Game 10: Jets vs. Flames pre-game report

The Jets fought back after giving up a two goal lead to force the game last night against the Flames to extra time which they ended up dropping in a shootout. No rest for either team as they’ll be back at it tonight in the second of four straight between them (for Winnipeg as Calgary will play Edmonton between games 3 and 4 of this mini series).

Morning skate:

No skate today however there will be an availability at 11 AM.  For now the projected lines and D pairs is simply based on last game.

Roster update:

Coach Maurice confirms that Laurent Brossoit starts in net.  Said he’s got some guys he needs checked before he decides about his roster.

Warm-up skate:

Despite the comments from Jets bench boss Paul Maurice following morning availability he didn’t make any changes to his roster aside from in net.  However he did make some moves changing up the D pairings (swapping DeMelo & Morrissey) as well as moving Trevor Lewis to the centre spot on the fourth line.

Projected lines & D pairs:

Copp-Scheifele-Ehlers
Connor-Stastny-Wheeler
Perreault-Lowry-Appleton
Vesalainen-Lewis-Harkins

Morrissey-Beaulieu
Forbort-Pionk
Stanley-DeMelo

Brossoit

Player availability:

Coach availability:

Topics:

1. An assessment of Nikolaj Ehlers game last night.
2. Any lineup changes?
3. Will he be going back to Connor Hellebuyck tnt?
4. The battle testing of his team dealing with the highs and lows.
5. Considering using 11/7.
6. Is drawing penalties a teachable skill?
7. Did he consider putting Connor Hellebuyck back in tnt given the goal from last night?

Up Next:

Puck drop is at 7:00 pm CT.  Be sure to head over to illegalcurve.com following the game for a recap of the action which includes post-game interviews from the Jets room as well as from coach Maurice.