Game 56: Jets vs Leafs pre-game report

The final game of the regular season is finally here.  On one hand with the season being condensed it has felt like it has flown by but on the other hand, perhaps due to the repetitive nature of playing the same teams over and over and over again, it has also made it feel longer. We know based on yesterday’s practice that Andrew Copp won’t be playing tonight for the Jets and that Connor Hellebuyck gets the start in net.

Morning skate:

As per Mitchell Clinton of JetsTV forward Nikolaj Ehlers is skating today in a non-contact uniform.

Jets projected lines & D pairs:

Connor-Scheifele-Wheeler
Perreault-Stastny-Dubois
Toninato-Lowry-Appleton
Harkins-Thompson-Lewis

Morrissey-DeMelo
Forbort-Pionk
Stanley-Benn

Hellebuyck
Brossoit

Players media availability:

Coach media availability:

Topics:

1) On the value of a player watching from up top.
2) Moving Dubois to the wing.
3) Is there a possibility they use Dubois with Lowry?
4) Do they use the pundits picks as motivation?
5) Is his plan having two dedicated pairings against McDavid?
6) The isolation from the season.
7) Any changes to the lineup?
8) Taxi squad for the playoffs.
9) His perspective on the Oilers.

Up Next:

Puck drop is at 7:00 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).