Time: 7:00 PM CST
Channel: TSN3, NBCSCH
Radio: TSN1290
The Winnipeg Jets (18-8-5) face Central Division foes the Chicago Blackhawks (15-11-5) tonight in Winnipeg.
The Hawks currently sit 6th out of 7 in the Central, but are still right in the thick of things when it comes to playoff contention. They are tied with Minnesota for the last wildcard spot, but Minnesota get the edge because they have a game in hand.
The Jets are coming off of a 5-1 win over Vancouver on Monday night, while the Blackhawks have won their last three.
Corey Crawford is en fuego right now, but Connor Hellebuyck is dominant at home as well so either goalie could steal this one for their team.
Will Chicago defeat Chicago of the North?
Will it be Blackhawk Down at Bell MTS Place?
Tune in this evening! Same Jets time (7:00 PM CST), Same Jets channel (TSN 3)!
Winnipeg Jets: 18-8-5
Stat Leaders:
Goals: Patrik Laine (15)
Assists: Blake Wheeler (30)
Points: Wheeler (38)
Goalie Stat Leaders:
Wins: Connor Hellebuyck (16)
Goals Against Average: Hellebuyck (2.44
Save Percentage: Hellebuyck (.920)
Minutes: Hellebuyck (1,425)
Special Teams: PP 25.9% (4th), PK 79.5% (22nd)
Chicago Blackhawks: 15-11-5
Stat Leaders:
Goals: Artem Anisimov (13)
Assists: Patrick Kane (19)
Points: Kane (30)
Goalie Stat Leaders:
Wins: Corey Crawford (14)
Goals Against Average: Crawford (2.20)
Save Percentage: Crawford (.933)
Minutes: Crawford (1391)
Special Teams: PP 15.2% (29th), PK 84.0% (4th)
Winnipeg Jets
FORWARDS
81 Kyle Connor/ 55 Mark Scheifele/26 Blake Wheeler
27 Nikolaj Ehlers/ 18 Bryan Little/ 29 Patrik Laine
9 Andrew Copp/ 17 Adam Lowry/ 13 Brandon Tanev
85 Mathieu Perreault/ 15 Matt Hendricks/ 40 Joel Armia
DEFENCE
44 Josh Morrissey/ 8 Jacob Trouba
5 Dmitry Kulikov/ 57 Tyler Myers
7 Ben Chiarot/ 3 Tucker Poolman
STARTING GOALIE
37 Connor Hellebuyck
Riding the pine: 35 Steve Mason
Scratched: 56 Marko Dano , 71 Julian Melchiori, 16 Shawn Matthias
Injured: 39 Toby Enstrom (lower body) ETA Late January, 33 Dustin Byfuglien (week to week lower body)
Chicago Blackhawks
FORWARDS
20 Brandon Saad — 19 Jonathan Toews — 12 Alex DeBrincat
8 Nick Schmaltz — 15 Artem Anisimov — 88 Patrick Kane
10 Patrick Sharp — 48 Vinnie Hinostroza — 38 Ryan Hartman
17 Lance Bouma — 57 Tommy Wingels — 40 John Hayden
DEFENCE
2 Duncan Keith — 82 Jordan Oesterle
42 Gustav Forsling — 7 Brent Seabrook
6 Michal Kempny — 5 Connor Murphy
STARTING GOALIE
50 Corey Crawford
Riding the pine: 31 Anton Forsberg
Scratched: 14 Richard Panik, 47 Ville Pokka
Injured: 11 Cody Franson (lower body), 32 Michal Rozsival (concussion), 44 Jan Rutta (upper body)
Voting for All-Star Captains is now open. Vote for Wheeler.
