Time: 6:00 PM CDT
Channel: SN360, SNE, SNO, SNP, FS-TN
Radio: TSN1290
The last time these two played, Winnipeg was playing the second half of a back-to-back and Nashville was rested. With the shoe now on the other foot, can the Jets capitalize?
Will Patrik Laine overtake Alex Ovechkin in the goal scoring race?
Will Nashville make Winnipeg wait longer to clinch a playoff spot?
Tune in tonight, same Jets time (6 p.m. CDT) same Jets…channels (SN360, SNE, SNO, SNP)
Winnipeg Jets: 45-19-10
Stat Leaders:
Goals: Patrik Laine (43)
Assists: Blake Wheeler (64)
Points: Wheeler (83)
Goalie Stat Leaders:
Wins: Connor Hellebuyck (38)
Goals Against Average: Hellebuyck (2.34)
Save Percentage: Hellebuyck (.924)
Minutes: Hellebuyck (3,596)
Special Teams: PP 23.1% (4th), PK 82.9% (5th)
Nashville Predators: 48-16-10
Stat Leaders:
Goals: Viktor Arvidsson (27)
Assists: P.K. Subban, (38)
Points: Arvidsson (56)
Goalie Stat Leaders:
Wins: Pekka Rinne (40)
Goals Against Average: Rinne (2.27)
Save Percentage: Rinne (.928)
Minutes: Rinne (3,273)
Special Teams: PP 20.6% (13th), PK 82.6% (7th)
PREDICTION: JETS 5 PREDS 2
OPPONENT’S BLOG: ON THE FORECHECK
Winnipeg Jets (45-19-10)
FORWARDS
81 Kyle Connor/ 55 Mark Scheifele/ 26 Blake Wheeler
27 Nikolaj Ehlers/ 25 Paul Stastny/ 29 Patrik Laine
85 Mathieu Perreault/ 9 Andrew Copp/ 18 Bryan Little
13 Brandon Tanev/ 17 Adam Lowry/ 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: 1 Eric Comrie
Scratched: 52 Jack Roslovic, 16 Shawn Matthias, 56 Marko Dano
Injured: 34 Michael Hutchinson (concussion, out indefinitely), 35 Steve Mason (lower body, out 2-3 weeks from March 8), 15 Matt Hendricks (lower body, out six to eight weeks), 8 Jacob Trouba (concussion, out indefinitely), 5 Dmitry Kulikov (back, three to four weeks from March 8), 39 Toby Enstrom (out until the playoffs)
Nashville Predators (48-16-10)
FORWARDS
9 Filip Forsberg – 92 Ryan Johansen – 33 Viktor Arvidsson
22 Kevin Fiala – 8 Kyle Turris – 15 Craig Smith
38 Ryan Hartman – 13 Nick Bonino – 17 Scott Hartnell
10 Colton Sissons – 12 Mike Fisher – 20 Miikka Salomaki
DEFENCE
59 Roman Josi – 4 Ryan Ellis
14 Mattias Ekholm – 76 P.K. Subban
25 Alexei Emelin – 52 Matt Irwin
STARTING GOALIE
35 Pekka Rinne
Riding the pine: 72 Juuse Saros
Scratched: 2 Anthony Bitetto
Injured: 19 Calle Jarnkrok (upper body, out for regular season), 51 Austin Watson (did not finish last night’s game), 7 Yannick Weber (left early in the first period against Minnesota)
