Game 68: Winnipeg Jets vs Seattle Kraken pre-game report

The Jets will put a good but short two-game homestand that saw them win against the Rangers and Stars behind them and will start off three on the road tonight in Seattle against the Kraken. This team leaves Winnipeg healthy with the exception of Neal Pionk who is out week-to-week with a lower-body injury. They remain tied with the Capitals for most points in the entire NHL.

They taken on a Kraken team that were sellers at the deadline and who sit 11 points back of the Canucks for the second and final wild card spot in the Western Conference. This team has won their last two games and are above .500 at home with a 16-15-4 record. They actually score quite a bit (sixth most in the conference) although they also give up quite a few goals as well.

Seattle have the 25th ranked power play and the 20th ranked penalty kill.

Skate news:

As per Mike McIntyre of the Winnipeg Free Press who is in Seattle the only change is between the pipes with Eric Comrie getting the net.

Jets projected lines & D pairs:

Connor-Scheifele-Vilardi
Ehlers-Namestnikov-Perfetti
Niederreiter-Lowry-Appleton
Tanev-Barron-Iafallo

Morrissey-DeMelo
Sambergy-Schenn
Fleury – Miller

Comrie
Hellebuyck

Kraken projected lines & D pairs:

Schwartz – Beniers -Kakko
Eberle – Stephenson – Tolvanen
Burakovsky – McCann – Nyman
Kartye – Wright- Eyssimont

Montour Oleksiak
Larsson Dunn
Fleury Mahura

Daccord/Grubauer

Coach’s comments:

To follow.

Up Next:

Puck drop is at 8 PM CDT. 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 10:40 PM CDT as we discuss and analyze the results of the game.

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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