Winnipeg Jets Practice Report

The Jets picked up their seventh straight victory on Tuesday night as they defeated the Kraken 4-3 which allowed them to clinch home-ice advantage over the Avalanche in their upcoming first round series which will start in Winnipeg (when we still don’t know). The win didn’t come without a cost however as they did lose Morgan Barron in the first period to a lower-body injury. Rick Bowness said he would be evaluated today.

Skate news:

All the healthy scratches are skating today as are Nikolaj Ehlers and Nino Niederreiter.

Tomorrow’s lineup:

As per head coach Rick Bowness all the healthy scratches will play on Thursday so that means Cole Perfetti, David Gustafsson, Rasmus Kupari, Colin Miller and Nate Schmidt. He also confirmed that Laurent Brossoit starts. He wouldn’t say whether they’ll make a recall from the Moose given tonight’s game in Milwaukee has playoff implications.

Health news:

Rick Bowness confirmed that Morgan Barron will not play tomorrow. He is day-to-day with a lower-body injury.

Player interviews:

Coach interview:

Topics:

1) What would it mean to win the William Jennings Trophy?
2) Difficult transition to playing this style of hockey? (:58)
3) Potential to match the 2017-18 team’s win total (1:28)
4) Are these types of games difficult? (1:43)
5) Did they consider trying to get Laurent Brossoit to 25 to qualify for Jennings (2:17)
6) Game 82 still having meaning/lineup considerations (3:17)
7) Will the five scratches play tomorrow/goalie? (4:21)
8) Will they make a recall from the Moose? (4:35)
9) Status of Morgan Barron? (4:49)
10) Difference between going into playoffs this year vs last (5:09)
11) Are they better mentally prepared for post-season? (5:56)

Up next:

The Jets take on the Canucks tomorrow night to end the 2023-24 regular season. Start your Thursday with all the latest Jets and Moose news in the AM Papers on illegalcurve.com which are available starting at 7 AM CST, check back for the pre-game report, stick with us throughout the day for updates and then join us after the final buzzer on the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show around 9:40 PM CST.