Game 32: Winnipeg Jets vs Boston Bruins pre-game report

The Jets have had a very good December (7-1-1) and they’d like to continue that tonight when they close out the pre-holiday portion of their schedule against a very good Bruins team. The good news for Winnipeg is they’ve had an excellent record to date (8-0-3) against the Eastern Conference. Will that continue tonight? Stay tuned to find out.

As the home team held an optional we don’t know if there are any personnel changes coming but given that they won big over the Wings last game the only expected change will be Connor Hellebuyck back in the net.

Morning Skate:

As per Ken Wiebe of the Winnipeg Free Press no expected changes today at morning skate.

Jets projected lines & D pairs:

Ehlers-Scheifele-Vilardi
Perfetti-Namestnikov-Iafallo
Niederreiter-Lowry-Appleton
Barron-Gustafsson-AJF

Morrissey-DeMelo
Dillon-Pionk
Samberg-Schmidt

Hellebuyck
Brossoit

Coach media:

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Topics:

1) Comparing/contracting the Jets/Bruins
2) Going against Marchand and Pasternak (1:20)
3) The culture in Boston (2:21)
4) Is he more comfortable playing his top line against the opponent’s best? (3:32)
5) Being a measuring stick team? (4:46)
6) When you take over for a coach do you implement your own system or carry through existing system? (5:43)
7) What impressed him about Jim Montgomery? (6:50)
8) Thomas Milic heading to Spengler Cup (8:00)
9) Memories from his time in Boston (8:42)

Betway Odds:

Unlike the last team that was here on Wednesday these Bruins reside in top spot in the Atlantic division with a 19-5-6 record. They don’t score quite as much as Winnipeg (who have played one more game) but they also don’t give up quite as much, although both teams have very good goal differentials (Winnipeg +23, Boston +20). Home or away the Bruins are a good team. While this one is close the oddsmakers are giving a slight edge to the visiting team. Be sure to check out the latest game day odds from Betway.

Up Next:

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