The Jets are chasing their white whale, the elusive third win in a row, when they face-off against the Sabres in Buffalo this evening, to kick start a short, two-game road trip.

Lineup news:

The projected lineup is based on this morning’s skate in Buffalo and reflects Kyle Connor and Nate Schmidt having been placed into Covid protocol.

Jets projected lines & D pairs:

Svechnikov-Dubois-Wheeler
Stastny-Scheifele-Ehlers
Sanford-Lowry-Appleton
Harkins-Toninato-Brooks

Morrissey-DeMelo
Heinola-Pionk
Stanley-Dillon

Hellebuyck
Comrie

Player media availability:

Coach media availability:

Up Next:

Puck drop is at 6:00 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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