Through five games, Winnipeg’s series with Nashville is pretty finely balanced. Winnipeg has a slight edge at 5-on-5, outscoring Nashville 11-9 while being outshot by four shots. The Jets have a somewhat strange edge with a goalie out or at 4-on-4, outscoring the Predators 8-0 (!). The Jets power play has been fine in the series, scoring three and giving up one. You don’t like to have given up a shorthanded goal but it happens and playoff samples are small. The 5-on-4 goal scoring is right where it should be given what they did in the regular season.



About the only thing that the Jets can really be unhappy about as they head to Winnipeg for Game 6 of this series is that Nashville’s power play has been pretty productive, scoring four goals. Looking a little more closely though, it doesn’t really look that bad for the Jets. Nashville’s power play has been productive but the process looks awful, which bodes well for Winnipeg in terms of having a game...