Winnipeg Jets Practice Report

The Jets will try to leave the good feelings from the 8-1 win over the Bruins behind them as they turn their focus to the Golden Knights who they will face in Winnipeg tomorrow night as the third game in their four game homestand. Just like when these two teams faced off in Vegas late last month the visitors remain in 1st place in the Pacific so this will be a stiff test from a team on a 7-2-1 run and winners of three straight games.

After leaving the game last night for repairs the only player who is a potential question mark is David Gustafsson after he was punched in the face by the Bruins Trent Frederic.

Skate news:

No David Gustafsson and Connor Hellebuyck today at Jets. It’s a maintenance day for 37 as per Ken Wiebe of the Winnipeg Free Press skate.

Lines and D pairs:

Connor-Scheifele-Vilardi
Perfetti-Namestnikov-Chibrikov
Niederreiter-Lowry-Appleton
Barron-Kupari-Iafallo

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

Player media:

Coach media:

Please note that we didn’t have mics so the topics are listed below.

Topics:
1. Having a more emotional game against Golden Knights rather than vs Bruins
2. Trying to change narrative against Vegas team that’s beaten them a lot (1:06)
3. What’s the latest on David Gustafsson? (2:30)
4. Does he know what their record against Vegas is? (2:37)
5. Can they carry over anything from last night? (4:00)
6. Does he touch base with Sacco post-game? (4:42)
7. Why does Gabriel Vilardi fit so well with Scheifele/Connor? (4:52)
8. Why did team return to playing more direct style? (5:32)
9. Connor crossing block ahead of Vilardi goal (6:28)
10. On the significance of the things team does away from rink (meeting with armed forces post-game, hospital visit today) (7:08)

Health update:

Scott Arniel confirmed that David Gustafsson is in concussion protocol.

Up next:

The Jets will take on the Golden Knights tomorrow at 7 PM CST.  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, stick with us throughout the day for updates and then join us on the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show after the final buzzer.