Game 8: Jets vs Coyotes pre-game report

Many believed the Jets were going to employ the same blueprint last night against the Kings that they used so well on Monday in a 4-0 shutout of the previously undefeated Blues. Instead it was a wild, see-saw affair which saw L.A. dominate but Connor Hellebuyck kept his team in it until they opportunistically got back into the game and then rode that to a unexpected 6-4 win.

With tonight being a back-to-back and with Connor Hellebuyck having faced 43 shots the expectation is David Rittich will be in net when they take on Arizona. Logan Stanley‘s health remains a question mark after he missed the game last night.

Skate news:

No morning skate after playing last night. For now the projected lines are based on last night’s game.

Jets projected lines & D pairs:

Connor-Scheifele-Appleton
Perfetti-Dubois-Wheeler
Barron-Lowry-Gagner
Jonsson-Fjallby Gustafsson Maenalanen

Morrissey-Pionk
Dillion-Schmidt
Samberg-DeMelo

Rittich
Hellebuyck

Lineup:

Assistant coach Brad Lauer confirmed that the only lineup change will be David Rittich in net.

Betway Odds:

Having won two straight, in wildly different manners, the Jets come into tonight’s game against the 1.0 version of themselves as the favourites. Will playing a home opener change the manner in which the Coyotes come out? Apparently, the rink itself may prove to be something of a major home ice advantage so that is a significant unknown heading into the game. Be sure to check out the latest game day odds from Betway.

Player media availability:

Coach media availability:

Up Next:

Puck drop is at 9:30 pm CDT.  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 associate coach Scott Arniel.

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