The Jets are coming off a big 4-1 win over the Wild on Monday night after one hell of a performance from two-time Vezina winner Connor Hellebuyck who made 43 saves in the victory. Winnipeg took yesterday off as they continue this grueling, cross-country six-game road trip which saw them start in Pennsylvania, then head to Tennessee, over to Minnesota and now they are in California. They continue to sit 1st in the NHL in a number of categories.
The Kings made the big trade with the Capitals this summer sending Pierre-Luc Dubois there for netminder Darcy Kuemper who is currently on IR suffering an injury against the Avalanche on the 15th of November. Los Angeles is tied for 3rd in the Pacific with Vancouver. With Kuemper injured it has been former Jets backup big save Dave Rittich who has between the pipes for the Kings for four straight games. In the first three games he had a .944, .947 and a .950 save% before he got lit up in his fourth straight contest for seven goals against (.667 save%) by the Sharks on Monday. They have been much better at home (6-2-1) than they have been on the road (5-6-2) which is good news for them since tonight’s game is at Crypto Arena. They have the 28th ranked PP and the 14th ranked PK.
Skate news:
Mike McIntyre of the Winnipeg Free Press confirms no changes to the lineup are expected as they ran the same lines and D pairs as last game. He also notes that Logan Stanley has shed the non-contact uniform.
Jets projected lines & D pairs:
Connor – Scheifele – Vilardi
Perfetti – Namestnikov – Ehlers
Niederreiter – Lowry – Appleton
Barron – Kupari – Iafallo
Morrissey – DeMelo
Fleury – Pionk
Heinola – Miller
Hellebuyck
Comrie
Kings projected lines & D pairs:
Foegele – Kopitar – Kempe
Moore – Byfield – Jeannot
Fiala – Helenius – Laferriere
Turcotte – Danault – Lewis
Anderson – Gavrikov
Edmundson – Clarke
Moverare – Spence
Rittich
Portillo
These are based on how Zach Dooley, Kings content manager saw them this morning.
Up Next:
Puck drop is at 9 PM CST. Be sure to head over to illegalcurve.com following the game for a recap of the action. After the game join us on our YouTube channel for the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show around 11:40 PM CST as we discuss and analyze the results of the game.
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