Time: 6:30 PM CDT
TV: CBC/Sportsnet
Radio: CJOB 680
The Winnipeg Jets and Montreal Canadiens are going at it again tonight. It was hard to find an updated lineup, so all lineups are educated guesses and wishful thinking on my part. That said, both teams are going to have different lineups due to injuries and suspensions. Dylan DeMelo is out at least a week with an injury and Mark Scheifele is out for four games with a suspension.
I mentioned yesterday that a suspension should help keep the series under control. Today, Shea Weber said that the hit is done and they are no longer talking about it because the Habs have a guy not playing and the Jets have a guy not playing. That is part of what suspending a player can do: it can allow for the temperature to go down on a series and for hockey to remain the focus.
Winnipeg Jets Lineup
Forwards
Kyle Connor — Paul Stastny — Blake Wheeler
Nikolaj Ehlers — Pierre Luc-Dubois — Kristian Vesalainen
Andrew Copp — Adam Lowry — Mason Appleton
Mathieu Perreault — Nate Thompson — Trevor Lewis
Defense
Josh Morrissey — Ville Heinola (I am dreaming, okay)
Derek Forbort — Neal Pionk
Logan Stanley — Tucker Poolman
Goalies
Connor Hellebuyck
Laurent Brossoit
Montreal Canadiens Lineup
Forwards
Tomas Tatar – Philip Danault – Brendan Gallagher
Tyler Toffoli – Nick Suzuki – Cole Caulfield
Paul Byron – Jesperi Kotkaniemi – Josh Anderson
Joel Armia – Eric Staal – Corey Perry
Defence
Joel Edmunson – Jeff Petry
Ben Chiarot – Shea Weber
Brett Kulak – Erik Gustafsson
Goalies
Carey Price
Jake Allen
