Game 22: Jets vs. Canucks pre-game report

The Jets win streak was halted dead in its tracks last night when the Canucks scored three times on five shots in the 1st and rode that to a 4-0 win.  Winnipeg will get a shot at revenge tonight as they close out this homestand with a re-match against Vancouver.  From the sound of Paul Maurice’s post-game last night it would appear Josh Morrissey is going to switch back to the left side which means Tucker Poolman will likely be ready to return to the lineup.

Roster news:

Optional morning skate.  Lines and D pairs expected to change in advance of the game. Stay tuned.

Update: Jets coach Paul Maurice confirms that Tucker Poolman comes back into the lineup but wouldn’t say which defenceman is coming out.  Poolman will return to a pairing with Josh Morrissey who returns to the left side tonight. He also confirmed that Laurent Brossoit will start in net. He wouldn’t confirm how he will configure his lines so we will have to wait for warm-up skate.

Warm-up news:

Sami Niku comes out.

Jets projected lines & D pairs:

Stastny-Scheifele-Wheeler
Connor-Dubois-Ehlers
Copp-Lowry-Appleton
Perreault-Thompson-Lewis

Morrissey-Poolman
Forbort-Pionk
Beaulieu-DeMelo

Brossoit
Hellebuyck

Player availability:

Coach availability:

Topics:

1. His roster.
2. 1st periods for the Jets.
3. Will keep Paul Stastny with Scheifele/Wheeler?
4. When does he like to solidify his lineup vision for the season?
5. Is the defence they are playing taxing on their team?
6. Did anything stand out from the redirections against them?
7. Who will Tucker Poolman be paired with?

Up Next:

Puck drop is at 7:00 pm CST.  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.