| Broadcast Schedule |
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| Time: 7:00 P.M. CDT |
| TV: TSN3, Fox Sports North, |
| Radio: TSN1290, KFAN 100.3 |
The Winnipeg Jets wrap up the road portion of their pre-season tonight in Minnesota when they take on the Wild. Their final pre-season game will be tomorrow night at home against the Devils before a week off to prepare for the season opener in St. Louis.
Yet another line combination greets Nikolaj Ehlers tonight. Jack Roslovic will remain at the centre spot, but Kristian Vesalainen takes the place that Brendan Lemieux took last time out. A possible third line going forward? We’ll see.
The presumed fourth(?) line of Andrew Copp, Adam Lowry and Brandon Tanev sees the ice again, while lines three and four go to Marko Dano-C.J. Suess- J.C. Lipon and Brendan Lemieux – Kristian Reichel – Mason Appleton.
On the back-end, Sami Niku plays with Ben Chiarot. Joe Morrow is with Dustin Byfuglien and Dmitry Kulikov is with Nelson Nogier. Laurent Brossoit gets the start, with Eric Comrie backing him up. Speaking of goalies, Ken Appleby was released from his PTO earlier today, and will return to the Manitoba Moose. Charles-David Beaudoin, Simon Bourque, Jacob Cederholm, Luke Green, Tye McGinn and Matt Ustaski have all been sent down as well.
The Minnesota Wild will counter the Jets efforts with…yea, that’s darn close to the best they can muster. Ryan Suter makes his pre-season debut, Devan Dubnyk is in net, the top three forward lines are playing, probably all three defence pairings. Should be a good test for those who made the trip.
| Winnipeg Jets | Stats | Calgary Flames |
|---|---|---|
| 4-1-0 | Pre-Season Record | 1-4-0 |
| 19 | Goals For | 14 |
| 18 | Goals Against | 13 |
| Pre-Season | ||
| Dustin Byfuglien, Marko Dano, Skyler Mckenzie, Mark Scheifele, Blake Wheeler, Sami Niku, Nikolaj Ehlers (2) | Goals | Charlie Coyle (3) |
| Wheeler, Joe Morrow, Seth Griffith (3) | Assists | Jonas Brodin, Matt Dumba (3) |
| Wheeler (5) | Points | Eight players (3) |
| Connor Hellebuyck, Laurent Brossoit (2) | Wins | Alex Stalock (1) |
| Brossoit (2.50) | Goals Against Average | Stalock (1.53) |
| Brossoit (.936) | Save Percentage | Andrew Hammond (.933) |
Enemy Territory
Calgary Flames Coverage: Hockey Wilderness
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— Hockey Wilderness (@hockeywildernes) September 25, 2018
Last Jets Game:
Winnipeg Jets 5-4 (OT) Calgary Flames
Sami Niku and Nikolaj Ehlers each scored a pair, with Ehlers slapping home the game winner in overtime.
Last Wild Game:
Dallas 5-3 Minnesota Wild
Jamie Benn scored twice, and there were no video highlights to be found of this game which boggles my mind. So here’s a funny photo from the game instead.
Players to watch:
Winnipeg Jets
He hasn’t been bad, but Kristian Vesalainen hasn’t exactly been dominant either. Case in point, this was the only picture of him this pre-season where he’s mentioned in the caption.
Vesalainen has played in three pre-season games so far. He’s been on the ice for 47:21, with 11:00 minutes of power play time and 1:16 of penalty kill. He’s been on the ice for two even strength goals against, one penalty kill goal against and one power play goal for. He also has zero shots on net. To quote Michael Scott quoting Wayne Gretzky: You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
Minnesota Wild
Ryan Suter last played for the Minnesota Wild on March 31 against the Dallas Stars, a game in which his ankle was fractured badly enough it required surgery.
It will be interesting to see what kind of minutes he gets tonight in his first true test in nearly six months.
