Jets vs Blues

Mark Scheifele and Kyle Connor lead a Winnipeg group that, despite a middling 15-15-2 record and a recent 3-5-2 skid, still offers more healthy top-end scoring than a St. Louis team missing multiple forwards and leaning hard on its depth. With Connor Hellebuyck working back from knee surgery, the Jets’ goaltending picture isn’t as dominant as last spring, but their current committee has still been roughly league-average while the Blues have bled over three goals per night and enter off a one-game slide of their own. St. Louis’ injury list — which has recently included scoring threats like Jordan Kyrou and Dylan Holloway along with key depth pieces such as Nathan Walker, Jimmy Snuggerud, and Nick Bjugstad — leaves Robert Thomas and Brayden Schenn carrying a heavy offensive load, whereas Winnipeg can roll Scheifele, Connor, and Gabriel Vilardi, who have already burned the Blues repeatedly in last season’s nine-game head-to-head heater and this year’s playoff series. Given ESPN’s active rosters showing Winnipeg’s core intact, St. Louis’ banged-up wings, and the Jets’ slight edge in five-on-five shot and goal metrics, laying -155 on Winnipeg feels like a moderate-value position rather than a slam dunk, so I’ll grade this moneyline play as a B: reasonably likely to cash with solid but not spectacular return. Odds and availability are subject to change. This bet was made at 17/12/2025 09:34am

Winnipeg and St. Louis both sit near break-even in goal differential, with the Jets hovering around 3.0 goals for and 3.0 against per game and the Blues a tick lower on offense but looser in their own end, yet recent trends and roster context tilt this matchup toward a grind rather than a track meet. Over the last 10, Winnipeg’s 2.8 goals scored and 3.3 allowed per game and St. Louis’ 2.3 for and 3.2 against point to a lot of totals landing right on five or six, and the Blues’ current forward absences — notably Kyrou’s speed and finishing plus Holloway, Snuggerud, Walker, and short-term loss of Bjugstad — strip away much of their transition punch. On the other side, the Jets’ attack is top-heavy but streaky, and with Hellebuyck trending back toward action after knee surgery and the coaching staff emphasizing structure in front of a still-settling crease, Winnipeg has been content to win (or lose) lower-event games on the road. Combine a divisional rivalry feel, St. Louis’ need to simplify with call-ups like Otto Stenberg and Jonatan Berggren filling depth roles, and both teams sitting outside the top scoring tiers, and the Under 5.5 at -110 gets a B+ from me for a strong likelihood of landing in the 3–2 or 3–1 range with standard juice. Odds and availability are subject to change. This bet was made at 17/12/2025 09:34am

Even while leaning Winnipeg on the moneyline, the combination of the Jets’ razor-thin goal differential, their recent 1-4 stretch in the last five, and the Blues’ tendency to hang around at home makes St. Louis +1.5 the side I prefer on the puckline, despite the hefty -220 price. The Blues have battled through 58-plus man-games lost and are again patching the lineup with depth forwards, but Enterprise Center has still produced a lot of one-goal decisions, and the current versions of these teams don’t profile like groups that routinely blow opponents out — especially with Winnipeg’s goaltending in flux post-Hellebuyck surgery and St. Louis alternating between Joel Hofer and Jordan Binnington behind a conservative, protect-the-house game plan. Key matchup pieces like Robert Thomas and Brayden Schenn have repeatedly found ways to chip in late goals against this Jets core, while Scheifele, Connor, and Vilardi are more than capable of pushing Winnipeg ahead without necessarily running away on the scoreboard, which all lines up with a tight 3–2 or 2–1 type result that covers the home +1.5 far more often than not. Because the juice eats into the upside even when it wins, I’ll tag Blues +1.5 (-220) as a B-: a high-probability but lower-value way to anchor parlays or hedge a Jets moneyline stance. Odds and availability are subject to change. This bet was made at 17/12/2025 09:34am