Game 66: Winnipeg Jets vs St. Louis Blues pre-game report

The Jets had come out of the Olympic break hot (4-0-2) but then lost two straight and things were looking grim with the top-ranked Avalanche in town on Saturday to kick off a back-to-back for Winnipeg. Somehow the home team had a 2-0 lead late in the 3rd and held on for a 3-1 victory as they grinded out a win. About the only changes we expect today are Eric Comrie getting the next for the first time in two weeks after Connor Hellebuyck started eight straight games and potentially Ville Heinola coming in for Haydn Fleury.

Meanwhile, the Blues who were sellers at the deadline and looked like the only thing they’d be challenging for is a top draft pick, have been one of the hottest teams in the Western Conference. St. Louis has been a better home team than away where they are a 12-17-3.

Skate news:

No morning skate.

Warm-up news:

Only change is Eric Comrie in net.

Jets projected lines & D pairs:

Connor-Scheifele-Iafallo
Perfetti-Lowry-Vilardi
Nyquist-Toews-Rosén
Koepke-Barron-Lambert

Morrissey-DeMelo
Samberg-Salomonsson
Fleury-Bryson

Comrie

Blues projected lines & D pairs:

Holloway-Thomas-Snuggerud
Neighbours-Buchnevich-Kyrou
Suter-Dvorsky-Berggren
Toropchenko-Finley-Sundqvist

Broberg-Mailloux
Lindstein-Parayko
Fowler-Holl

Binnington

Odds:

The Jets look to build on a big 3-1 win as they host the red-hot Blues, who are 7-2-1 in their last ten. Winnipeg will try to defend home ice against one of the league’s hottest teams, with the contest shaping up as a tightly contested matchup. For the latest Winnipeg Jets hockey odds, visit NHL betting site Betway.

Up Next:

Puck drop is at 2 PM CT. Be sure to head over to illegalcurve.com following the game for a recap of the action. You can join us on our YouTube channel for the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show around 4:40 PM CST as we discuss and analyze the results of the game.