GDT: Winnipeg Jets vs. Colorado Avalanche

Time: 7:00 PM CDT

Channel: Sportsnet West, Sportsnet1

Radio: CJOB

The Winnipeg Jets and Colorado Avalanche will do battle tonight in Colorado against the defending Stanley Cup Champions. They will remain without their head coach Rick Bowness will be away from the team until they return to Winnipeg for their game on Saturday. The Jets will be adding in Dylan Samberg and shifting around their defence to fit the new teams. Neal Pionk will be on the first pairing and Dylan DeMelo will be on the bottom pairing for a pair of Dylans. The Avs are without Gabriel Landeskog who had knee surgery.

Winnipeg Jets Lineup

Forwards

Kyle Connor - Mark Scheifele - Nikolaj Ehlers

Cole Perfetti - Pierre-Luc Dubois - Blake Wheeler

Morgan Barron - Adam Lowry - Mason Appleton

Saku Maenalanen - David Gustafsson - Sam Gagner

Defence

Josh Morrissey - Neal Pionk

Brendan Dillon - Nate Schmidt

Dylan Samberg - Dylan DeMelo

Goalies

Connor Hellebuyck (starting)

David Rittich

Colorado Avalanche Lineup

Forwards

Artturi Lehkonen - Nathan MacKinnon - Valeri Nichuskin

Evan Rodrigues - Alex Newhook - Miko Rantanen

Andrew Cogliano - JT Compher - Logan O’Connor

Kurtis MacDermid - Jayson Megna - Martin Kraut

Defence

Devon Toews - Cale Makar

Bowen Byram - Josh Manson

Samuel Girard - Erik Johnson

Goalies

Alexander Georgiev (starting)

Pavel Francouz