Keys to the Game
- Spencer Machacek should score a point.
- Grant Clitsome or Randy Jones will make a bad play in our defensive zone more often than he will make a good play in the offensive zone.
- We should lose.
- Claude Noel will wrap it up with a classic Noel Depressing Presser.
Lineups
Jets (GP 80 37-34-9 83 PTS)
Forwards
#16 Andrew Ladd — #18 Bryan Little — #26 Blake Wheeler
#9 Evander Kane — #8 Alexander Burmistrov — #46 Spencer Machacek
#14 Tim Stapleton — #80 Nik Antropov — #20 Antti Miettinen
#28 Patrice Cormier — #19 Jim Slater — #22 Chris Thorburn
Defencemen
#39 Tobias Enstrom — #33 Dustin Byfuglien
#5 Mark Stuart — #4 Zach Bogosian
#36 Mark Flood — #24 Grant Clitsome
Goaltender
#50 Chris Mason
No Hainsey tonight, so I'm going to assume a reunion of Boogie with Stu. Machacek has apparently played his way into a brief trial in bigger minutes. I'm pumped. Oh, and also, I don't think Bustin' nor Pavelec should be playing…but knowing Coach Noel and lineups…
Islanders (GP 80 33-36-11 77 PTS)
Forwards
#26 Matt Moulson — #91 John Tavares — #15 P.A. Parenteau
#12 Josh Bailey — #51 Frans Nielsen — #21 Kyle Okposo
#40 Michael Grabner — #16 Marty Reasoner — #17 Matt Martin
#18 Micheal Haley — #29 Jay Pandolfo — #25 Nino Niederreiter
Defencemen
#2 Mark Streit — #4 Mark Eaton
#47 Andrew MacDonald — #3 Travis Hamonic
#42 Dylan Reese — #46 Matt Donovan
Goaltender
#35 Al Montoya
That top line scares the crap out of me, if we weren't interested in tanking.
Player to boo mercilessly: Micheal Haley. Guy is a joke.
Prediction: Winnipeg 3, New York 4
