Winnipeg Jets Practice Report

The Jets snatched defeat from the jaws of victory after giving up a late (10 seconds left) 3rd period goal to the Sharks last night which allowed San Jose to tie the game and then giving up the OT winner to Logan Couture which turned a potential modest two-game winning streak into a two-game points streak instead.

Skate news:

As per Mitchell Clinton of the Jets no Pierre-Luc Dubois this morning at skate. He think it is for maintenance reasons although he did have an awkward collision in the neutral zone last night. He didn’t miss any game time but might be worth noting. We will have to wait for an update when coach speaks. Without 80 Mitch has the lines and D pairs as follows.

Lines and D pairs:

Ehlers-Scheifele-Niederreiter
Connor-Gustafsson-Wheeler
Namestnikov-Lowry-Appleton
Barron-Stenlund-Maenalanen
Kuhlman-Gagner-AJF

Morrissey-Pionk
Dillon-DeMelo
Stanley-Schmidt
Samberg-Capobianco

Player media availability:

Coach media availability:

Topics:

1) Status of Pierre-Luc Dubois?
2) Power play adjustments? (:22)
3) Further reflection on last night’s game (:56)
4) Being ready for a big game vs Wild (2:00)
5) How confident is his team right now? (2:31)
6) Is there any question as to Dubois’ availability for tomorrow? (3:04)
7) Does he see tightness in games when they are on this stretch? (3:22)
8) What’s his message to the team? (4:07)
9) Slower drill in practice (4:40)
10) So many offensive players struggling to score (5:20)
11) Benefit of facing a rival like the Wild (6:13)
12) Improving all faceoff aspects (6:32)
13) Wheeler shooting at empty net (7:25)

Update:

He indicated that Pierre-Luc Dubois skipped practice for maintenance reasons.  He did add “He’ll play tomorrow at this point. Unless things changes between now and tomorrow, he’s expected play.”.

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Up next:

The Jets have a massive, massive game tomorrow against the Wild, a team they currently trail by three points (although with Minnesota and Calgary playing tonight that could change). Be sure start your morning with the Morning Papers which go live at 7 AM, stick with us throughout the day for any and all news and then join us after the final buzzer on the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show.