Game 15: Jets vs. Golden Knights pre-game report

The Jets come into this game with Vegas having secured points in 11 of their last 12 games (8-1-3).   The Jets are 2-1-0 against the Pacific Division this season.  We learned yesterday at the media availability that Connor Hellebuyck will make his sixth straight start in net for Winnipeg.  Skate is at 11:30 am PST (1:30 Winnipeg time).  The projected lines and D pairs are based on yesterday’s practice.

Morning skate notes:

According to Mike McIntyre of the Winnipeg Free Press most of the Jets are on the ice with the exception of Dustin Byfuglien, Tobias Enstrom and Bryan Little.

Projected Jets lines, D Pairs & starting goalie:

Connor-Scheifele-Wheeler
Ehlers-Little-Laine
Copp-Lowry-Tanev
Matthias-Hendricks-Armia

Morrissey-Trouba
Enstrom-Byfuglien
Kulikov-Myers

Hellebuyck
Mason

Extras:  Lemieux, Dano and Chiarot.

Coach Maurice pre-game:

Scrum Topics: Coach Maurice touched on the Jets fans who will be at T-Mobile Arena, break time, maintenance guys status, getting started after the break, things taken out of last long break, any fan encounters in Vegas, goalie plan, Mason during this stretch & relationship between Hellebuyck and Mason.

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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