Game 33: Winnipeg Jets vs St. Louis Blues pre-game report

While the Jets did let a point slip away in their last game on Monday against the Senators they have secured three of four points which for a team like Winnipeg which was on a precipitous slide down the standings isn’t insignificant. They also didn’t allow a power play goal against for the first time in eight games which is also big given Ottawa has a Top 5 PP.

They are on the road for three tough Central Division games starting tonight against the Blues. There has been a lot of talk about St. Louis being sellers this year but it’s worth noting these two teams are separated by just one point (although Winnipeg has two games in hand). The goal differential is also significant with the visitors being just -1 while the home team is at a whopping -37 which is the worst in the NHL.

Skate news:

Starts at 11:30 AM CST.

Jets projected lines & D pairs:

Connor – Scheifele – Vilardi
Niederreiter – Namestnikov – Perfetti
Barron – Lowry – Iafallo
Koepke – Toews – Nyquist
Pearson (rotating)

Morrissey – DeMelo
Samberg – Pionk
Stanley – Schenn

Hellebuyck

Blues projected lines & D pairs:

Fabbri-Thomas-Buchnevich
Neighbours-Dvorsky-Stenberg
McGing-Suter-Joseph
Toropchenko-Sundqvist-Luff
* Schenn not practicing today

Broberg-Parayko
Kessel-Faulk
Fowler-Mailloux
* Tucker

Binnington
Hofer

According to Lou Korac, who covers the team for the NHL website, this is how they practiced yesterday.

Players media availability:

To follow.

Coach media availability:

To follow.

Up Next:

Puck drop is at 7 PM CST. 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 9:40 PM CST as we discuss and analyze the results of the game.