Time: 7:00 PM CST
TV: TSN 3
Radio: TSN 1290
Introduction:
The Jets will face some significant tests this week before the all star break starting with the Vegas Golden Knights tonight at the Bell MTS Centre. Any thoughts that Vegas’ surprising run to the Stanley Cup finals was a fluke based on their early season slow start has been erased lately by an 8-1-1 record in their last ten games. Mike McIntyre of the Winnipeg Free Press reports that Laurent Brossoit will start in goal tonight facing Jets kryptonite Marc Andre Fleury. Ben Chiarot is a surprise scratch for tonight with a day-to-day lower body injury. Tyler Myers returns and Sami Niku remains in the line up. The Jets could really use a dominant win at home against a contending team before heading to Nashville.
Random Prediction:
Mark Scheifele with the game winning goal
Winnipeg Jets
Forwards
Kyle Connor – Mark Scheifele – Blake Wheeler
Patrik Laine – Bryan Little – Jack Roslovic
Mathieu Perreault – Adam Lowry – Brandon Tanev
Brendan Lemieux – Andrew Copp – Mason Appleton
Defence
Josh Morrissey – Jacob Trouba
Tyler Myers – Dmitry Kulikov
Joe Morrow – Sami Niku
Goalies
Laurent Brossoit
Connor Hellebuyck
Injuries:
F Nikolaj Ehlers, D Dustin Byfuglien, D Ben Chiarot
Vegas Golden Knights
Forwards
Jonathan Marchessault – William Karlsson – Brandon Pirri
Max Pacioretty – Paul Stastny – Alex Tuch
Oscar Lindberg – Cody Eakin – Ryan Carpenter
Tomas Nosek – Pierre-Edouard Bellemare – Ryan Reaves
Defence
Brayden McNabb – Nate Schmidt
Shea Theodore – Deryk Engelland
Jon Merrill – Nick Holden
Goalies
Marc-Andre Fleury
Maxime Lagace
Injuries
F Erik Haula, D Colin Miller, F Reilly Smith, G Malcolm Subban, F William Carrier
