Game 24: Jets vs. Canadiens pre-game report

The Jets kicked off their five-game road trip on Thursday with a 4-3 OT win in Montreal and will be looking to keep their good times rolling today with a re-match against the Habs.  Winnipeg has gone 7-2-0 in their last nine games.

Roster news:

Morning skate gets underway at 10:30 AM.  For now the projected lineup is simply based on the last game.

Update:  Jets coach Paul Maurice confirms no lineup changes.

Jets projected lines & D pairs:

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

Morrissey-Poolman
Forbort-Pionk
Beaulieu-DeMelo

Hellebuyck
Brossoit

Player availability:

Coach availability:

Topics covered included:

1. On draining the opposition’s gas tank.
2. Where does he see Josh Morrissey at this point in the season?
3. Same lineup tonight?
4. What is the emphasis against a shot volume team?
5. Late penalty kill goals.
6. Scouting a new coach.
7. Three forwards in OT allowing them to aggressively get the puck back.
8. Why is it complex to play north/south consistently?

Up Next:

Puck drop is at 6:00 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.