Game 28: Jets vs. Canadiens pre-game report

The Jets are coming off a day off after concluding their five-game road trip having gone 3-1-1 in games against the Habs and Leafs.

After splitting the series with the Jets the Habs left Montreal to play a pair of games against both Vancouver and Calgary.  They left Alberta for Manitoba after being swept by the Flames although they still have a solid road record at 7-3-6.

Roster news:

Morning skate gets underway at 10:30 AM.  For now the projected lineup is simply based on how the last game ended.  We also know that Connor Hellebuyck will be between the pipes for Winnipeg.

Coach Maurice confirms that the Jets will use same lineup and that the pairs will be based on how the game ended against the Leafs.

Jets projected lines & D pairs:

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

Morrissey-DeMelo
Forbort-Pionk
Stanley-Poolman

Hellebuyck
Brossoit

Player availability:

Coach availability:

Topics:

1. Temperature in the North Division.
2. How much is he discussing with Kevin Cheveldayoff in terms of team needs?
3. What has changed in Nikolaj Ehlers game to this point?
4. On the frustration that playing “their game” presents against Habs/Flames.
5. What’s most important thing he’s learned about his team at midpoint?
6. The resiliency of his team.
7. Has there been conversations to date about players the Jets could trade for?
8. Why doesn’t Nikolaj Ehlers play 20 minutes per night?
9. When did he identify that Mason Appleton could be a bonafide NHLer?
10. Lineup for tonight.

Up Next:

Puck drop is at 7:00 pm CDT.  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.  You can also join us afterwards for our post-game show (be sure to smash that like/subscribe button).