Game 59: Jets vs Islanders pre-game report

The Jets left New Jersey with a clean two points and are on Long Island to take on the Islanders for the first time ever at UBS Arena. The Jets have now won two straight and will be looking for a third straight victory as points remain at a premium for Winnipeg.

The only expected lineup change is Connor Hellebuyck getting back into the net. Only other guys available are Ville Heinola and Adam Brooks although neither is expected to play.

The Islanders are coming off a 6-0 win at home last night over the Blue Jackets.  They are 22-24-8 this season and have gone 12-12-4 at home.

No morning skate although we could hear from Jets interim head coach Dave Lowry at some point.

Morning skate:

No morning skate.

Jets projected lines & D pairs:

Stastny-Scheifele-Wheeler
Connor-Dubois-Svechnikov
Copp-Lowry-Ehlers
Vesalainen-Toninato-Harkins

Morrissey-DeMelo
Dillon-Pionk
Stanley-Schmidt

Hellebuyck
Comrie

Player media availability:

To follow.

Coach media availability:

To follow.

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 interviews from Jets players as well as from interim head coach Dave Lowry.

You can also join us afterwards for the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show. (be sure to smash that like/subscribe button).

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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