The Jets will face the Flames for the second time in four days after defeating them in Calgary on Monday. Since that loss they hosted the Canadiens which they also lost (in OT) which means they are on a seven game (0-6-1) slide.
Meanwhile Winnipeg saw their win streak get snapped last night as the Kraken came to town and handed the home team an L which dropped them to 5-2-0 on the season. Pretty notable that Luke Schenn only played 9:13 in the game with the next closest Dman being Haydn Fleury who played over six minutes more than him (15:30). Might we see Colin Miller get his second start and first on his normal side?
According to Pat Steinberg, who covers the Flames for Sportsnet 960, indicated yesterday that Nazem Kadri missed practice due to maintenance.
Skate news:
Just a handful of guys skated today. The comments from coach didn’t give any indication that there would be any line changes although if one was a betting man, it seems like Miller could come in for Schenn and Ford for Lambert. We shall have to wait and see what warm-up brings.
Warm-up skate:
As per Mike McIntyre of the Winnipeg Free Press two swaps as Nikita Chibrikov comes in for Brad Lambert and Colin Miller in for Luke Schenn.
Jets projected lines & D pairs:
Connor-Scheifele-Vilardi
Niederreiter-Namestnikov-Nyquist
Iafallo-Toews-Chibrikov
Koepke-Barron-Pearson
Morrissey-DeMelo
Fleury-Pionk
Stanley-Miller
Comrie
Hellebuyck
Flames projected lines & D pairs:
Huberdeau-Kadri-Coronato
Farabee-Zary-Sharangovich
Honzek-Backlund-Coleman
Lomberg-Frost-Klapka
Bahl-Andersson
Bean-Weegar
Hanley-Parekh
Wolf (Starter)
Cooley
As per Derek Willis of Sportsnet 960.
Players media availability:
Coach media availability:
Topics:
1) What stands out from the review of last night’s game?
2) What is he seeing in Gabriel Vilardi’s overall game? (:30)
3) What is he seeing from Lambert, Chibrikov & Ford? (1:25)
4) Any lineup changes? (2:03)
5) Playing more disciplined (2:21)
6) Expecting to see a hungry Flames team? (3:16)
7) Having Adam Lowry join them for practice (3:53)
8) What are the next steps for Lowry to get to next level? (4:10)
9) Mindset in bouncing back from a loss (4:53)
Health news:
We did get the next steps (although no timeline) on what the Jets bench boss needs to see from his captain before he can get to the next stage in his return.
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 7 PM CDT as we discuss and analyze the results of the game.
