GDT: Winnipeg Jets ring in the New Year vs New York Islanders

The year ends with the Winnipeg Jets taking on a New York Islanders team that finds itself near the top of the league. Today's game starts early, at 4:00 CST and can be seen on TSN3 or heard on TSN 1290.

Expected (possible) Lineups

Winnipeg Jets

Andrew Ladd - Bryan Little - Blake Wheeler

Mathieu Perreault - Mark Scheifele - Michael Frolik

Chris Thorburn - Adam Lowry - Matt Halischuk

TJ Galiardi - Jim Slater - Anthony Peluso

Ben Chiarot - Dustin Byfuglien

Jay Harrison - Grant Clitsome

Adam Pardy - Paul Postma

Ondrej Pavelec

Michael Hutchinson

New York Islanders

Josh Bailey - John Tavares - Kyle Okposo

Mikhail Grabovski - Brock Nelson - Nikolay Kulemin

Anders Lee - Frans Nielsen - Ryan Strome

Matt Martin - Casey Cizikas - Casey Cizikas

Calvin de Haan -Travis Hamonic

Nick Leddy - Johnny Boychuk

Thomas Hickey - Lubomir Visnovsky

Jaroslav Halak

Chad Johnson

Player to Watch:

Ondrej Pavelec is back on the ice after 10 days off. Entirely too much focus will be put on his efforts, so let's get that started now. Watch Ondrej, watch Ondrej hard, because if you watch hard enough - you still won't learn anything from a single goalie game.