Game 61: Jets vs. Penguins projected lines

With a 2 pm start the Jets won’t have a skate this morning in Pittsburgh.  However coach Maurice announced yesterday after practice that Michael Hutchinson will start today against the Penguins.

Ehlers-Scheifele-Wheeler
Burmistrov-Perreault-Stafford
Armia-Lowry-Dano
Thorburn-Copp-Peluso

Enstrom-Byfuglien
Pardy-Trouba
Chiarot-Myers

Hutchinson
Pavelec

Ken Wiebe of the Winnipeg Sun confirmed that Halischuk was extra forward.

From Brian Munz of TSN 1290 Winnipeg we get a look at the Penguins projected lines, D pairs and starting goalie:

Kunitz-Crosby-Hornqvist
Hagelin-Malkin-Kessel
Wilson-Bonino-Sheary
Porter-Cullen-Rust

Maatta-Letang
Dumoulin-Daley
Cole-Pouliot

Fleury
Zatkoff

David Minuk

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