Game 11: Jets vs. Capitals pre-game report

Jets are hitting the ice now for morning skate.

According to Brian Munz of TSN 1290 Winnipeg the lines and D pairs looked like this:

Ehlers-Scheifele-Wheeler
Connor-Perreault-Tanev
Laine-Lowry-Armia
Dano-Copp-Burmistrov

Morrissey-Byfuglien
Enstrom-Postma
Melchiori-Chiarot

Hutchinson
Hellebuyck

Player Audio:

Marko Dano:  Excited for the opportunity?  What does he need to do to be effective tonight?  Did he go down to the Moose with the belief that doing his best there would ensure an opportunity.  On facing the Capitals.

Paul Postma:  What did he learn about the Capitals in that last game and what it will take to win.  Generating shots against the Capitals and how do they do it again?

Andrew Copp:  Getting back into the lineup.  What has he worked on with the Moose and what was morning skate like?

Coach Audio:

Paul Maurice:  Second game of a back to back.  Is there carryover from game to game?  Update on Chris Thorburn?  Update on Mark Stuart?  Different look to the lines.  Nice to be able to bring in guys with NHL experience into the lineup.  Generating shots on Washington.

Audio courtesy of TSN 1290 Winnipeg.

A look at the Washington Capitals lines and D pairs come to us via Isabelle Khurshudyan of the Washington Post:

Ovechkin-Backstrom-Williams
Johansson-Kuznetsov-Wilson
Burakovsky-Eller-Oshie
Sanford-Beagle-Connolly

Alzner-Niskanen
Orlov-Carlson
Orpik-Schmidt

Holtby
Grubauer

David Minuk

Working hard on a daily basis to provide the latest Winnipeg Jets and Manitoba Moose news for our readers and listeners. I also appear on the Illegal Curve Hockey Show every Saturday on our YouTube channel as well as the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show after every single Jets game. And I occasionally jump in the play-by-play booth at Canada Life to provide colour analysis during Manitoba Moose games.

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