Time: 3:00 PM CST
Channel: TSN3
Radio: TSN1290
The Winnipeg Jets are playing the Anaheim Ducks on Black Friday afternoon because there are only 24 American teams in the NHL and there is no way that one of them could have played the Ducks today instead of the Ducks playing a Canadian team when Canada is still at work.
Aside from the inconvenient game time, the Jets are on a roll and are looking to build off of a 5-1 win against the San Jose Sharks. They once again looked dominate and the game was capped off with David Gustafsson’s first goal. When you’re rolling, nothing can stop you.
On the other hand, the Ducks are a .500 team who relies on their goalie John Gibson too much to be a real threat in the NHL. Anytime you see a team that is all about goaltending, you should be concerned and the Ducks should be.
Winnipeg Jets Lineup:
FORWARDS:
81 Kyle Connor / 55 Mark Scheifele / 29 Patrik Laine
27 Nikolaj Ehlers / 26 Blake Wheeler / 28 Jack Roslovic
9 Andrew Copp / 17 Adam Lowry / 85 Mathieu Perreault
46 Joona Luoto / 19 David Gustafsson / 38 Logan Shaw
DEFENCE
44 Josh Morrissey / 3 Tucker Poolman
7 Dmitry Kulikov / 4 Neal Pionk
2 Anthony Bitetto / 5 Luca Sbisa
STARTING GOALIE
37 Connor Hellebuyck
Riding the pine: 30 Laurent Brossoit
Scratched: 80 Michael Spacek, 23 Carl Dahlstrom
Injured: 22 Mark Letestu (myocarditis, ETA mid-April), 88 Nathan Beaulieu, (upper body, day-to-day) 18 Bryan Little (head, out indefinitely), 82 Mason Appleton (foot, week-to-week), 57 Gabriel Bourque (lower body, ETA December 7)
On Some Beach, Somewhere: 33 Dustin Byfuglien
Anaheim Ducks Lineup:
FORWARDS
67 Rickard Rakell / 15 Ryan Getzlaf / 61 Troy Terry
49 Max Jones / 14 Adam Henrique / 33 Jakob Silfverberg
37 Nick Ritchie / 34 Sam Steel / 25 Ondrej Kase
20 Nicolas Deslauriers / 38 Derek Grant / 24 Carter Rowney
DEFENCE
47 Hampus Lindholm / 32 Jacob Larsson
4 Cam Fowler / 6 Erik Gudbranson
2 Brendan Guhle / 5 Korbinian Holzer
STARTING GOALIE
36 John Gibson
Riding the pine: 30 Ryan Miller
Scratched: 29 Devin Shore, 44 Michael Del Zotto
Injured: 17 Ryan Kesler, 18 Patrick Eaves, 42 Josh Manson
