Game 58: Winnipeg Jets vs Dallas Stars pre-game report

The Jets used yesterday as a travel day as they left for Texas to kick off three games on the road starting tonight with a big Central division showdown with the Stars. The winner of this contest will vault into 1st place in the division.

Dallas is coming off a 5-1 loss to Colorado on Tuesday but the big news about the team from The Lone Star State is they traded with Calgary for Chris Tanev on Wednesday which move will bolster an already impressive D core.

The Stars are 4-3-3 in their last ten and an impressive 17-8-4 at home. Of course the Jets counter with a 7-3-0 record over that same time frame and a very good road record of 16-8-3.

The only expected lineup change for Winnipeg is Connor Hellebuyck resuming his spot between the pipes.

Morning Skate:

As per Ken Wiebe of the Winnipeg Free Press no changes for Winnipeg aside from Hellebuyck starting.

Jets projected lines & D pairs:

Connor-Scheifele-Vilardi
Ehlers-Monahan-Iafallo
Niederreiter-Lowry-Appleton
Barron-Namestnikov-Perfetti

Morrissey-DeMelo
Dillon-Pionk
Samberg-Schmidt

Hellebuyck
Brossoit

Up Next:

Puck drop is at 7 pm CST.  Be sure to head over to illegalcurve.com following the game for a recap of the action. Reminder to join us tonight at Boston Pizza Grant Park located at 1160 Taylor Avenue at puck drop and then after the game for a live broadcast of the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show following the final buzzer between the Jets and Stars.