The Jets are getting ready for their sixth game of the season. Lines and defence pairs come to us from Ken Wiebe of the Winnipeg Sun for today’s skate:
Laine-Scheifele-Wheeler
Ehlers-Perreault-Stafford
Matthias-Lowry-Armia
Thorburn-Burmistrov-Tanev
Morrissey-Byfuglien
Enstrom-Myers
Stuart-Chiarot
Hutchinson
Hellebuyck
Player pre-game audio:
Chris Thorburn: Getting back into the lineup. What does a stretch of road games do for a team? Has he ever been through something like this before (being in and out of lineup).
Mark Stuart: Importance of next couple games against a central division opponent. Does he like the home and home concept?
Adam Lowry: Do the Stars injuries change their mindset? Building a rivalry with a home and home series.
Coach pre-game audio:
Paul Maurice: Does he like the home and home? With the Stars being banged up does that change his preparation? What does he hope to gain by inserting Thorburn and Stuart? What is missing from Kyle Connor’s game? What does he want Kyle Connor looking for when he is sitting out? Having to “be careful” with young players who are not playing. Enough changes being generated?
Audio via TSN 1290 Winnipeg.
Stars lines, D pairs and starting goalie are via Mark Stepneski who writes for the Stars website and says that coach Lindy Ruff has used a couple of different lines combos this AM (Updated as of warm up skate):
Roussel-Seguin-Korpikoski
Benn-Faksa-Eaves
McKenzie-Shore-Ritchie
Smith-Dowling-Cracknell
Nemeth-Klingberg
Hamhuis-Lindell
Oduya-Benn
Niemi
Lehtonen
