The Jets have not beaten their geographical arch rival this season, dropping two games to the Wild so far. In both the games the Wild played a playoff style fast, physical game which the Jets did not match in intensity level. The Jets won the regular season series 3 – 1 last season against the Wild, and knocked them out of the playoffs in the first round. Tonight will be an excellent opportunity for the Jets to get back on track.
Random Prediction:
Ben Chiarot with two thirds of a Gordie Howe hat trick – an assist and a fight.
Winnipeg Jets
Forwards
Kyle Connor – Mark Scheifele – Blake Wheeler
Patrik Laine – Bryan Little – Jack Roslovic
Mathieu Perreault – Adam Lowry – Brandon Tanev
Brendan Lemieux – Andrew Copp – Mason Appleton
Defence
Josh Morrissey – Jacob Trouba
Ben Chiarot – Tyler Myers
Joe Morrow – Dmitry Kulikov
Goalies
Connor Hellebuyck
Laurent Brossoit
Injuries:
D Dustin Byfuglien (ankle, IR), LW Nikolaj Ehlers (upper body, IR)
Minnesota Wild
Forwards
Jordan Greenway – Eric Staal – Mikael Granlund
Zach Parise – Charlie Coyle – Luke Kunin
Jason Zucker – Mikko Koivu – Nino Niederreiter
Marcus Foligno – Joel Eriksson Ek – Matt Hendricks
Defence
Ryan Suter – Jared Spurgeon
Jonas Brodin – Greg Pateryn
Nick Seeler – Nate Prosser
Goalies
Devan Dubnyk
Alex Stalock
Injuries
D Matt Dumba (pectoral, IR), C Eric Fehr (upper body, day-to-day)
