Time: 6:00 PM CDT
Channel: TSN3, NBCSWA, TVAS
Radio: TSN1290
When Patrik Laine scores 10 goals tonight, he will break the single game goals record set by Joe Malone of the Quebec Bulldogs on January 31, 1920 when Malone scored seven goals. He’ll also tie the record for points scored in a single game that was originally set by Darryl Sittler on February 7, 1976. You don’t want to miss it*.
Winnipeg Jets (41-18-9)
FORWARDS
81 Kyle Connor/ 18 Bryan Little/ 26 Blake Wheeler
27 Nikolaj Ehlers/ 25 Paul Stastny/ 29 Patrik Laine
85 Mathieu Perreault/ 9 Andrew Copp/ 52 Jack Roslovic
13 Brandon Tanev/ 15 Matt Hendricks/ 40 Joel Armia
DEFENCE
44 Josh Morrissey/ 57 Tyler Myers
7 Ben Chiarot/ 33 Dustin Byfuglien
70 Joe Morrow/ 3 Tucker Poolman
STARTING GOALIE
37 Connor Hellebuyck
Riding the pine: 34 Michael Hutchinson
Scratched: 56 Marko Dano, 5 Dmitry Kulikov (upper body, day-to-day), 55 Mark Scheifele (upper body, day-to-day), 39 Toby Enstrom (undisclosed, day-to-day)
Injured: 17 Adam Lowry (Upper body, resumed skating), 16 Shawn Matthias (upper body, out since January 13), 8 Jacob Trouba (Out six to eight weeks from January 29, ankle, resumed skating), 35 Steve Mason (lower body, out 2-3 weeks from March 8)
Washington Capitals (38-23-7)
FORWARDS
8 Alex Ovechkin / 92 Evgeny Kuznetsov / 43 Tom Wilson
10 Brett Connolly / 19 Nicklas Backstrom / 65 Andrei Burakovsky
13 Jakub Vrana / 20 Lars Eller / 77 T.J. Oshie
18 Chandler Stephenson / 83 Jay Beagle / 25 Devante Smith-Pelly
DEFENCE
6 Michal Kempny / 74 John Carlson
9 Dmitry Orlov / 2 Matt Niskanen
44 Brooks Orpik / 28 Jakub Jerabek
STARTING GOALIE
70 Braden Holtby
Riding the pine: 31 Philipp Grubauer
Scratched: 22 Madison Bowey, 72 Travis Boyd, 39 Alex Chiasson, 29 Christian Djoos
Injured: Still nobody…. STILL MUST BE NICE!
*Editor’s note: may not actually happen
