Nashville hosted another Central Division foe on Friday afternoon. They would face the Jets without Ryan Ellis who is day-to-day with an upper-body injury. Matt Irwin received the nod to play alongside Roman Josi on the top pair. Quite the honor for a player who started the season in Milwaukee.
Bitetto returned to the lineup and made his presence felt with a booming hit in the first handful of minutes. The teams traded mild chances before Dustin Byfuglien shot a puck off Colin Wilson’s stick that completely fooled Rinne and put the Jets up 1-0 after the first period.