The Jets celebrated Connor Hellebuyck night with a big 8-3 win which improved them to 4-0-0 start for the first time for any NHL club in Winnipeg.
Originally Sunday was going to be big for two reasons. The first and more important was the organization will be signing Bryan Little to a one day contract so he can retire as a member of the Winnipeg Jets organization. A team that he played hard for right until the unfortunate early end to his career back in 2019 and then continued to give an assist to even when he was no longer on the ice. The second less important thing was it was originally looking like disgruntled and subsequently traded prospect Rutger McGroarty would be playing but that was kiboshed when the Penguins assigned him to their AHL squad.
Skate news:
Scott Billeck of the Winnipeg Sun reporting no changes to the lines and D pairs today.
Lines and D pairs:
Connor-Scheifele-Vilardi
Perfetti-Namestnikov-Ehlers
Niederreiter-Lowry-Appleton
Barron-Kupari-Iafallo
Gustafsson
Morrissey-DeMelo
Samberg-Pionk
Fleury-Miller
Stanley-Coghlan
Hellebuyck
Comrie
Media:
To follow.
Up next:
The Penguins will be in Winnipeg on Sunday as this extended four-game homestand finally concludes for the Jets. You can start your day with all the latest Jets and Moose news in the AM Papers on illegalcurve.com which are available starting at 7 AM CDT, 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 of the season around 4:40 PM CDT
