5.5

Recent form

Winnipeg Jets: last 10 (3-7, 7-3 ATS, O/U 2-8)

Date Opponent Result ATS O/U
Oct 27, 26 vs FLA L 1-5 L +1.5 U 6.5
Oct 25, 26 vs MTL L 1-2 W +1.5 U 5.5
Oct 22, 26 @ DAL L 2-3 W +1.5 U 5.5
Oct 20, 26 @ STL L 1-2 W +1.5 U 5.5
Oct 17, 26 vs CAR L 2-3 W +1.5 U 6.5
Oct 15, 26 @ CHI L 3-4 L -1.5 O 6.5
Oct 13, 26 vs MIN W 5-2 W +1.5 O 6.5
Oct 9, 26 vs ANA L 1-5 L -1.5 U 6.5
Oct 7, 26 vs COL W 3-2 W +1.5 U 6.5
Oct 5, 26 @ PIT W 3-2 W +1.5 U 6.5

Tampa Bay Lightning: last 10 (7-3, 6-4 ATS, O/U 5-5)

Date Opponent Result ATS O/U
Oct 24, 26 @ UTA L 4-5 W +1.5 O 6.5
Oct 23, 26 @ COL L 3-6 L +1.5 O 6.5
Oct 20, 26 @ VGK W 6-2 W +1.5 O 6.5
Oct 17, 26 vs VAN W 4-2 W -1.5 U 6.5
Oct 15, 26 vs SEA W 4-3 L -1.5 O 6.5
Oct 13, 26 @ NYR L 1-4 L -1.5 U 5.5
Oct 10, 26 @ NYI W 5-3 W -1.5 O 5.5
Oct 8, 26 vs MIN W 3-2 L -1.5 U 6.5
Oct 5, 26 vs PHI W 4-1 W -1.5 U 5.5
Oct 3, 26 vs WSH W 3-1 W -1.5 U 6.5

Injury report

Winnipeg Jets

  • Vladislav Namestnikov (C): Injured Reserve, Undisclosed
  • Josh Morrissey (D): Injured Reserve, Morrissey

Tampa Bay Lightning

  • Zemgus Girgensons (C): Out, Lower Body
  • Yanni Gourde (C): Injured Reserve, Gourde

Matchup ranks

What each defense allows per game this season. Rank 1 allows the fewest, so a high number means a softer matchup for the other team’s overs.

Jets defense Lightning defense
Goals allowed per game 3.6 (28th of 32) 3.15 (16th of 32)
Shots on goal allowed per game 29.73 (26th of 32) 24.85 (7th of 32)
Points allowed per game 10.07 (29th of 32) 8.54 (16th of 32)
Power-play points allowed per game 2.4 (22nd of 32) 1.85 (14th of 32)
Pace (possessions) 55.8 (11th) 54.8 (17th)

Venue and weather

Benchmark International Arena · Tampa, FLIndoor, weather won’t matter
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Jets vs Lightning odds

Line movement from the open

Line Open Close Move
Lightning spread -1.5 -1.5 –
Total 5.5 5.5 –
Jets moneyline +195 +185 +1.2% win chance
Lightning moneyline -238 -225 -1.2% win chance

DraftKings opening and closing numbers via ESPN.

Line movement chart

Lightning spread -1.5 → -1.5
Total 5.5 → 5.5
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