Game 73: Jets vs Senators pre-game report

The Jets cancelled practice on Saturday so we don’t have any clarity when it comes to the status of captain Blake Wheeler who missed the last game and has been labelled as day-to-day with a upper-body injury.

There also remains the question as to how the goaltending will play out and whether it will be Eric Comrie tonight and Connor Hellebuyck tomorrow in Montreal or vice versa. It seems highly unlikely that they would run Hellebuyck in both games.

Skate news:

As per Mitchell Clinton of JetsTV no Blake Wheeler on the ice this morning and he indicated that Connor Hellebuyck is going through his starting routine.

He added that the lines and D pairs remain the same as they were in Friday’s game against the Avs. Jeff Hamilton of the Winnipeg Free Press confirms that Wheeler will not play tonight and is doubtful for Monday in Montreal.

Jets projected lines & D pairs:

Connor-Dubois-Svechnikov
Stastny-Scheifele-Ehlers
Sanford-Lowry-Appleton
Barron-Toninato-Brooks

Morrissey-DeMelo
Schmidt-Pionk
Samberg-Dillon

Hellebuyck
Comrie

Betway Odds:

The Jets are in must-win territory against a Senators team that is simply playing for pride. Be sure to check out the latest game day odds from Betway.

Player media availability:

Coach media availability:

Topics:

1) Status of Wheeler?
2) Who starts in net tonight?
3) Will Eric Comrie play tomorrow?
4) Pierre-Luc Dubois 100 penalty minutes.
5) Seeing emotion from the players.
6) Getting guys to get that emotional buy in.
7) Still having a playoff mentality.
8) How do they approach the remaining schedule?

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 interviews from Jets players as well as from interim head coach Dave Lowry.

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