The No. 1 Hurricanes host a Jets team mired in an eight-game losing streak.
Carolina brings an 11-2-2 record, 24 points and a three-game winning streak to Lenovo Center; Winnipeg is 4-7-3 with 11 points and has lost eight straight. The power-index gap is just as stark: Carolina ranks No. 1 at 94, while Winnipeg sits No. 26 at 43.9, and their shots-on-goal differentials are +11 and -3.2 per game, respectively. Carolina won their first meeting 3-2, setting up a key scoring matchup between Sebastian Aho, who has 19 points in 15 games, and Winnipeg’s Kyle Connor, with 15 in 14. Goaltending could tilt it further: Pyotr Kochetkov has a .919 save percentage for Carolina, compared with Stuart Skinner’s .903 for Winnipeg.