Game 53: Jets vs Coyotes pre-game report

The Jets need to conclude their four-game road trip with at least a win in Arizona against a Coyotes team that sits 14-34-4 on the season. That puts them in last place in the central, as well as in the western conference and in fact the entire NHL. The two clubs have split the two games they’ve played so far this season.

For now the projected lineup is simply based on the last game although it sounds like there are some game-time decisions as well as the potential for Andrew Copp to return and the question as to who starts in net.

Warm-up skate:

As per Mitchell Clinton of JetsTV it will be Eric Comrie getting the start and no other changes this afternoon.

Jets projected lines & D pairs:

Stastny-Scheifele-Wheeler
Connor-Dubois-Svechnikov
Harkins-Lowry-Poganski
Vesalainen-Toninato-Brooks

Morrissey-DeMelo
Dillon-Pionk
Beaulieu-Schmidt

Comrie
Hellebuyck

Up Next:

Puck drop is at 3 pm CST.  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 interim head coach Dave Lowry.

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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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