Stanley Cup Playoffs – Round 2 Game 5: Jets vs. Predators pre-game report

The critical game in this series is tonight at 8:30 pm in Nashville as both teams look to take that 3-2 series lead.

AM Skate Notes:

According to Ken Wiebe of the Winnipeg Sun a few things to take note of this morning at Bridgestone Arena.  Connor Hellebuyck changed up his routine to join his teammates and take some shots and Matt Hendricks stayed on late to get in some extra work which likely means he won’t play tonight. Ken added this “Joel Armia has come off with the regular skaters and Jack Roslovic is staying on for extra work with the other expected scratches. Not expecting any changes to D based on who else is staying on the ice”.

Projected lines and D pairs:

Ehlers-Scheifele-Wheeler
Connor-Stastny-Laine
Perreault-Little-Armia
Copp-Lowry-Tanev

Morrissey-Trouba
Enstrom-Byfuglien
Chiarot-Myers

Hellebuyck
Mason

Extra: Roslovic, Hendricks, Kulikov, Matthias, Dano, Morrow, Poolman and Hutchinson.

Jets audio:

Blake Wheeler

Mathieu Perreault

Adam Lowry

Josh Morrissey

Tyler Myers

Coach Maurice:  Finally having a healthy roster.  What does it mean for the Jets?  Impact of a player like Mathieu Perreault?  On why Hellebuyck took part in morning skate today.  Roster adjustments.  How much coaching is involved in getting the team ready for game 5? On how the young players have handled the seven-game experience.  No clean slate.  Animated chat with Mark Scheifele.  How big a role will tweaks factor in?  Does this feel like a coaching duel?  Is this what he expected from Paul Stastny?  His thoughts on the “lick seen around the world”.

Preds audio:

Mattias Ekholm

P.K. Subban

Coach Laviolette

Audio courtesy of TSN 1290 Winnipeg.

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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