Analyzing Tuesday’s Washington Capitals at Winnipeg Jets odds and lines, with NHL expert picks, predictions and best bets.

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While folks aren’t hitting the panic button quite yet a loss to the last place in the east Sabres coupled with Gabriel Vilardi being out week-to-week and then you add in the Stars keep winning (now six points back with a game in hand) and it’s getting a bit tense in Winnipeg.