The Jets suffered a disappointing loss to the Ducks in overtime as they had a couple of two goal leads in the game before having to score late to tie it and at least get to extra time. There was also a cost associated with the game as Vlad Namestnikov left after the 2nd and did not return while Mark Scheifele went knee-on-knee in OT and there was some concern for his status.

Skate news:

As per Ken Wiebe of the Winnipeg Free Press both Scheifele and Namestnikov did not skate today in Anaheim.

Lines & D Pairs:

Connor-Miller (non-contact)-Vilardi
Perfetti-Lowry-Iafallo
Nyquist-Toews-Duehr
Koepke-Barron-Pearson

Stanley-DeMelo
Samberg-Salomonsson
Fleury-Schenn
Heinola-Clague

Health news:

As per Wieber:

“Arniel said it was a maintenance day for Scheifele and he’s hoping to have him in the lineup on Sun. Namestnikov (lower body, week to week). Niederrieter (lower body) had surgery.

Player media:

To follow.

Coach media:

To follow.

Up next:

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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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