Game 51: Jets vs. Blue Jackets projected lines

The Jets left Carolina with a 4-1 loss and a three game losing streak.  It won’t be an easy conclusion to the pre All-Star portion of their schedule as they conclude things in Columbus against a Blue Jackets team that has won five straight games and are 8-2-0 in their last 10 games.  They’ve also been good at Nationwide Arena this season going 15-9-2.

No morning skate for the Jets.

Lineup News:

Coach Maurice indicated on Tuesday that Laurent Brossoit will get the start in net tonight.  He also indicated that Kristian Vesalainen could be a player for the Jets but wouldn’t confirm that the Jets 2017 1st rounder would be getting into his first NHL game of the 2019-20 season.

Lineup Update:

As per Jamie Thomas of Jets TV there will be no lineup changes other than Brossoit starting.

Projected Lines and D pairs:

Connor-Scheifele-Laine
Ehlers-Wheeler-Roslovic
Perreault-Copp-Appleton
Bourque-Shore-Harkins

Morrissey-Pionk
Kulikov-Niku
Bitetto-Sbisa

Brossoit
Hellebuyck

Up Next:

Puck drop is at 6:30 PM CST.  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.

David Minuk

Working hard on a daily basis to provide the latest Winnipeg Jets and Manitoba Moose news for our readers and listeners. I also appear on the Illegal Curve Hockey Show every Saturday on our YouTube channel as well as the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show after every single Jets game. And I occasionally jump in the play-by-play booth at Canada Life to provide colour analysis during Manitoba Moose games.

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