Game 11: Jets vs Islanders pre-game report

The Jets come into action against the Islanders having points in their last eight games (6-0-2). Of course New York is chugging along at 5-0-1 in their last six.

Morning skate:

It was an optional practice for the Jets who played last night.

Goalie:

Eric Comrie will get his fourth start of the year as he continues to roll for Winnipeg according to head coach Paul Maurice.

Jets projected lines & D pairs:

Stastny-Copp-Ehlers
Connor-Dubois-Svechnikov
Lowry-Scheifele-Wheeler
Harkins-Toninato

Morrissey-Schmidt
Dillon-Pionk
Stanley-DeMelo
Beaulieu

Comrie
Berdin

Players media availability:

Coach media availability:

Topics:

1) Roster for tonight?
2) Status update on Connor Hellebuyck?
3) Has Hellebuyck skated at all?
4) Comrie coming up big despite not a lot of shots (:42)
5) Mark Scheifele’s 200 foot game (1:34)
6) Is this the most “bought in” team for him? (2:34)
7) Andrew Copp having success without cheating the game (3:38)
8) Does Copp’s football days (watching video) help him pick it up easily here? (4:46)
9) Distributing ice time evenly allow them to play game they need tonight (5:16)
10) His thoughts on the Connor McDavid goal from last night. (6:47)
11) What has Brenden Dillon meant for Neal Pionk? (9:11)
12) The Jets breakouts last night (10:05).

Up Next:

Puck drop is at 6 pm CDT.  Be sure to head over to illegalcurve.com following the game for a recap of the action which includes post-game interviews from Jets players as well as from head coach Paul Maurice.  You can also join us afterwards for our post-game show here (be sure to smash that like/subscribe button).