The Jets will continue their five-game road trip tonight in Ottawa having won the first couple and looking to keep it rolling against a Senators team they beat one week ago to start off this modest three-game win streak.
Roster news:
Expectation is it will be the same lineup as the Jets used to defeat Montreal on Saturday. If there are any changes we will update.
Roster update:
Paul Maurice confirms same lineup and Connor Hellebuyck in net.
Jets projected lines & D pairs:
Connor-Scheifele-Ehlers
Stastny-Dubois-Copp
Perreault-Lowry-Appleton
Harkins-Thompson-Lewis
Morrissey-DeMelo
Forbort-Pionk
Stanley-Poolman
Hellebuyck
Brossoit
Players media availability:
Coach media availability:
Topics:
1. Status of Blake Wheeler
2. Should teams be playing on trade deadline day?
3. Same lineup/goalie?
4. On Hellebuyck playing seven straight.
5. On having big periods.
6. What is his day like on trade deadline day?
7. What he looks at for indication a guy is a good defender.
8. How many days does Wheeler need to be ready?
9. Is there a difference in not finishing 1st in division?
Up Next:
Puck drop is at 6:00 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).