Game 31: Jets vs. Oilers pre-game report

The Jets are coming off a 2-1 regulation loss to the Oilers on Thursday night to kick off their seven-game road trip.  After taking a day to rest and recover the visitors are looking for revenge against an Edmonton club who are two points up on Winnipeg in the standings (although the Jets have three games in hand).

Roster news:

For now the lineup is simply based on the last game with exception that Connor Hellebuyck is expected in net.  We will wait to hear from Jets head coach Paul Maurice for an update.

Roster update:

No lineup changes for the Jets aside from Connor Hellebuyck in net for Winnipeg.

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. Getting production on the power play from both units.
2.Setting the stage for a very tight North Division.
3. Preventing a response goal.
4. Same lineup?
5. Pierre-Luc Dubois staying out on the ice?
6. How does the team play when it isn’t there offensively?

Up Next:

Puck drop is at 8:00 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 here (be sure to smash that like/subscribe button).