The Jets are in Elmont, New York to take on the Islanders as they kick off their first road trip of the season. They face an opponent that has lost both games they’ve played this season so you know that coach Patrick Roy won’t be happy.
The only really question mark for Winnipeg is the status of Haydn Fleury who was listed as day-to-day by head coach Scott Arniel who did add that if Fleury is fine he could be a player. If he isn’t able to play then Colin Miller will make his first appearance of the season playing on his offside.
Pre-game skate news:
As per Ken Wiebe of the Winnipeg Free Press it was goalie Eric Comrie who led the Jets out for warm up skate and he gets the start today.
Jets projected lines & D pairs:
Connor-Scheifele-Vilardi
Iafallo-Toews-Chibrikov
Niederreiter-Namestnikov-Nyquist
Koepke-Barron-Pearson
Morrissey-DeMelo
Stanley-Pionk
Miller-Schenn
Comrie
Hellebuyck
Islanders projected lines & D pairs:
Drouin-Horvat-Heineman
Duclair-Barzal-Palmieri
Lee-Pageau-Shabanov
Holmstrom-Cizikas-Tsyplakov
Romanov-DeAngelo
Pelech-Pulock
Schaefer-Mayfield
Sorokin
Rittich
The projected lines and D pairs are via Stefen Rosner who covers the Islanders who indicated that coach Patrick Roy confirmed Ilya Sorokin will start for New York.
Up Next:
Puck drop is at 12 PM CDT. 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 2:40 PM CDT as we discuss and analyze the results of the game.
