Game 18: Winnipeg Jets vs Tampa Bay Lightning pre-game report

The Jets left Winnipeg with a 4-1-0 record after five games at home and having won six of their last eight games. They face a Lightning team this evening that have won three straight and are very good at home (6-2-2).

Skate news:

As per Ken Wiebe of the Winnipeg Free Press no changes to the lines or D pairs and Connor Hellebuyck in his starting routine.

Jets projected lines & D pairs:

Connor-Scheifele-Iafallo
Perfetti-Namestnikov-Ehlers
Niederreiter-Lowry-Appleton
Barron-Gustafsson-AJF

Morrissey-DeMelo
Dillon-Pionk
Samberg-Schmidt
Toninato-Stanley

Hellebuyck
Brossoit

Coach media:

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Topics:

1) Intensity despite infrequency of facing each other.
2) Pairing of Morrissey & DeMelo (:49)
3) How would he assess the season of Mark Scheifele to date? (1:29)
4) The message locking guys down long term sends to the league (2:28)
5) Axel Jonsson-Fjallby’s performance (2:54)
6) Comparing start of season to current hot streak (3:17)
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Betway Odds:

Both clubs are sitting with 22 points and have been on streaks. As illustrated above Tampa has been very good at home while Winnipeg has been decent (4-2-1) on the road. The goal differential edge goes to the visitors with the Jets sitting at +9 and the Lightning at -1. While the odds are very close the oddsmakers give a slight edge to the home side. Be sure to check out the latest game day odds from Betway.

Up Next:

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