NHL: Winnipeg Jets vs. Ottawa Senators

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The Winnipeg Jets may not be the best hockey team in the NHL, but they like to play at home and look forward to hosting the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday night.

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Milan Michalek and Jason Spezza scored in the second period to turn a 1-0 deficit into a 2-1 lead, and Michalek later added an empty-netter as Ottawa claimed a 4-1 win at Scotiabank Place on Oct. 20. Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson also tallied, while Dustin Byfuglien had the lone goal for the Jets.

Winnipeg survived playing 15 of its first 23 games away from the MTS Centre fairly well -- although the Jets sit 13th in the Eastern Conference standings beginning play Tuesday, a win against the Senators would get them back to .500 and a few more points could get them right back in the top eight. And the time to make hay has definitely arrived, as Winnipeg plays 11 of its next 12 games on home ice leading up to the Christmas break.

It's been a season of streaks for Ottawa, which started out losing five of six, then won six straight, then lost five in a row, then won its next three. After that the Senators lost their next two, so keeping that mini-skid from turning into a full-blown one was a high priority. Spezza had a key role in accomplishing that Sunday, scoring the team's first two goals in a 4-3 victory over the Hurricanes. His second goal, a power-play strike late in the first period, put Ottawa in front to stay and was also his 200th career goal. David Rundblad added his first NHL goal and Zach Smith netted the game-winner.

After going 1-1-1 on its latest road trip, Winnipeg finally gets to settle in at the MTS Centre, where it is 5-3-0 and has won three straight. In fact, the Jets scored 15 goals in sweeping a recent homestand from the Lightning, Capitals and Flyers -- all playoff teams a season ago. They played the defending Stanley Cup champions tough in Boston on Saturday, getting first-period goals from Evander Kane and Byfuglien 39 seconds apart, but the Bruins rallied to hand them a 4-2 defeat, their first regulation loss in six games.

The Jets are thankful to be at home for this game but they need to make sure they can play just as well at home as they have away from home this season.