The Jets look to get back to their winning ways and will face a big test against the Oilers who are sitting with a 7-1-0 record.
AM Skate notes:
No skate this morning. For now the projected lineup is based on yesterday’s practice. We do know that Anthony Bitetto won’t be playing as he joined Mark Letestu on the IR. Bryan Little seems good to go but we will have to wait for confirmation from coach Maurice. If he is then it will likely be Gabriel Bourque or Mason Appleton being a healthy scratch. Update: Bryan Little confirms he will play tonight. Coach Maurice didn’t confirm who is coming out of the lineup so we will have to wait and see what warm up skate 30 minutes before puck drop reveals.
Pre-game warm up skate:
No Mason Appleton for skate which means Bourque stays in the lineup.
Projected lines and D Pairs:
Laine-Scheifele-Wheeler
Connor-Little-Ehlers
Copp-Lowry-Roslovic
Perreault-Gustafsson-Bourque
Morrissey-Poolman
Heinola-Pionk
Dahlstrom-Kulikov
Hellebuyck
Brossoit
Audio:
Bryan Little
Coach Maurice: Any changes? Expectations of Connor Hellebuyck. Changes in Jack Roslovic’s game. How did he view Andrew Copp’s time at centre? What has Carl Dahlstrom done to integrate himself? What is it like running this team now (with all the losses of players from last year)? On team identity. Does he know what he wants the team identity to be? What is the plan to contain Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl?
Audio courtesy of TSN 1290 Winnipeg.
Up Next:
Puck drop is at 6:00 pm CDT. Be sure to head over to illegalcurve.com following the game for a recap of the action which includes post-game audio from the Jets room as well as from Coach Maurice.
