Game 42: Jets vs Senators pre-game report

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).