The Jets practiced in St. Paul on Thursday although the same question for Winnipeg remains today which surrounds the status of veteran forward Paul Stastny who did take shifts with the power play units yesterday but wasn’t confirmed as a player for today. He has been out of the lineup since November 6th and since his departure the aforementioned man advantage has gone in the toilet to the tune of one goal in the last 22 opportunities.
Morning skate:
No skate today.
Lineup news:
The only thing we did learn on Thursday was that Connor Hellebuyck will get the start in goal today. Paul Maurice said they would see how Stastny is feeling today and then make a determination if he is ready to play. For now the lineup will be based on the last game.
Pre-game warm up:
Jets will go with 11/7 lineup with Riley Nash and Kristian Vesalainen as health scratches and Nathan Beaulieu back into the lineup. Paul Stastny also returns.
Jets projected lines & D pairs:
Copp-Scheifele-Ehlers
Connor-Dubois-Wheeler
Harkins-Lowry-Svechnikov
Toninato-Stastny
Morrissey-Schmidt
Dillon-Pionk
Stanley-DeMelo
Beaulieu
Hellebuyck
Comrie
Players media availability:
To follow.
Coach media availability:
To follow.
Up Next:
Puck drop is at 2:30 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).
