Game 6 of the preseason: Jets vs. Flames pre-game report

The Jets will conclude their slate of exhibition games tonight in Calgary when they take on the Flames.  They skate this morning in Winnipeg before boarding a plane this afternoon for Calgary.

As per Ken Wiebe of Sportsnet the Jets will use 11 forwards and seven defenceman tonight. Josh Morrissey and Blake Wheeler will not dress. He outlines the forward and D pairs below.  Ken said the 11th forward could either be Evgeny Svechnikov or Dominic Toninato.

Lineup update:

The 11th forward will be Dominic Toninato.

Lines and D pairs:

Connor-Scheifele-Harkins
Copp-Dubois-Ehlers
Stastny-Lowry-Perfetti
Nash-Toninato

Dillon-Pionk
Beaulieu-Schmidt
Stanley/Heinola-DeMelo

Hellebuyck

Player media availability:

Coach media availability:

Topics:

1) What is the status of Logan Stanley and his lineup overall?
2) Team bonding. (0:42)
3) Nikolaj Ehlers being named to Team Denmark (2:28)
4) Allowing an issue to be resolved on the ice so it doesn’t carry over (re: Harkins/Coleman) (3:12)
5) What is the next step in the progression of Kyle Connor? (4:25)
6) Things Kyle Connor can do to stay an elite goal scorer (5:35)
7) Letting the core group develop (6:46)
8) Seeing Cole Perfetti play with Lowry and Stastny and the 4th line (8:00)
9) Harkins playing on right (9:19)

Up Next:

Puck drop is at 8:00 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.