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Florida Panthers (25-20-3) at Winnipeg Jets (20-23-6)
Venue: Canada Life Centre
Date: Tonight – Thursday, January 22
Time: 7:00 pm CST
How To Watch: TSN3
Radio: 680 CJOB
Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster
Florida Panthers News & Notes:
The back-to-back defending Stanley Cup Champions roll into Winnipeg tonight as they try to recover from a 4-1 loss to the San Jose Sharks on Monday night. The well-rested Panthers team face the Jets, who have played four games in six days, and they’ll look to spoil the Jets’ winning ways tonight at Canada Life Centre. The Panthers are still without Brad Marchand as he nears a return, and they anticipate his return as they’re five points out of a wildcard spot. The Panthers are 4-5-1 in their last 10 games played.
Winnipeg Jets News & Notes:
The Winnipeg Jets welcome the back-to-back defending Stanley Cup Champions and their former head coach, Paul Maurice, to Canada Life Centre tonight. The Jets wrap up a four-game stretch in six days and will look to continue their winning ways over the Panthers. The Jets squeaked out a 3-1 win over the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday night and will aim to take the same charge against the Panthers tonight. Winnipeg is seven points out of a wildcard spot and is without three key defenseman on its roster. The Jets are 5-3-2 in their last 10 games played.
Florida Panthers Projected Lines
Luostarinen – Lundell – Reinhart
Verhaeghe – Bennett – Tkachuk
Samoskevich – Rodrigues – Greer
Vilmanis – Schwindt – Boqvist
Forsling – Ekblad
Mikkola – Balinskis
Bjornfot – Petry
Tarasov
Bobrovsky
Winnipeg Jets Projected Lines
Connor – Scheifele – Iafallo
Perfetti – Toews – Vilardi
Niederreiter – Lowry – Namestnikov
Koepke – Barron – Pearson
Morrissey – DeMelo
Samberg – Salomonsson
Stanley – Schenn
Hellebuyck
Comrie
Players To Watch:
Florida Panthers
Sam Reinhart continues to be a key piece of the Florida Panthers up front, and he’ll be one of many players the Jets have to pay attention to closely tonight.
Daniil Tarasov gets the nod to start in goal for the Florida Panthers against Winnipeg tonight. He’ll be the difference maker for the Panthers, who are aiming to knock off the Jets tonight in a highly anticipated clash.
Winnipeg Jets
Josh Morrissey has 415 points as a Winnipeg Jet; he’s one away from Dustin Byfuglien’s 416 points and two away from breaking the record. He had three points against the Blues on Tuesday night, and he’ll look to get a couple more tonight to pass Byfuglien’s record.
Nino Niederreiter is coming off a big game against the Blues on Tuesday night, and he’ll look to capitalize on that momentum heading into tonight’s game versus Florida.
Next game
Florida Panthers – January 24 vs Minnesota Wild
Winnipeg Jets – January 24 vs Detroit Red Wings
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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.