Game 62: Jets vs. Senators projected lines

The Jets roll into Ottawa having gone 4-2-0 on their recent six game homestand including two straight wins against Chicago and Los Angeles. The Senators have won two straight and have an overall record of 15-11-6 record at home.

The visitors will be picking up former Sens defenceman Dylan DeMelo who Winnipeg acquired on Tuesday for a 2020 3rd round pick.

Morning Skate:

According to Scott Billeck of the Winnipeg Sun first goalie off the ice was Laurent Brossoit.

Lineup news:

Coach Maurice confirms that newest Jets defenceman Dylan DeMelo will be paired with Nathan Beaulieu which means Sami Niku is the odd man out on the right side.  He also indicated that Andrei Chibisov comes out and Logan Shaw draws back in.

Jets Projected Lines & D Pairs:

Ehlers-Scheifele-Wheeler
Connor-Copp-Laine
Harkins-Roslovic-Appleton
Bourque-Shore-Shaw

Morrissey-Poolman
Kulikov-Pionk
Beaulieu-DeMelo

Brossoit
Hellebuyck

Senators Projected Lines & D Pairs:

Tkachuk-Pageau-Brown
Namestnikov-Tierney-Batherson
Paul-Anisimov-Duclair
Sabourin-White-Ennis

Chabot-Hainsey
Reilly-Zaitsev
Goloubef-Englund

Anderson
Hogberg

Via NHL.com correspondent Callum Fraser.

Audio:

Dylan DeMelo

Coach Maurice:  Where will Dylan DeMelo play?  Brossoit starts?  Does it leave the door open for Hellebuyck to play back-to-back on the weekend?  What is he expecting from DeMelo?  What is more important for a new player when he is coming into a new system?  The boost he provides.  What is the biggest benefit to putting Scheifele & Wheeler back together?  Has he liked what he has seen from Copp in the middle?  Did he worry about mental fatigue.  What is he seeing from the Class of 2015 line?  Top line matching intensity/speed.  How important is it to not take the Senators lightly?

Audio courtesy of TSN 1290 Winnipeg.

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 audio from the Jets room as well as from Coach Maurice.

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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