{"id":438384,"date":"2026-01-31T18:20:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T18:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/438384\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T18:20:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T18:20:24","slug":"nhl-game-preview-winnipeg-jets-at-florida-panthers-with-line-combinations-01-31-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/438384\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Game Preview: Winnipeg Jets at Florida Panthers with Line Combinations (01\/31\/2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>          <img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/JETS-VS-PANTHERS.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: Conrad Jack (Inside The Rink)<\/p>\n<p>Winnipeg Jets (21-25-7) at Florida Panthers (28-22-3)<br \/>Venue: Amerant Bank Arena<br \/>Date: Tonight \u2013 Saturday, January 31<br \/>Time: 3:00 pm CST<br \/>How To Watch: TSN3<br \/>Radio: 680 CJOB<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster.evyy.net\/c\/5142595\/264167\/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Winnipeg Jets News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Winnipeg Jets continue their battle to stay out of the basement of the NHL. They\u2019re rebounding from a 4-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning, and they\u2019ll look to end the Florida leg of the road trip on a high note. Winnipeg recently got Neal Pionk back in practice, even though he\u2019s only skating in a non-contact jersey; it\u2019s a positive sign for one of the Jets\u2019 top defenders. Winnipeg is 5-3-2 in their last 10 games played and sits 10 points out of a wildcard spot.<\/p>\n<p>Florida Panthers News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>Florida welcomes the Winnipeg Jets into their home arena as these two teams are in a desperation rematch after their 2-1 shootout game just a couple of weeks ago. The Panthers, who are dealing with a handful of injuries, are dealing with Brad Marchand going back on the shelf. Florida is eight points out of a wildcard spot and looks to close the gap against the Boston Bruins, who are in front of them. Florida is 6-4-0 in their last 10 games played.<\/p>\n<p>Winnipeg Jets Projected Lines<\/p>\n<p>Connor \u2013 Scheifele \u2013 Vilardi<br \/>Perfetti \u2013 Toews \u2013 Iafallo<br \/>Niederreiter \u2013 Lowry \u2013 Namestnikov<br \/>Koepke \u2013 Barron \u2013 Pearson<\/p>\n<p>Morrissey \u2013 DeMelo<br \/>Samberg \u2013 Salomonsson<br \/>Stanley \u2013 Schenn<\/p>\n<p>Hellebuyck<br \/>Comrie<\/p>\n<p>Florida Panthers Projected Lines<\/p>\n<p>Verhaeghe \u2013 Rodrigues \u2013 Reinhart<br \/>Samoskevich \u2013 Bennett \u2013 Tkachuk<br \/>Luostarinen \u2013 Schwindt \u2013 Boqvist<br \/>Vilmanis \u2013 Kunin \u2013 Greer<\/p>\n<p>Forsling \u2013 Ekblad<br \/>Mikkola \u2013 Balinskis<br \/>Bjornfot \u2013 Petry<\/p>\n<p>Bobrovsky<br \/>Tarasov<\/p>\n<p>Players To Watch:<\/p>\n<p>Winnipeg Jets<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Toews has quieted down, but still remains a big piece of the Winnipeg Jets\u2019 offence, even at this stage of his career and season. He\u2019ll look to take charge tonight as Winnipeg attempts to get back into the win column.<\/p>\n<p>Josh Morrissey will look to be the anchor that Winnipeg is looking for against a hard-hitting opponent like Florida. If the Jets can push themselves into an early lead due to Morrissey\u2019s contributions, they\u2019ll be in a good spot to get back into the win column.<\/p>\n<p>Florida Panthers<\/p>\n<p>Sergei Bobrovsky aims to be the centre piece of Florida\u2019s triumphant run to get into a playoff spot. The Panthers will rely on their veteran netminder to help them string together wins.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Tkachuk will be Florida\u2019s top contributor tonight as the Panthers look to close the gap between them and the second wildcard spot. Tkachuk will look to post a big game as the Panthers hunt to take the season series over Winnipeg. <\/p>\n<p>Next game<\/p>\n<p>Winnipeg Jets \u2013 February 2 vs Dallas Stars<br \/>Florida Panthers \u2013 February 2 vs Buffalo Sabres<\/p>\n<p>\tDiscover more from Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:15px\">Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/author\/cjack\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769883624_613_e50dfbea4641d046ef8e16e2e54ca52abea6c285162ff2d320dc3eb277ca8c8d.png\"  class=\"avatar avatar-75 photo\" height=\"75\" width=\"75\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/author\/cjack\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Conrad Jack<\/a><\/p>\n<p>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 &#8216;Saturday&#8217;s notebook&#8217; and through individual articles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo Credit: Conrad Jack (Inside The Rink) Winnipeg Jets (21-25-7) at Florida Panthers (28-22-3)Venue: Amerant Bank ArenaDate: Tonight&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":422245,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5102],"tags":[3345,254,62,57,5141,5,3862,2081,2001,4,5573,63,11,18],"class_list":{"0":"post-438384","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida-panthers","8":"tag-2025-26-nhl-season","9":"tag-brad-marchand","10":"tag-florida","11":"tag-florida-panthers","12":"tag-floridapanthers","13":"tag-hockey","14":"tag-jonathan-toews","15":"tag-josh-morrissey","16":"tag-neal-pionk","17":"tag-nhl","18":"tag-nhl-game-preview","19":"tag-panthers","20":"tag-sergei-bobrovsky","21":"tag-winnipeg-jets"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115991099963259888","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}