Lightning vs. Jets NHL Predictions, Picks and Odds - Nov. 8
08 November 2026

The Tampa Bay Lightning and Winnipeg Jets -- both coming off victories in their last game -- will meet on Sunday at 6 p.m. ET, at Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg. Lightning (-148) at Jets (+124) has a definite favorite, according to the moneyline odds.
Tampa Bay won 4-3 on the road its last time out on Nov. 7 against the Minnesota Wild. The Lightning got three points each out of Jake Guentzel (two goals and one assist) and Charle-Edouard D'Astous (one goal and two assists).
Winnipeg won at home in its last game on Nov. 5, 6-2 over the Vancouver Canucks. Four Jets skaters had two points each in that matchup, including Dawson Mercer (one goal and one assist) and Kyle Connor (two assists).
Get ready for this matchup by checking out our pick for who will emerge with the victory in Sunday's hockey action.
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For predictions on the upcoming game between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Winnipeg Jets, computer-derived moneyline, over/under, and score predictions are below, sourced from Dunkel Index.
- Prediction: Jets 4 - Lightning 3
- Pick OU:
Over 6.5
(Dunkel projecting 7 goals)
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Lightning vs. Jets Moneylines
Take a look below at the most up-to-date moneylines for the Lightning-Jets matchup.
- Favorite: Lightning (-148)
- Underdog: Jets (+124)
Lightning Betting Insights
- The Lightning are 10-3 this season when favored on the moneyline.
- In games it has played with moneyline odds of -148 or shorter, Tampa Bay is 8-3 (winning 72.7% of the time).
- Based on this matchup's moneyline, the Lightning have an implied probability of 59.7% to win.
- In eight of 16 matches this season, Tampa Bay and its opponent have combined for more than 6.5 goals.
Jets Betting Insights
- The Jets have won three, or 27.3%, of the 11 games they have played as an underdog this season.
- Winnipeg is 3-5 this season when entering a game as an underdog by +124 or more on the moneyline.
- The implied probability of a win by the Jets, based on the moneyline, is 44.6%.
- Winnipeg has played eight games this season that finished with more than 6.5 goals.
Lightning Key Stats
- Tampa Bay's 60 total goals (3.8 per game) make it the 10th-highest scoring team in the NHL.
- The Lightning have allowed 48 total goals (3.0 per game), the sixth-fewest in NHL play.
- It has the league's sixth-best goal differential at +12.
- The 12 power-play goals the Lightning have recorded this season (on 58 power-play chances) rank 13th in the NHL.
- Tampa Bay is 19th in the league with a 20.69% power-play conversion rate.
- Tampa Bay kills 76.74% of opponent power plays, the 17th-ranked penalty-kill percentage in the league.
- Tampa Bay wins 49.4% of its faceoffs to rank 17th in the NHL.
- The Lightning shoot 12.3% as a team (10th in the league).
Jets Key Stats
- Winnipeg's 45 goals on the season (2.6 per game) rank 27th in the league.
- The Jets' total of 60 goals given up (3.5 per game) is 25th in the NHL.
- it has the 27th-ranked goal differential in the league at -15.
- With nine power-play goals (on 50 chances), the Jets are 23rd in the NHL.
- Winnipeg has the NHL's 25th-ranked power-play percentage (18.00%).
- In terms of shorthanded goal, the Jets have one.
- At 69.39%, Winnipeg has the 27th-ranked penalty-kill percentage in the league.
- At 46.2%, Winnipeg has the league's 29th-ranked faceoff win rate.
- With a shooting percentage of 9.6%, the Jets are 27th in the league.
