Pepsi CenterPepsi Center

When: Sunday, October 27, 2013

Time: 7:00 p.m. CST

Where: Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado

Records: Winnipeg (5-5-2, 12th in the Western Conference), Colorado (9-1-0, 2nd in the Western Conference)

Television/Radio: CBC, ALT/ TSN 1290 Radio

On the Horizon:  The Jets end their four-game road trip on Tuesday, October 29th against the St. Louis Blues (7:00 p.m. CST).

Last Game: 2-1 Shootout win over the Dallas Stars

Top Scorers:

Winnipeg Jets: Evander Kane (6 goals, 3 assists, 9 points), Dustin Byfuglien (0 goals, 8 assists, 8 points), Andrew Ladd (3 goals, 5 assists, 8 points), Bryan Little (5 goals, 3 assists, 8 points)

Colorado Avalanche: Matt Duchene (8 goals, 4 assists, 12 points), Alex Tanguay (3 goals, 4 assists, 7 points), PA Parenteau (3 goals, 4 assists, 7 points),  Ryan O’Reilly (3 goals, 4 assists, 7 points), Nathan Mackinnon (1 goal, 6 assists, 7 points)

Game Notes:

– The Jets have gone to Overtime or the Shootout in their last three games (5-4 Shootout loss to the Washington Capitals on Tuesday, October 22nd, 3-2 overtime loss to the Nashville Predators on Thursday October 24th and last night’s 2-1 shootout win over the Dallas Stars)

– Jets defenseman Dustin Byfuglien led all players in ice-time last night versus Dallas. Byfuglien played 28:52, finishing with an assist, three shots on net and six blocked shots. Byfuglien continues to be a work horse for the Jets on defense.

– Winnipeg is 0-for-21 on the Power Play over the last seven games and are now ranked 26th in the NHL at 11.4%. On the other hand, Colorado’s Penalty Kill is ranked 1st in the NHL at 91.2%.

Starting Goalies:

Al Montoya (1-0-0, 0.00 GAA, 1.00 Save Percentage)

– Semyon Varlamov (6-1-0, 1.73 GAA, .948 Save Percentage)

Projected Winnipeg Jets Line Combinations:

Evander Kane-Mark Scheifele-Blake Wheeler
Andrew Ladd-Bryan Little-Devin Setoguchi
Eric Tangradi-Olli Jokinen-Michael Frolik
Matt Halischuk-James Wright-Chris Thorburn

Tobias Enstrom-Zach Bogosian
Grant Clitsome-Dustin Byfuglien
Paul Postma-Mark Stuart

Al Montoya
Ondrej Pavelec

Healthy Scratches: Patrice Cormier, Adam Pardy, Anthony Peluso

Projected Colorado Avalanche Line Combinations:

Gabriel Landeskog- Paul Stastny- Alex Tanguay
Ryan O’Reilly- Matt Duchene-Steve Downie
Jamie McGinn-Nathan Mackinnon-PA Parenteau
Marc-Andre Cliche-John Mitchell-Patrick Bordeleau

Erik Johnson-Jan Hejda
Ryan Wilson-Nate Guenin
Andre Benoit- Cory Sarich

Semyon Varlamov
Jean-Sebastien Giguere

Healthy Scratches: Tyson Barrie

Injury Report:

Colorado Avalanche: Cody McLeod (suspension)

Winnipeg JetsJacob Trouba (LTIR), Jim Slater (undisclosed, day-to-day)

Ezra Ginsburg

Analyst on the Illegal Curve Hockey Show and Illegal Curve Post-Game Show.

Recent Posts

Winnipeg Jets Morning Papers

Keeping you up-to-date with all the latest pro hockey news in Manitoba.

3 hours ago

Winnipeg Jets co-owner Mark Chipman thanks the fans for their support

A thank you from the organization to the fans.

16 hours ago

Wait and see approach when it comes to Winnipeg Jets draft pick Dmitry Rashevsky

With his contract expiring at the end of the month we shall see if the…

17 hours ago

WST | Will Nikolaj Ehlers stay with the Winnipeg Jets?

Murat Ates of The Athletic Winnipeg shares his thoughts on the future of number 27.

24 hours ago

Winnipeg Jets Morning Papers

Keeping you up-to-date with all the latest pro hockey news in Manitoba.

1 day ago