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St. Louis Blues (19-22-8) at Winnipeg Jets (19-23-6)
Venue: Canada Life Centre
Date: Tonight – Tuesday, January 20
Time: 7:00 pm CST
How To Watch: TSN3
Radio: 680 CJOB
Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster
St. Louis Blues News & Notes:
The St. Louis Blues roll into Canada Life Centre having been shut out by the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday night, and they’ll look to get back into the win column over Winnipeg tonight. They made some changes behind the bench, as Steve Ott was named the head coach of their American Hockey League affiliate. He takes over Steve Konowalchuk in the role, and Ott’s promotion to head coach down in the AHL leaves a vacancy up with the NHL club at his assistant coach post. St. Louis is 4-6-0 in their last 10 games played.
Winnipeg Jets News & Notes:
Winnipeg has found itself back in the loss column as they were recently shut out in Chicago by the Blackhawks in Jonathan Toews’ return to Chicago. The Jets look to get back to their winning ways with a win over the Blues at home on night two of a road-to-home back-to-back set. Winnipeg is 4-4-2 in their last 10 games played.
St. Louis Blues Projected Lines
Neighbours – Schenn – Snuggerud
Holloway – Dvorsky – Kyrou
Stenberg – Bjugstad – Buchnevich
Toropchenko – Sundqvist – Walker
Broberg – Parayko
Tucker – Faulk
Fowler – Mailloux
Hofer
Binnington
Winnipeg Jets Projected Lines
Connor – Scheifele – Iafallo
Perfetti – Toews – Vilardi
Niederreiter – Lowry – Namestnikov
Koepke – Barron – Pearson
Morrissey – DeMelo
Samberg – Schenn
Phillips – Stanley
Comrie
Hellebuyck
Players To Watch:
St. Louis Blues
Dalibor Dvorsky has emerged as a great second-line option for the St. Louis Blues. If he can be a key factor in breaking the Blues’ losing skid and keeping the Jets at bay, the Blues will be in good hands.
Philip Broberg has been excellent defensively for the St. Louis Blues, and he’ll look to be excellent tonight as the Jets are in game three of a four-in-six stretch and on night two of a road-to-home back-to-back set. This is the perfect opportunity for the Blues to have a big game as a team.
Winnipeg Jets
Mark Scheifele will be a key player for the Jets tonight as they look to get ahead of their scoring drought against St. Louis. He’ll look to lead the charge as the Jets aim to get out of their current slump.
Dylan Samberg has been a strong player defensively for the Jets, and he’ll look to continue that tonight with veteran Luke Schenn on his line.
Next game
St. Louis Blues – January 23 vs Dallas Stars
Winnipeg Jets – January 22 vs Florida Panthers
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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 occasionally covers league wide news for Inside The Rink.