Game 12: Winnipeg Jets vs Tampa Bay Lightning pre-game report

The Lightning lost their last game in St. Paul to the Wild on Friday before they made their way to Manitoba where they’ll face the red-hot Jets this afternoon in Winnipeg. Both teams have played the same number of games but the home team has scored ten more goals this season while giving up seven less.

The Bolts have the 18th ranked PP and the 25th ranked PK.

Morning skate news:

No morning skate with it being an afternoon game.

Jets projected lines & D pairs:

Connor-Scheifele-Vilardi
Perfetti-Namestnikov-Ehlers
Niederreiter-Lowry-Appleton
Barron-Kupari-Iafallo

Morrissey-DeMelo
Samberg-Pionk
Stanley-Miller

Hellebuyck
Comrie

Up Next:

Puck drop is at 2 PM CDT.  Be sure to head over to illegalcurve.com following the game for a recap of the action. Reminder to join us on the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show around 4:40 PM CDT as we discuss and analyze the results of the game.