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Winnipeg Jets (13-11-0) at Buffalo Sabres (10-11-4)
Venue: KeyBank Center
Date: Tonight – Monday, December 1
Time: 6:30 pm CST
How To Watch: Amazon
Radio: 680 CJOB
Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster
Winnipeg Jets News & Notes:
The Winnipeg Jets ended their four-game losing streak with a 5-2 win over the Nashville Predators on Saturday night. Winnipeg looks to string together some wins with a win over Buffalo tonight as they continue their current road stretch.
Buffalo Sabres News & Notes:
The Buffalo Sabres are coming off a 3-2 shootout win over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday Night. Buffalo looks to build on that momentum after snapping Minnesota’s seven-game winning streak with another big win over the Winnipeg Jets.
Winnipeg Jets Projected Lines
Connor – Scheifele – Vilardi
Namestnikov – Toews – Perfetti
Niederreiter – Lowry – Iafallo
Pearson – Barron – Nyquist
Morrissey – DeMelo
Samberg – Schenn
Stanley – Miller
Comrie
Milic
Buffalo Sabres Projected Lines
Benson – Kozak – Thompson
Zucker – McLeod – Quinn
Doan – Ostlund – Tuch
Dunne – Krebs – Malenstyn
Samuelsson – Dahlin
Byram – Timmins
Power – Bryson
Luukkonen
Ellis
Players To Watch:
Winnipeg Jets
Alex Iafallo hasn’t had too much of a scoring sense lately, and if he can pot a goal or net a couple of assists, Winnipeg is in good shape.
Cole Perfetti finally scored a goal the other night against Nashville, and he looked relieved that one finally went in the back of the net. If he can score tonight, Winnipeg has a great chance to take this game over Buffalo.
Buffalo Sabres
Tage Thompson has found his scoring touch early this year. If he’s able to pot goals as he has been, Buffalo is in pretty good shape to beat Winnipeg.
Bowen Byram anchors Buffalo’s defence, and if he’s able to contribute to shutting down Winnipeg’s top lines, the Sabres could steal this game.
Next game
Winnipeg Jets – December 3 vs Montreal Canadiens
Buffalo Sabres – December 3 vs Philadelphia Flyers
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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 also writes the NHL News & Rumors blog at ITR.