The Jets look to complete the pre-Christmas break portion of the season with a win in Vancouver as they conclude their three game road trip. A victory would keep them in top spot in the Western Conference and ensure they are the first Western Conference team to 50 points. The Canucks are currently on the outside looking in but have been playing well of late going 6-3-1 in their last 10 games.
The projected Jets lines are simply based on the last game. The status of Adam Lowry and Andrew Copp remain in question. Conventional wisdom would have Laurent Brossoit starting in net since coach Maurice indicated this week he planned on getting him one game during this road trip but we will have to wait to see what happens at AM skate.
AM Skate:
According to Mike McIntyre of the Winnipeg Free Press forward Adam Lowry is in a regular uniform for today’s morning skate in Vancouver. But worth noting he did that in San Jose as well. As expected, Mike confirms that Laurent Brossoit was the first goalie off the ice.
Projected Jets lines and D pairs:
Ehlers-Scheifele-Wheeler
Connor-Little-Laine
Perreault-Roslovic-Tanev
Lemieux-Petan-Appleton
Morrissey-Trouba
Chiarot-Byfuglien
Kulikov-Myers
Brossoit
Hellebuyck
Audio:
Patrik Laine
Mark Scheifele
Tyler Myers
Coach Maurice: Same lineup? Good to give Adam Lowry a few more days to recover? On what the bottom six was able to do in San Jose. His assessment of how the team handled this stretch of the schedule? What does he expect from the Canucks? World Juniors memories. How much of an advantage is it for prospects to play in that tournament? The Yoga excursion and whether he is a yoga guy?
All audio courtesy of TSN 1290 Winnipeg.
Projected Canucks lines:
Eriksson-Horvat-Virtanen
Goldobin-Pettersson-Boeser
Granlund-Gaudette-Leivo
Roussel-Beagle-Motte
Scheller
Edler-Tanev
Hutton-Gudbranson
Pouliot-Biega
Del Zotto
Markstrom
Nilsson
Come via Farhan Lalji of TSN.
Up Next:
Puck drop is at 9:00 pm CT. Be sure to head over to illegalcurve.com following the game for a recap of the action which includes post-game audio from the Jets room as well as from coach Maurice.
