Winnipeg Jets Odds

Winnipeg Jets Odds & Betting Guide: 2026-27 Season

Few teams are harder to price this season than the Jets. Winnipeg opens an 84-game schedule two years removed from a Presidents’ Trophy, with its franchise goaltender suspended and asking for a trade. Nearly every number on this page depends on who starts in net. A goalie announcement can reprice a Jets game within minutes, so the live NHL odds closest to puck drop carry the most information.

Where the Jets stand

Winnipeg finished 2025-26 at 35-35-12 with 82 points. That placed the Jets seventh in the Central and out of the playoffs for the first time in three seasons. The slide from 116 points the year before traces back to the crease. Connor Hellebuyck had a knee procedure in late November, and the Jets went 3-10-1 while he was out. He finished with an .895 save percentage, the worst of his career, and the team gave up 29 more goals than it scored.

The offseason made goaltending a bigger question. Hellebuyck made his trade request public on August 27 and skipped training camp, and the Jets suspended him. Five years remain on his contract. Winnipeg signed Stuart Skinner to a two-year deal on July 1, and Skinner opened the season as the starter with waiver claim Clay Stevenson behind him. Hellebuyck’s status is the biggest single input for Jets bettors. A trade, a return or a season-long standoff would each move the point total, the futures and the nightly moneyline.

Scott Arniel is back for his third season behind the bench, and general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff still runs the front office. Jonathan Toews retired, and Gustav Nyqvist, Jacob Bryson and Eric Comrie left in free agency. Winnipeg added defenseman Mario Ferraro on a three-year deal, along with depth forward Cole Koepke. The headline arrival is Viggo Björck, the No. 8 pick in the 2026 draft, who made the opening-night roster as the second-line center at age 18.

The scoring core still carries the team. Mark Scheifele put up 103 points, Kyle Connor scored 39 goals, and Gabriel Vilardi added 30, with 13 of those coming on the power play. Special teams held the Jets back: the power play ranked 24th and the penalty kill 21st. Those two rates shape Jets totals and point props more than anything the team does at even strength.

Western Conference and Central Division context

The Jets play their seven Central rivals four times each, which accounts for 28 of their 84 games. The first two playoff rounds also run through the division bracket. That makes two lines matter most for Winnipeg: third place in the Central and the Western wild-card cutoff.

The Colorado Avalanche won the division with 121 points and the Presidents’ Trophy, and books price them near even money to repeat. The Dallas Stars finished second with 112 points. The Minnesota Wild, led by Kirill Kaprizov and Quinn Hughes, took third with 104 points and now sit second on the division board. Books list the Utah Mammoth fourth, well clear of the rest of the field.

Winnipeg sits in the next tier with the St. Louis Blues and Nashville Predators, while the Chicago Blackhawks carry the longest price in the division. With four teams priced well ahead of them, the Jets’ realistic path runs through the wild card. That puts extra weight on their 12 games against the Blues, Predators and Blackhawks, because two of those three teams are chasing the same spots.

Jets 2026-27 point total

Books closed the preseason with the Jets at 84.5 points, over -105 and under -125. Every point total sits higher this season because the 84-game schedule adds two games, so per-game rates compare more cleanly than raw totals. Winnipeg earned exactly 1.00 point per game last season, and 84.5 asks for almost the same pace. Some books opened the Jets as high as 88.5 in July, before Hellebuyck’s trade request went public.

The heavier juice on the under shows where the money has landed; it doesn’t decide which side is correct. Two regression signals point the other way:

• Games past regulation. The Jets went 7-12 in games that reached overtime or a shootout, including 2-4 in shootouts. Results past regulation run close to random, so a 7-12 mark tends to drift back toward even. That would add standings points without any roster change.
• Goaltending. Hellebuyck’s .895 sat far below his career norm. That only helps the Jets if he plays for them again.

Jets 2026-27 futures odds

Books price Winnipeg as a long shot:

• Stanley Cup: around 150-1
• Western Conference: 50-1
• Central Division: 30-1
• Make the playoffs: +185

The Carolina Hurricanes and Florida Panthers lead the Cup board at +650, with the Avalanche next at +700 to +750. Prices vary widely at this range: preseason Cup prices on the Jets ran anywhere from +10000 to +20000 depending on the book. Our NHL futures page tracks the full board.

Award markets offer one live Jets angle. Björck is Calder-eligible. A team can play a teenage rookie nine games before the first year of his entry-level contract counts, so his Calder price will track whether he holds his role past that mark.

The other awards are harder cases. The 84-game schedule lifts the counting totals Scheifele and Connor can reach, but both sit behind the league’s elite scorers in the Art Ross and Rocket Richard races. Hellebuyck’s Vezina price depends on which team he plays for, if any.

Betting Jets puck lines

The NHL’s version of the point spread is the puck line. Books set it at 1.5 goals in nearly every game and adjust the price instead of the number.

Jets -1.5 (+165) / Blackhawks +1.5 (-200)

The Jets cover by winning by two or more goals. The Blackhawks cover by winning outright or losing by one. The half-goal means neither side can push.

So many NHL games finish within one goal that the favorite usually pays plus money on the puck line, while the underdog costs a steep price. A winning $100 bet on Jets -1.5 at +165 returns $265: the $100 stake plus $165 in profit. Backing Blackhawks +1.5 at -200 means risking $200 to win $100.

At most books, a game decided in overtime or a shootout goes down as a one-goal win, so the +1.5 side cashes any time the game gets past regulation. Late in close games, the trailing team pulls its goalie for an extra skater, and an empty-net goal is often what turns a one-goal win into a puck line cover.

The Jets angle: Winnipeg plays nine back-to-backs this season, and the second night falls on the road in eight of them. Six are road-road sets, including:

• Tampa Bay and Florida (October 29-30)
• the Islanders and Devils (November 27-28)
• Washington and the Rangers (February 2-3)

The Jets already started Stevenson on the second night of their opening back-to-back in Pittsburgh. Books price a backup start once the team confirms it, which makes those second nights the least predictable puck line prices on the Jets’ schedule. The puck line standings show how that pattern plays out over the season, and how the puck line works covers the mechanics in more detail.

Betting Jets totals

Books set a total for the combined goals both teams score, then let bettors take a side.

Say books post Jets vs. Blackhawks at 6.5, with the over at +105 and the under at -125. The over cashes if the two teams combine for seven or more goals. The under cashes at six or fewer. A half-goal total cannot push. When books post a whole number like 6, a six-goal game pushes and both sides get their stake back.

NHL totals sit in a narrow band, mostly 5.5 to 6.5, so books move the juice far more often than the number. Overtime goals count toward the total. Most books also add one goal to the winner’s score for a shootout win, so a 3-3 game decided in a shootout grades as seven. Grading rules vary by book.

The starting goalies move NHL totals more than anything else. Books often wait for the confirmed starters before settling the price, and a backup in net can shift both the number and the juice.

Why Jets totals move: The Jets host the Montreal Canadiens outdoors on October 25 in the Heritage Classic at Princess Auto Stadium, and TNT carries the game in the US. Weather and outdoor ice slow the puck. Winnipeg’s two previous outdoor games produced three goals each: a 3-0 loss to Edmonton in 2016 and a 2-1 overtime win over Calgary in 2019.

Altitude is the other total input. The Jets visit Colorado twice (February 25 and March 27) and Utah twice (December 2 and April 5), and the April 5 game closes a four-game road trip. Our NHL picks cover the nightly totals.

Betting the Jets moneyline

The moneyline asks one question: who wins. At most books it includes overtime and the shootout.

Jets -160 / Blackhawks +135

Minus marks the favorite, plus the underdog. At -160 you risk $160 to win $100. At +135 you risk $100 to win $135.

Converting to implied probability makes the pricing clearer. The -160 favorite implies 61.5%. The +135 underdog implies 42.6%. Those sum to 104.1%, not 100%. The extra 4.1 points are the book’s margin, and the book collects it whichever side wins.

A short price is not automatically a poor price. Heavy favorites get labeled bad value out of habit, but if the Jets win this matchup 65% of the time, -160 underprices them, because it only implies 61.5%.

Value is the gap between real probability and priced probability. The size of the number tells you nothing on its own.

When one side carries heavier juice than the other, that tells you where money is landing, not which side is correct. If the Jets drift from -160 to -185, bettors backed the Jets and the book adjusted its exposure. The team did not become more likely to win.

Books also post a regulation line, sometimes called the three-way or 60-minute line. It adds a third outcome, a tie after regulation, so both teams pay longer prices than on the standard moneyline. A bet on the Jets in regulation loses if the game goes to overtime, even if the Jets win it there.

The Jets angle: Three stretches of the schedule stand out:

• Late January into February. The Jets play six straight road games from January 28 to February 15, split by the All-Star break. Four come in the East in seven days, including the Washington-Rangers back-to-back, and then they fly west for Vancouver and San Jose.
• March. The schedule swings the other way, with a six-game homestand from March 1 to 13 and 10 of 14 March games at home, right after the trade deadline reshapes rosters.
• The final two nights. The season ends with Vancouver at home on April 9 and a trip to Edmonton the next night. If the standings are already settled, the No. 1 goalie becomes a likely candidate to sit, and books price that in once the team confirms the starter.

Regulation lines and close games both depend on how books grade overtime and shootouts.

Jets player props

A player prop prices one player’s production in one game.

Kyle Connor shots on goal: 3.5 (over -120, under +100)

The over needs four shots on goal. The under needs three or fewer.

Anytime goal scorer is the other high-volume NHL prop. At +180, Kyle Connor scoring implies 35.7%. Overtime goals count at most books; shootout goals do not.

NHL props follow ice time and deployment. A player promoted to the top line or the first power-play unit gets more shifts and more shooting chances, and books adjust when line combinations change. Goalie save props depend on the opponent’s shot volume and on the goalie actually starting. Prop prices depend on the confirmed starter and the injury report, and books differ in how they grade a prop when the player does not play.

The Jets angle: Arniel opened the season by breaking up last year’s top line and moving Vilardi to Björck’s wing. Vilardi’s power-play role still drives his goal-scorer price, and his even-strength shot volume now depends on how long the rookie center holds the job. Any line shuffle shows up on the prop board quickly.

Skinner’s save props carry the same dependency as any Jets goalie market: they hinge on the confirmed starter, which the injury report tracks.

Jets public betting splits

Splits separate ticket count from money handled, and the gap between the two is the useful part. If 70% of tickets sit on one side but only 45% of the dollars do, the larger bets are on the other side.

Ticket volume on Jets games often follows the opponent. The Jets draw far less recreational action than brand-premium clubs like the Maple Leafs and Oilers. When Winnipeg visits Toronto on January 11 or hosts Edmonton on April 7, the ticket count tends to lean toward the opponent. The signal is whether the money follows. When it doesn’t, and the juice still moves toward the Jets, the bigger wagers sit on Winnipeg.

Our public betting data shows both percentages for every Jets game.