The Winnipeg Jets (21-23-4) will look to keep their home stand perfect as they host a slumping St. Louis Blues squad (23-18-5).
Ondrej Pavelec's season debut wasn't perfect, but for a Jets side looking to make some kind of playoff push, a win's a win's a win. The Winnipeg netminder will face down a 25-year-old making his first career NHL start. Acquired in the T.J. Oshie trade alongside Troy Brouwer, Pheonix Copley has already cemented himself as a capable AHL goaltender. With both Jake Allen and Carter Hutton struggling between the pipes, Copley has a chance to put his big league case forward.
Last weekend Ondrej Pavelec’s team played Pheonix Copley’s team at the MTS Centre as the Manitoba Moose battled the Chicago Wolves.
— Mike McIntyre (@mikeoncrime) January 21, 2017
St. Louis may sit in the Central's third playoff spot, but the team has hardly looked good of late. While their 4-6-0 record in the last 10 has much to do with the aforementioned goaltending, Robby Fabbri has zero goals in those 10 games, while Jori Lehtera has one point in the last seven and is on pace for 24 on the season. If looking for positives, Jaden Schwartz's seven points in the last six games certainly qualifies.
As per NHL.com, "The Jets are 9-4-1 against Central Division teams this season, including 5-0-0 at home". In Patrik Laine's continued absence, Winnipeg will lean on Mathieu Perreault (five points in five games) and captain Blake Wheeler (eight points in nine games) to help drive the offence.
When, Where & How
Left Wing | Centre | Right Wing |
Nikolaj Ehlers | Mark Scheifele | Drew Stafford |
Mathieu Perreault | Bryan Little | Blake Wheeler |
Shawn Matthias | Adam Lowry | Joel Armia |
Andrew Copp | Nic Petan | Chris Thorburn |
Left Defence | Right Defence |
Josh Morrissey | Dustin Byfuglien |
Toby Enstrom | Jacob Trouba |
Mark Stuart | Paul Postma |
Goaltenders |
Ondrej Pavelec |
Connor Hellebuyck |
Left Wing | Centre | Right Wing |
Jaden Schwartz | Paul Stastny | Alex Steen |
Robby Fabbri | Patrik Berglund | Vladimir Tarasenko |
Dmitrij Jaskin | Jori Lehtera | David Perron |
Scottie Upshall | Kyle Brodziak | Ryan Reaves |
Left Defence | Right Defence |
Carl Gunnarsson | Alex Pietrangelo |
Kevin Shattenkirk | Robert Bortuzzo |
Joel Edmundson | Colton Parayko |
Goaltenders |
Pheonix Copley |
Carter Hutton |