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Winnipeg Jets (15-16-2) at Colorado Avalanche (24-2-7)
Venue: Ball Arena
Date: Tonight – Friday, December 19
Time: 8:00 pm CST
How To Watch: TSN3
Radio: 680 CJOB
Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster
Winnipeg Jets News & Notes:
The Winnipeg Jets are coming off a 1-0 loss to the St. Louis Blues, and as the team aims to get back into the win column, it will not be an easy task. They face the red-hot Avalanche in Colorado tonight as they aim to even up this road trip.
Colorado Avalanche News & Notes:
The Colorado Avalanche are rolling to start the season, and their 7-1-2 record in their last 10 is just a small sample of their dominance this year. They welcome the Winnipeg Jets tonight at Ball Arena in a Central Division matchup.
Winnipeg Jets Projected Lines
Connor – Scheifele – Vilardi
Niederreiter – Namestnikov – Perfetti
Barron – Lowry – Iafallo
Koepke – Toews – Nyquist
Morrissey – DeMelo
Samberg – Pionk
Stanley – Schenn
Hellebuyck
Comrie
Colorado Avalanche Projected Lines
Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Necas
Landeskog – Nelson – Nichuskin
Olofsson – Colton – Brindley
Kelly – Drury – Kiviranta
Toews – Makar
Manson – Burns
Girard – Milinski
Blackwood
Wedgewood
Players To Watch:
Winnipeg Jets
Logan Stanley and the Jets were shut out in their previous game, and if he rides the hot hand, Stanley can perform in a capacity that the Jets are looking for, especially with secondary scoring.
Kyle Connor is the ‘it’ factor the Jets need, and it needs to come out in a game where the Jets need scoring from the top and bottom of their lineup.
Colorado Avalanche
Gabriel Landeskog has cemented himself as a true warrior on the Colorado Avalanche roster, and each game solidifies his captaincy and legacy in Colorado.
Nathan MacKinnon has been tearing up the NHL, and he is one of the most dangerous players outside of Cale Makar to suit up for the Avalanche in tonight’s contest against Winnipeg.
Next game
Winnipeg Jets – December 21 vs Utah Mammoth
Colorado Avalanche – December 21 vs Minnesota Wild
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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.