The Jets woke up this morning to more bad news (and we aren’t talking about this spring snowstorm) as the out-of-town scoreboard was not their friend again last night as the Predators defeated the Ducks to move to four points ahead for the final wild card spot. Here is how it currently stands:

Nashville 84 (4)
Los Angeles 83 (5)
San Jose 81 (6)
Winnipeg 80 (5)

Only question mark is the health status of Elias Salomonsson who remained in concussion protocol and was not skating as of our last chat with head coach Scott Arniel on Monday.

Masterton nod:

It was announced this morning that our local Winnipeg chapter of the PHWA has nominated Jonathan Toews as the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy nominee for Winnipeg.

Skate news:

No surprises this morning with everyone present. Colin Miller and Gustav Nyquist both in yellow, non-contact jerseys. Still no Salomonsson.

Lines & D Pairs:

Connor-Scheifele-Iafallo
Perfetti-Lowry-Vilardi
Koepke-Toews-Rosén
Niederreiter-Namestnikov-Lambert

Morrissey-DeMelo
Samberg-Pionk
Fleury-Bryson

Player media:

Coach media:

Up next:

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. Puck drop is at 7 PM CST and then join us on the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show after the final buzzer around 9:40 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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