The teams with the two highest point totals in the NHL will face off on Saturday night when the Winnipeg Jets visit the Washington Capitals. The Western Conference-best Jets recorded their fifth straight win and eighth in their last 10 games with a 6-2 romp over the host Boston Bruins on Thursday.

The best in the West against the best in the East. It should be a memorable matchup between the Winnipeg Jets and Washington Capitals Saturday night.

Brad Marchand and Elias Lindholm had goals for the Bruins, who have lost two in a row. Joonas Korpisalo finished with 21 saves.

The Jets (35-14-3) enter Thursday night’s matchup as the league’s top team with 73 points (tied with the Washington Capitals), six points clear of Edmonton and Vegas for the top spot in the Western Conference. They have won four straight, including a 4-1 win over Montreal on Tuesday night, which kicked off a three-game Eastern road trip.

The Winnipeg Jets will look to continue their winning ways on Saturday when they take on the Washington Capitals. To kick off February, the Jets will be the top team in the NHL, taking on the #2 team, in Washington, on Hockey Night in Canada. That game should be all types of fun as we near the break.

Vancouver Canucks are nowhere near as exciting, promising or entertaining as the 2023-2024 rendition of the team. Not even just by the eye test, but the numbers compared to last season don’t even resemble the same team.

Claude Giroux made history as the Ottawa Senators topped the Washington Capitals in overtime to even the 2024-2025 regular season series at one game a piece; the season series winner will be decided in Washington,

Alex Ovechkin might get most of the media attention for this year’s Washington Capitals, but goaltender Logan Thompson is vying for his share of the spotlight.

The Winnipeg Jets will enter Thursday’s game on a 4 game winning streak after a late start in Montreal wasn’t enough to cost them a win against the Canadiens. That hot run is tied for the Jets’

Coming off a two-goal game against the Bruins that vaulted him into a tie with Ilya Kovalchuk for top spot in Winnipeg/Atlanta franchise history, Scheifele’s 328 career goals are dwarfed by Ovechkin’s 876, just 19 shy of Wayne Gretzky’s record.

After not having played since Tuesday, the New York Rangers return to the road to travel to Boston in order to take on the Bruins during their upcoming matchup.

The Edmonton Oilers earned a point but came up short in a 3-2 shootout loss to the Detroit Red Wings last game, but overall, they won 10 of 14 games in January, including five come-from-behind victories.