2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs: Winnipeg Jets vs Colorado Avalanche pre-game 4 report

We learned on Saturday that Brenden Dillon avoided serious injury but he was still listed as day-to-day by head coach Rick Bowness which doesn’t reveal if he is an option for the Jets this afternoon in game 4. Additionally the team announced they had recalled speedy winger Axel Jonsson-Fjallby from the Moose.

For now the lineup will be as it was for game three. Rick Bowness is slated to speak around 11:15 AM CST so we may, I stress may get an update on Dillon and who AJF could draw in for. It’s also possible he plays coy and then we will have to wait until 1 PM CDT for warm-up skate to see how things play out.

This is a critical game for the Jets as they can send this series back to Winnipeg tied 2-2 or face the near impossible take of being down 3-1 and needing to win three straight games.

Morning skate news:

No morning skate with it being an early afternoon game.

Lineup news:

As per Mike McIntyre of the Winnipeg Free Press he indicated that Rick Bowness confirmed AJF draws in for David Gustafsson and Brenden Dillon will not play with Logan Stanley coming back into lineup.

Lines & D pairs:

Connor-Scheifele-Vilardi
Ehlers-Monahan-Toffoli
Niederrieter-Lowry-Appleton
AJF-Namestnikov-Iafallo

Morrissey-DeMelo
Samberg-Pionk
Stanley-Schmidt

Hellebuyck

Up Next:

Puck drop is at 1:30 pm CDT. Be sure to head over to illegalcurve.com following the game for a recap of the action. Reminder to join us on the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show following the final buzzer between the Jets and Avalanche.