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Winnipeg Jets (21-24-7) at Tampa Bay Lightning (33-14-4)
Venue: Benchmark International Arena
Date: Tonight – Thursday, January 29
Time: 6:00 pm CST
How To Watch: TSN3
Radio: 680 CJOB
Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster
Winnipeg Jets News & Notes:
The Winnipeg Jets are coming into Tampa Bay with a win on their side, and they’ll look hand the red-hot Lightning a loss tonight. Winnipeg has gotten Neal Pionk back skating, but he’s not out of a non-contact jersey, and he’s just started participating in line rushes in practice. Winnipeg is 6-2-2 in their last 10 games played and remains eight points out of a wildcard spot.
Tampa Bay Lightning News & Notes:
Tampa Bay faces the Winnipeg Jets tonight as the Lightning look to gain more ground in the Atlantic Division standings. They’re expected to get Ryan McDonagh back in the lineup, and they made space by re-assigning Simon Lundmark and Jakob Pelletier to the AHL. Tampa Bay is 8-1-1 in their last 10 games played and remains at the top of the Atlantic Division.
Winnipeg Jets Projected Lines
Connor – Scheifele – Vilardi
Perfetti – Toews – Iafallo
Niederreiter – Lowry – Namestnikov
Koepke – Barron – Pearson
Morrissey – DeMelo
Samberg – Salomonsson
Stanley – Schenn
Hellebuyck
Comrie
Tampa Bay Lightning Projected Lines
Hagel – Cirelli – Kucherov
Guentzel – James – Goncalves
Girgensons – Gourde – Holmberg
Bjorkstrand – Paul – Finley
Moser – Raddysh
McDonagh – Cernak
Carlile – Crozier
Vasilevskiy
Johansson
Players To Watch:
Winnipeg Jets
Gabriel Vilardi is back on the Jets’ top line with Mark Scheifele and Kyle Connor, and it’s expected that the trio will certainly be looking to push the Lightning to the brink tonight.
Elias Salomonsson has looked better as each game passes, and he’ll look to perform big tonight against the Lightning as the Jets look to string together wins.
Tampa Bay Lightning
Nikita Kucherov is always a big-name player for Tampa Bay, and his many seasons of success with the Lightning further add to Kucherov’s impact against opponents.
Andrei Vasilevskiy aims to be the biggest difference maker against Winnipeg tonight as the Lightning aim to gain more ground in the Atlantic Division.
Next game
Winnipeg Jets – January 31 vs Florida Panthers
Tampa Bay Lightning – February 1 vs Boston Bruins
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Conrad Jack is a Manitoba-based media credentialed 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 covers league-wide news in his weekly series ‘Saturday’s notebook’ and through individual articles.