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Game 8: Winnipeg Jets vs Montreal Canadiens pre-game report

The Jets were off on Friday and given they’ve won three straight game the conventional wisdom would have them maintaining the same lineup that helped them defeat the Oilers, Blues and Red Wings. Might they give Laurent Brossoit his second start of the season? Could we see Declan Chisholm make his season debut?

Skate news:

As per Ken Wiebe of the Winnipeg Free Press it will be Laurent Brossoit between the pipes for the Jets. Other than that no changes according to Wieber.

Jets projected lines & D pairs:

Connor-Scheifele-Iafallo
Perfetti-Namestnikov-Ehlers
Niederreiter-Lowry-Appleton
Barron-Kupari-Gustafsson

Morrissey-DeMelo
Dillon-Pionk
Samberg-Schmidt

Brossoit
Hellebuyck

Betway Odds:

The Habs have been a .500 team at home so far (2-2-0) with an overall goal differential of -3.  They are currently sitting in 5th place in the Atlantic Division. Looks like the oddsmakers like the Jets current three-game winning streak as they see the visitors holding the edge in this contest. Be sure to check out the latest game day odds from Betway.

Up Next:

Puck drop is at 6 pm CDT.  Be sure to head over to illegalcurve.com following the game for a recap of the action. You can also join us afterwards for the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show. (be sure to smash that like/subscribe button).

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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