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Game 7: Winnipeg Jets vs Seattle Kraken pre-game report

Coming into tonight this has been a tale of two teams going in opposite directions. The Kraken won their first three games but have 1-2-2 in their last five including two regulation losses in their last couple of games while the Jets lost their season opener and then reeled off five straight victories. While Seattle has played one more game than Winnipeg they have scored four less goals and given up 10 more.

From a special teams perspective the Jets are Top 5 in both power play (5th) and penalty kill (1st) while the Kraken counter with the 14th best PP in the NHL and the 29th ranked PK.

It will be a family affair this evening as it will feature head coach Lane Lambert against his nephew Brad Lambert as well as the Fleury brothers doing battle.

Skate news:

Appears all is well with Morgan Barron as he is back on the ice and taking part.

Jets projected lines & D pairs:

Connor-Scheifele-Vilardi
Niederreiter-Toews-Nyquist
Iafallo-Namestnikov-Lambert
Koepke-Barron-Pearson

Morrissey – DeMelo
Stanley – Pionk
Fleury – Schenn

Hellebuyck
Comrie

Kraken projected lines & D pairs:

Catton – Beniers – Eberle
Marchment – Stephenson – Tolvanen
Schwartz – Wright – Nyman
Kartye – Meyers – Winterton

Dunn – Larsson
Lindgren – Oleksiak
Mahura – Fleury

Daccord
Murray

It looks like Mason Marchment is a game-time decision as per the Kraken’s Geoff Baker.

Players media availability:

Coach media availability:

Topics:
1) Reducing penalties.
2) Haydn vs Cale (:40)
3) What has he learned about Fleury’s game? (1:04)
4) What changes has he noticed in the Kraken under Lane? (1:41)
5) Reinforcing proper positioning to avoid penalties (2:14)
6) Good starts out of the gate (3:00)
7) Seeing Lane Lambert getting another shot with Seattle (4:02)

Up Next:

Puck drop is at 7 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 9:40 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.