The Jets are looking to build on their big 6-3 win over the Panthers in their lone game in Winnipeg before the kicked off their six-game road trip which gets underway in Pittsburgh tonight.
The Penguins are sitting in last place in the Metro Division with a 7-10-4 record. They don’t score very often (57 GF) but they do allow a lot of goals (83 GA) which is the most given up in the entire NHL. Pittsburgh’s power play ranks 16th in the league but their penalty kill is a top 10 (9th overall).
Skate news:
According to Mike McIntyre of the Winnipeg Free Press no changes to the Jets lines and D pairs at PPG Arena.
Jets projected lines & D pairs:
Connor – Scheifele – Vilardi
Perfetti – Namestnikov – Ehlers
Niederreiter – Lowry – Appleton
Barron – Kupari – Iafallo
Morrissey – DeMelo
Samberg – Pionk
Fleury – Miller
Hellebuyck
Comrie
Penguins projected lines & D pairs:
Beauvillier – Crosby – Rakell
Bunting – Malkin – Rust
Puljukarvi – O’Connor – Poulin
Nieto – Acciari – Ponomarev
Pettersson – Karlsson
Grzelcyk – Letang
Pickering – Shea
Jarry
Nedeljkovic
As per Daily Faceoff.
Up Next:
Puck drop is at 6 PM CST. Be sure to head over to illegalcurve.com following the game for a recap of the action. As a special bonus we’ll be live at Boston Pizza Taylor for an IC Watch Party starting at puck drop. You can join us live in person or on our YouTube channel for the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show around 8:40 PM CST as we discuss and analyze the results of the game.
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