(Sports Network) - The Tampa Bay Times Forum has been a tough place for opposing teams to visit in the early going this season. . Its been a house of horrors for the Winnipeg Jets over the past few years. The Jets aim for the franchises first regulation win in Tampa Bay since 2009, when they were still the Atlanta Thrashers, on Friday night. The Lightning meanwhile are looking to keep their perfect home record intact. Fans in the Jets region can watch all of the action tonight at 6:30pm ct/7:30pm et. The game can also be heard on TSN Radio 1290 Winnipeg. The Jets will take a victory of any kind on Friday after losing a 6-3 decision at Florida on Thursday. The clubs combined for seven goals in the third period, but five of those came off the sticks of the Panthers. Grant Clitsome, Olli Jokinen and Tobias Enstrom posted markers for the Jets, who have allowed 10 goals over a two-game losing streak that has followed three straight wins. Ondrej Pavelec was beaten five times on 33 shots in the setback. "We have another game in 24 hours against one of the top teams in the East and one of the top teams in our division right now, so if we cant get up for tomorrow, we have bigger issues," Jets forward Blake Wheeler said about his teams game against Tampa Bay on Friday. Wheeler and Evander Kane both have three goals and five assists over their last five games, while Enstrom has logged seven points in that span. Winnipeg wraps a three-game swing on Friday. Tampa Bay has won the first three of a five-game homestand and has a victory in all four of its games at the Forum this season. It has outscored opponents 16-7 so far on the residency and is coming off Tuesdays 5-2 triumph over the Florida Panthers. Vincent Lecavalier, Cory Conacher, Tom Pyatt and Dana Tyrell all had a goal and an assist, while Steven Stamkos netted his fourth goal of the season in the win. He has notched 11 points through the Lightnings first six games. Anders Lindback made 26 saves in the victory, Tampa Bays fourth in a row overall. Acquired in an offseason trade with Nashville, Lindback is 4-1-0 in five starts this season with a 2.80 goals against average and .914 save percentage. "(Lindback) is showing signs of somebody that is making a difference at the right time every game," said Tampa Bay head coach Guy Boucher. Martin St. Louis had an assist and leads the Lightning with nine helpers and 12 points on the season. Tampa Bay last won five straight during a seven-game run from Jan. 17-Feb. 4 of last season and has won 14 of its past 17 overall against the Jets franchise. The Lightning are also 8-0-2 in their last 10 at home versus the club since the Atlanta/Winnipeg franchise picked up a 3-1 win at Tampa on Feb. 10, 2009. [url=http://www.shopnflonline.net/Black-Friday-Hats-Chicago-Bears-Cyber-Monday/]... Bears Hats Cyber Monday . His Nationals made it real easy for him to grin. 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The Blazers, currently the No. 6 seed in the West, connected on 53 percent of their shots from the field to win going away against Dallas, which is third in conference standings. Shawn Marion scored 19 points, Rodrigue Beaubois had 18 and Dirk Nowitzki added 16 for the Mavs, who finished their trip 3-3. I think the bottom line is we need consistency defensively, said Dallas head coach Rick Carlisle. Dallas loss in Portland, coupledd with the Spurs win over Phoenix the same day also clinched the Southwest Division title for San Antonio. [url=http://www.shopnflonline.net/Black-Friday-New-York-Jets-Curtis-Martin-Jerse... Martin Black Friday Jersey. The Mavs are two games behind the Lakers for the No. 2 seed with five games to play. Denver, meanwhile, suffered a big loss of its own on Tuesday, falling to Northwest Division-rival Oklahoma City, 101-94, at the Pepsi Center. Kevin Durant scored 32 points and pulled down nine rebounds in that one as the Thunder inched closer to winning the Northwest. Russell Westbrook added 18 points and six assists for the Thunder, who now hold a four-game lead over the Nuggets in the division. Oklahoma City holds the fourth spot in the Western Conference, while the Nuggets sit in fifth. Both teams have five games left in the regular season, including a meeting against each other in Oklahoma City on Friday. Ty Lawson finished with 28 points for Denver, which secured a playoff spot with Sundays win over the Lakers. Danilo Gallinari tallied 17 points and six boards. We beat ourselves tonight, Lawson said. The Nuggets have won two straight and eight of their last 11 games versus the Mavs. ' ' '