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).

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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