The Jets were in western Florida on Thursday night where they ran into a surly Lightning club in Tampa who was winless in four games and had been off for six days getting ready for last night’s contest. Winnipeg looked a step behind throughout the night and they ultimately lost their second game of 17 they’ve played this season by a final score of 4-1.

Familiar face:

Former Jets head coach Rick Bowness, who is living down south, popped in to practice according to Jets social media tweets.

Skate news:

According to Ken Wiebe of the Winnipeg Free Press who is on the scene at Baptist Health IcePlex in south Florida everyone is present and accounted for. He also has the lines and D pairs below.

Lines and D pairs:

Connor-Scheifele-Vilardi
Ehlers-Namesrnikov-Perfetti
Niederreiter-Lowry-Appleton
Barron-Kupari-Iafallo
Gustafsson

Morrissey-DeMelo
Samberg-Pionk
Fleury-Miller
Heinola-Coghlan

Hellebuyck
Comrie

Up next:

The Jets will conclude their three games on the road tomorrow night in Sunrise as they take on the defending Stanley Cup champion Panthers which kicks off a home-and-home series between these two clubs. 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 CST, join us on the Illegal Curve Hockey Show at 9 AM CST, check back for the pre-game report and then join us after the final buzzer on the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show around 8:40 PM CST.

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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