Winnipeg Jets Practice Report

The Jets hit the ice for practice following a 6-3 win over the Hawks. The only question mark was Gustav Nyquist who didn’t finish the game after tweaking something in the 1st period.

Skate news:

Adam Lowry and Nikita Chibrikov in the light blue of extras. Dylan Samberg and Cole Perfetti remain in yellow, non-contact. Do not see Gustav Nyquist on the ice.

Lines & D pairs:

Connor-Scheifele-Vilardi
Namestnikov-Toews-Iafallo
Niederreiter-Barron-Pearson
Koepke-Ford-Lambert
Chibrikov & Lowry

Morrissey-DeMelo
Stanley-Pionk
Fleury-Schenn
Miller

Hellebuyck & Comrie

Player media:

Coach media:

Topics:
1) Reflections on the first month of the season.
2) The impact of the goaltending (1:19)
3) The Penguins turning things around (1:59)
4) Is there an update on Gustav Nyquist? (3:15)
5) What is the plan for Adam Lowry? (3:30)
6) What’s next step for Cole Koepke (3:51)
7) Players defying ageing (4:50)
8) Is there something that can be learned from their recovery? (6:08)
9) Josh Morrissey putting up points  (7:34)
10) Unusual bounces (8:22)

Health news:

No real insight on Gustav Nyquist from head coach Scott Arniel aside from him telling us he won’t play against the Penguins and he anticipates possibly having an update on Saturday.

No conditioning assignment:

I asked Arniel if they would be sending Adam Lowry down to the Moose on a conditioning assignment and he indicated they would not as he had a good practice today and he will practice again with the team on Monday before they head on the road for six games out west.

Up next:

The Jets will play their final game at home for a bit when they take on the Penguins tomorrow afternoon. 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, join us at 9 AM CDT for the Illegal Curve Hockey Show stick with us throughout the day for updates and then join us on the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show after the final buzzer around 4:40 PM CDT.