I sure hope Santa had some wins in that big bag of his, ’cause the Jets need them. Coming off losses against the Flames and the Oilers, the Jets soaked up the Christmas cheer with a few days off. A practice accident on Boxing Day resulted in a rung bell and stitches for Mark Scheifele, so the Jets recalled Adam Lowry and hit the line blender. The Jets will need to entrust Scheifele’s fire power and responsibility for tonight’s game and the foreseeable future to someone else. The Pittsburgh Penguins however, are coming off a travel day from hell win against the Minnesota Wild.
TV:
TSN3, TSN 1290
Winnipeg Jets Lineup:
Drew Stafford – Bryan Little – Blake Wheeler
Andrew Ladd – Adam Lowry – Alexander Burmistrov
Chris Thorburn – Mathieu Perreault – Nikolaj Ehlers
Matt Halishchuk – Andrew Copp – Joel Armia
Jacob Trouba – Dustin Byfuglien
Micheal Hutchinson
Pittsburgh Penquins Lineup:
Chris Kunitz – Sidney Crosby – David Perron
Conor Sheary – Evgeni Malkin – Patric Hornqvist
Scott Wilson – Nick Bonino – Phil Kessel
Kevin Porter – Matt Cullen – Eric Fehr
Olli Maatta – Kris Letang
Trevor Daley – Ian Cole
Jeff Zatkoff
Player to boo mercilessly:
Who else? Sid the kid!
Prediction:
Jets 3-1
