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Winnipeg Jets (9-6-0) at Vancouver Canucks (8-8-1)
Venue: Rogers Arena
Date: Tonight – Friday, October 3
Time: 9:00 pm CST
How To Watch: TSN3 / Sportsnet Pacific
Radio: 680 CJOB / Sportsnet 650
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Winnipeg Jets News & Notes:
The Winnipeg Jets are looking to end their nightmarish West Coast road trip with a win against the Canucks tonight. After losing 4-1 to the surging Anaheim Ducks, the struggling Jets look to take advantage of Vancouver’s near league-worst penalty kill. There are questions surrounding the status of Cole Koepke, who sat out of Sunday’s game against Anaheim and whether Brad Lambert will continue to draw into the lineup.
Vancouver Canucks News & Notes:
Vancouver is coming off an overtime loss to the Colorado Avalanche, and they’ll look to get back into the win column as they take on the Jets on home ice tonight. The Canucks are still in the market for a second-line centre, so that void will be something the Jets can expose, but the Canucks have been faring well against top teams.
Winnipeg Jets Projected Lines
Kyle Connor – Mark Scheifele – Gabriel Vilardi
Vladislav Namestnikov – Jonathan Toews – Cole Perfetti
Nino Niederreiter – Adam Lowry – Alex Iafallo
Tanner Pearson – Parker Ford – Nikita Chibrikov
Josh Morrissey – Dylan DeMelo
Logan Stanley – Neal Pionk
Haydn Fleury – Luke Schenn
Connor Hellebuyck
Eric Comrie
Vancouver Canucks Projected Lines
Evander Kane – Elias Pettersson – Conor Garland
Brock Boeser – Lukas Reichel – Kiefer Sherwood
Drew O’Connor – Aatu Raty – Jake DeBrusk
Arshdeep Bains – Max Sasson – Linus Karlsson
Quinn Hughes – Filip Hronek
Marcus Pettersson – Tyler Myers
Elias Pettersson – Tom Willander
Thatcher Demko
Kevin Lankinen
Players To Watch:
Winnipeg Jets
Kyle Connor, being one of the top Jets forwards on the team, hasn’t been as flashy as he usually has. With the quiet play of Connor, he could explode to have a big game against the Canucks.
Cole Perfetti is finding his stride since returning from an injury, and he could get back up to speed with a full game already under his legs in Sunday’s loss to Anaheim.
Vancouver Canucks
Lukas Reichel has been a big piece that the Canucks have added, and he’ll look to showcase this tonight against Winnipeg.
Quinn Hughes is on another Norris Trophy campaign, and a big game against the Jets could propel him further into that conversation.
Next game
Winnipeg Jets – November 13 at Seattle Kraken
Vancouver Canucks – November 14 at Carolina Hurricanes
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Conrad Jack is a Manitoba based sportswriter covering the Winnipeg Jets (NHL) and the Manitoba Moose (AHL). He also covers the NHL Draft and World Junior Championship for ITR. He writes the Bargain Bin blog which covers NHL News & Rumours.