The Jets are looking to overcome a poor start to the road trip after dropping a 5-1 decision to Detroit on Tuesday. The Panthers fell to the Islanders on Monday with a 5-4 shootout loss although the bigger loss was goalie Roberto Luongo who is out for an ‘extended period of time’ with a reported groin injury.
Morning skate notes:
Biggest change to the Jets this morning is as Ken Wiebe of the Winnipeg Sun notes, Eric Comrie looks like he will be making his second career NHL start.
Jets projected lines, D Pairs and starting goalie:
Connor – Scheifele – Wheeler
Ehlers – Little – Laine
Copp – Lowry – Tanev
Perreault – Hendricks – Armia
Morrissey – Trouba
Chiarot – Byfuglien
Kulikov – Myers
Comrie
Hellebuyck
Extras: Matthias, Dano, Poolman.
Audio:
Eric Comrie
Jacob Trouba
Dmitry Kulikov
Coach Maurice: On why today makes sense to get Eric Comrie in net tonight. Was fatigue a factor for Hellebuyck in last game? On bouncing back from tough games. On Barkov’s game. On the Panthers team. What has stood out about Ben Chiarot since he has come back into the lineup?
Audio courtesy of TSN 1290 Winnipeg.
Panthers projected lines, D Pairs and starting goalie:
Huberdeau – Barkov – Bjugstad
McGinn – Trocheck – Malgin
Hunt – McCann – Vrbata
Haley – MacKenzie – Sceviour
Yandle – Ekblad
Matheson – Pysyk
McCoshen – Petrovic
Reimer
Sateri
Projections for tonight’s Panthers lineup come via Jameson Olive a Panthers website reporter.
