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It’s as soon as once more Winnipeg Jets sport day on this Sunday afternoon. The Jets conclude a mini 2 sport dwelling stand tonight towards the Calgary Flames earlier than heading on the highway for 3 video games. The Jets flipped the rating of their earlier matchup, defeating the Utah Hockey Membership 5-2 on Friday night time. It was a a lot better effort than the sport on Monday night time, and now the Jets will attempt to go for his or her third straight win. The Flames are additionally searching for their third straight win tonight, coming into Winnipeg following a 5-4 win final night time on the highway towards the Minnesota Wild.
The most recent “standings examine” sees the Jets proceed to be 2 factors behind the Washington Capitals for prime spot within the NHL league standings. On the 50 sport mark, the Jets have a 33-14-3 file, a +53 objective differential, and are tied for essentially the most wins at dwelling with 19. The Flames proceed to carry down a wild card place, sitting 14th general within the league standings at 24-16-7. These 2 groups not too long ago met on January 18th, the place the Flames gained 3-1 due to a 38 save efficiency from Dustin Wolf. Of their final 10 matchups, the Flames and Jets have been pretty evenly matched, with the Flames profitable 6 out of the ten.
Healthwise, the Jets proceed to get nearer to being at full energy. Josh Morrissey missed follow yesterday on account of sickness, and prospect Brad Lambert was briefly set all the way down to Manitoba to play for the Moose on Saturday afternoon. All different gamers had been in attendance for follow, and the one participant out of the Jets lineup is Adam Lowry, who stays week-to-week with an higher physique harm. Colin Miller and Ville Heinola stay because the wholesome scratches on defence with all 6 different common defencemen totally again within the lineup.
Hellebuyck wasn’t busy in any respect on Friday night time, solely dealing with 19 photographs, so anticipate him to as soon as once more be tonight’s beginning goalie for the Jets. Flames goalie Dustin Wolf did simply sufficient to assist the Flames choose up the win in Minnesota final night time, however anticipate backup Dan Vladar to get the beginning tonight. Vladar, as soon as named the starter firstly of the season, has now develop into the backup on account of rookie Dustin Wolf’s to date terrific 1st full season. Vladar is 6-9-5 with a 3.03 GAA, a .889 SV% and a pair of shutouts. As for Connor Hellebuyck, he turned the first goalie this season to succeed in 30 wins. Hellebuyck is now 30-7-2 with a 2.02 GAA, a .926 SV% and 6 shutouts for the Vezina trophy frontrunner.
Puck drop for this all Canadian Sunday night time matchup is at 5:00 pm CT. Tonight’s sport is an ideal alternative for the Jets to proceed their optimistic momentum towards a workforce enjoying its third sport in 4 nights. The Flames have been outperforming pre-season expectations although, so the Jets can’t take this sport frivolously, particularly after their most up-to-date matchup towards the Flames. I discussed this earlier than final sport, however I feel tonight can be an excellent showcase for the Jets 1st line, who all proceed to be on tempo for profession highs. Ensure to examine again right here post-game for an prompt response and recap on tonight’s sport, and hopefully the Jets choose up their third straight win.
Jets Projected Lineup
Connor-Scheifele-Vilardi
Ehlers-Namestnikov-Perfetti
Niederreiter-Kupari-Appleton
Barron-Gustafsson-Iafallo
Morrissey-DeMelo
Samberg-Pionk
Fleury-Stanley
Hellebuyck/Comrie
