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Winnipeg Jets (23-26-9) at San Jose Sharks (28-25-4)
Venue: SAP Center at San Jose
Date: Tonight – Sunday, March 1
Time: 3:00 pm CST
How To Watch: TSN3
Radio: 680 CJOB
Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster
Winnipeg Jets News & Notes:
The Winnipeg Jets are coming off back-to-back games in their short West Coast trip that went to overtime. However, the cause for concern isn’t winning one game and losing the next in overtime; it’s the injury woes that continue to pile up for the team. Vladislav Namestnikov was injured in the overtime loss to the Anaheim Ducks, and per Ken Wiebe’s report of the Winnipeg Free Press, he will be out week-to-week with a lower-body injury.
Winnipeg will get Haydn Fleury back into the lineup, and forward Walker Duehr draws into the Jets’ lineup for his season debut with the team. With Hellebuyck back with the Jets, Domenic DiVincentiis was sent down to the Manitoba Moose to make space on the roster.
Winnipeg is 4-3-3 in their last 10 games played and looks to end this West Coast road trip in winning fashion.
San Jose Sharks News & Notes:
San Jose is one of the top teams to watch in the 2026 NHL Trade Deadline, as they’ll for sure be active in making moves. The top candidate is Kiefer Sherwood, and the possibility of him being flipped. The Sharks are likely to add a defender as they aim to build long-term around their roster.
Right now, the Sharks aren’t facing a ton of injuries, but are going to be holding players out of the lineup should trade talks intensify over the coming days.
The Sharks are 3-6-1 in their last 10 games played and aim to continue their winning ways after snapping a four-game losing streak.
Winnipeg Jets Projected Lines
Connor – Scheifele – Vilardi
Perfetti – Lowry – Iafallo
Nyquist – Toews – Duehr
Koepke – Barron – Pearson
Stanley – DeMelo
Samberg – Salomonsson
Fleury – Schenn
Hellebuyck
Comrie
San Jose Sharks Projected Lines
Smith – Celebrini – Sherwood
Eklund – Misa – Tofolli
Graf – Wennberg – Kurashev
Goodrow – Ostapchuk – Regenda
Orlov – Klingberg
Ferraro – Mukhamadullin
Dickinson – Desharnais
Askarov
Nedeljkovic
Players To Watch:
Winnipeg Jets
Walker Duehr gets into his first game as a Winnipeg Jet after a strong showing with the Manitoba Moose all season long. Duehr can provide necessary secondary scoring for the Jets and will be a motor for them on the ice.
San Jose Sharks
Macklin Celebrini is the driving factor of the San Jose Sharks, and he’ll look to continue his superstar level of play tonight against the Winnipeg Jets.
Next game
Winnipeg Jets – March 3 vs Chicago Blackhawks
San Jose Sharks – March 3 vs Montreal Canadiens
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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.