The Jets and Leafs haven’t done battle since game 2 of the season. Quite a bit has happened since that game back on January 18th but right now these two teams sit first (Toronto) and second (Winnipeg) in the North Division in terms of winning percentage.
Roster news:
The projected lineup is based on the last game as Jets coach Paul Maurice advised during his media availability on Monday that he would use the same lineup.
Skate news:
Morning skate gets underway at 10:30 AM.
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:
1. What does Pierre-Luc Dubois do to help match up against the Leafs?
2. Golden rule to dealing with the pressure of being a coach in Canada.
3. Is he trying to exert the Central style on the North or is he adapting?
4. Improving in faceoffs.
5. How impactful will staying out of the penalty box be against Toronto?
6. More on Pierre-Luc Dubois success against the Leafs.
7. Would PLD’s success in the bubble give him any more confidence this week?
8. The consistency of his defence.
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.
Director of Scouting Craig Button shares his thoughts.
Recap of the game.
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A look at the projected lineups and pre-game interviews.