The Jets are coming off a big win over the Red Wings last night but now have a tough test in the Devils who they face in Winnipeg on Sunday night. New Jersey is playing tonight and the game against the Jets will be their third game in four nights so there is an opportunity to take advantage of a potentially tired club.
Skate news:
As per Ken Wiebe of Sportsnet no Connor Hellebuyck or Josh Morrissey at the skate today. The lines and D pairs are courtesy of Wieber and as you can see no changes in those groups.
Lines and D pairs:
Connor-Dubois-Scheifele
Ehlers-Namestnikov-Wheeler
Niederreiter-Lowry-Appleton
Barron-Stenlund-Kuhlman
AJF-Gustafsson-Maenalanen
Samberg-DeMelo
Dillon-Pionk
Stanley-Schmidt
Capobianco
Rittich
Player media availability:
Coach media availability:
Topics:
1) Carrying forward the energy from last night.
2) Appleton calling win a “feel good game” (:29)
3) Going to the right spot, good things can happen (1:22)
4) What has prevented team from being consistent? (1:47)
5) Taking advantage of your opponent (2:34)
6) Thoughts on the Devils (3:32)
7) Update on Josh Morrissey? (4:00)
8) Anything new on Cole Perfetti? (4:16)
Health updates:
Nothing new on Cole Perfetti except for the fact that there really isn’t much of an update while Josh Morrissey is expected to play tomorrow.
Merch contest:
We start off a new month which means six more chances to enter and win the IC contest for authentic Jets merch. You can enter here.
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