Game 4: Winnipeg Jets vs San Jose Sharks pre-game report

It feels like a lifetime ago the Jets last played a hockey game which is not a sentiment we will be expressing going forward as they have a lot of games coming up starting tonight when they continue their four-game homestand by welcoming the Sharks to town. San Jose, who played and lost 4-2 last night to the Hawks in Chicago, will be without 2024 1st rounder Macklin Celebrini who was eligible to come off IR yesterday but didn’t make the trip as he recovers from an injury.

Skate news:

No changes this morning which isn’t a surprise given the way the Jets practiced this week.

Lines & D pairs:

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

Morrissey-DeMelo
Samberg-Pionk
Fleury-Miller

Hellebuyck
Comrie

Player media:

Coach media:

Topics:

1. Impact from three days of practice on the game.
2. Lineup deployment (:45)
3. What has he liked from Fleury-Miller pairing? (1:36)
4. What did he learn about Tyler Toffoli last year? (2:24)
5. How do the Sharks look different this season? (2:58)
6. Latest on Ville Heinola? (3:48)
7. What are they doing to stay out of the box? (4:07)

Up Next:

Puck drop is at 7 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 around 9:40 PM CDT as we discuss and analyze the results of the game.