Bit of an unusual game in Vegas as puck drop is at 5:30 PM PST which is usually when folks are getting up in sin city. The Jets, despite going 2-2-0 so far on this six-game road trip, hit the U.S. Thanksgiving mark as the number 1 team in the entire NHL. Not too shabby. They have been struggling more of late but given the degree of difficulty both in terms of opponents and travel schedule they have faired alright. Might we see some lineup juggling? Will have to wait for warm-up to find out.
And it won’t get easier for Winnipeg after a tough night in Los Angeles on Wednesday when they take on a Vegas team that sits first in the Pacific Division. They’ve scored almost as many goals as the Jets although they’ve given up 14 more in the same number of games. Oddly the Knights and Jets are remarkably similar from a special teams perspective. Winnipeg has the top PP in the NHL at 33.8% while Vegas sits second overall at 30.4%. Similarly when it comes to PK they are neck and neck with Jets at 19th (77.6%) and Golden Knights ranked 20th (77.6%).
Skate news:
No morning skate.
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
Golden Knights projected lines & D pairs:
Barbashev–Eichel–Burke
Hertl–Roy–Kolesar
Howden–Karlsson–Dorofeyev
Pearson–Schwindt–Holtz
McNabb–Theodore
Hanifin–Pietrangelo
Hague–Korczak
Hill & Samsonov
This was how they lined up last game as per Jesse Granger of The Athletic Vegas.
Up Next:
Puck drop is at 7:30 PM CST. Be sure to head over to illegalcurve.com following the game for a recap of the action. You can join us on our YouTube channel for the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show around 10:10 PM CST as we discuss and analyze the results of the game.
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