Game 23: Jets vs. Predators pre-game report

Only nugget Coach Maurice would give up this morning via Ken Wiebe of the Winnipeg Sun is that Connor Hellebuyck gets the start in goal tonight.  He wouldn’t give any insight as to any potential line changes as the Jets didn’t skate in advance of the 5 pm skate in Nashville.  Here are the updated lines (Connor in Burmistrov out) and D pairs from yesterday’s skate:

Laine-Scheifele-Wheeler
Ehlers-Petan-Stafford
Dano-Lowry-Tanev
Connor-Copp-Thorburn

Chiarot-Byfuglien
Morrissey-Trouba
Stuart-Postma

Hellebuyck
Hutchinson

Player pre-game audio:

Blake Wheeler:  Opportunity to end the road trip on the right note.  Importance of the back-to-back against a divisional opponent.  How different is the Nashville backend with P.K. Subban there?

Coach pre-game audio:

Paul Maurice:  What will they be losing with Enstrom out of the lineup?  Does he have a better idea of how long Enstrom will be gone?  What has he seen from Jacob Trouba?  The dynamic change of Weber vs. Subban on the Predators backend.  What has he learned from the back-to-back’s that he can apply to this one.  Any lineup updates?

Courtesy of Brian Munz of TSN 1290 Winnipeg we get the Predators lines, D pairs and starting goalie:

Arvidsson-Johansen-Neal
Forsberg-Ribeiro-Smith
Wilson-Fisher-Aberg
Sissons-Jarnkrok-Watson

Josi-Ellis
Ekholm-Subban
Irwin-Weber

Rinne
Saros

Coach pre-game audio:

Peter Laviolette:  On the recent moves by the Predators.  On the Predators stingy play at home defensively.  How has P.K. handled the transition?  What does it mean to have a player like that on the power play?  Anything he’s learned about P.K. being around him on a daily basis?  Having a home-and-home with the Jets.

All audio courtesy of TSN 1290 Winnipeg.