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Game 6: Winnipeg Jets vs St. Louis Blues pre-game report

A look at the projected lineup with all the latest game info.

Somehow six games into the regular season the Jets will be facing their first Central Division opponent as they welcome the Blues to town for tonight’s unusual 7:45 PM CDT start time. They are doing that because all 32 teams are in action this evening and the NHL has staggered it so there is a game every 15 minutes.

We do know that head coach Rick Bowness won’t be behind the bench tonight as he has taken a leave of absence from the team as he will be with his wife Judy who suffered a seizure on Sunday. The only player missing from yesterday’s practice was captain Adam Lowry, although Scott Arniel indicated it was maintenance.

Skate news:

No changes for the Jets this morning aside from Adam Lowry joining the skate.

Jets projected lines & D pairs:

Connor-Scheifele-Iafallo
Perfetti-Namestnikov-Ehlers
Niederreiter-Lowry-Appleton
Barron-Kupari-Gustafsson

Morrissey-DeMelo
Dillon-Pionk
Samberg-Schmidt

Hellebuyck
Brossoit

Player pre-game interviews:

Coach pre-game interview:

Topics:

1) Did he see more hard plays in the Edmonton game and bringing it forward?
2) The game against the Blues being hard/heavy? (1:11)
3) What did he see from Nate Schmidt after being a healthy scratch? (2:00)
4) What are keys to making life difficult for Jordan Binnington? (2:45)
5) What has he learned about Vlad Namestnikov? (3:33)
6) Did they spend less time in their zone on the PK? (4:43)
7) Maintaining that mindset regardless of opponent? (5:31)

Betway Odds:

The Blues come to town having won their last game which improved them to 2-1-1 on the season. Like the Jets they have a poor goal differential (-2 for St. Louis, -5 for Winnipeg) as these two Central Division Rivals look to inch their way up the standings and not lose too much ground on Colorado who are undefeated (5-0-0) so far this season. Be sure to check out the latest game day odds from Betway.

Up Next:

Puck drop is at 7:45 pm CDT.  Be sure to head over to illegalcurve.com following the game for a recap of the action. You can also join us afterwards for the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show. (be sure to smash that like/subscribe button).

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