{"id":515101,"date":"2026-03-21T15:57:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T15:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/515101\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T15:57:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T15:57:20","slug":"nhl-game-preview-winnipeg-jets-at-pittsburgh-penguins-with-line-combinations-03-21-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/515101\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Game Preview: Winnipeg Jets at Pittsburgh Penguins with Line Combinations 03\/21\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Photo Credit: Conrad Jack (Inside The Rink)<\/p>\n

Winnipeg Jets (28-29-11) at Montreal Canadiens (34-18-16)
Venue: PPG Paints Arena
Date: Today \u2013 Saturday, March 21st
Time: 12:00 pm CST
How To Watch: TSN3
Radio: 680 CJOB<\/p>\n

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Winnipeg Jets News & Notes:<\/p>\n

Winnipeg could be getting some blueline reinforcements soon, as Neal Pionk is skating in a regular jersey. He shed his non-contact jersey on Thursday, and Scott Arniel said that it\u2019s a possibility that the Jets\u2019 defender gets into game action on this three-game road trip. Winnipeg is 5-3-2 in their last 10 games played, and is looking to bounce back after a pair of losses to Nashville and Boston.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh Penguins News & Notes:<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh hasn\u2019t been too busy, but they have recalled Ryan Graves from a conditioning stint earlier this week. The Penguins continue to push for a playoff spot, and a win against the Jets gives them more cushion for controlling second in the Metropolitan Division. Pittsburgh is 4-3-3 in their last 10 games played and is looking to bounce back after an overtime loss to Carolina.<\/p>\n

Winnipeg Jets Projected Lines<\/p>\n

Connor \u2013 Scheifele \u2013 Iafallo
Perfetti \u2013 Lowry \u2013 Vilardi
Nyquist \u2013 Toews \u2013 Rosen
Koepke \u2013 Barron \u2013 Lambert<\/p>\n

Morrissey \u2013 DeMelo
Samberg \u2013 Salomonsson
Fleury \u2013 Bryson<\/p>\n

Hellebuyck
Comrie<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh Penguins Projected Lines<\/p>\n

Rakell \u2013 Crosby \u2013 Rust
Chinakov \u2013 Novak \u2013 Malkin
Mantha \u2013 Kindel \u2013 Brazeau
Soderblom \u2013 Dewar \u2013 Acciari<\/p>\n

Wotherspoon \u2013 Karlsson
Girard \u2013 Letang
Shea \u2013 Clifton<\/p>\n

Silovs
Skinner<\/p>\n

Players To Watch:<\/p>\n

Winnipeg Jets<\/p>\n

Mark Scheifele continues to be a big impact on the Jets\u2019 lineup, and as he approaches a 100-point season, he\u2019ll push more to get that milestone and help the team.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh Penguins<\/p>\n

Erik Karlsson has been on a tear lately, and he\u2019ll be looking to translate that to another game as the Penguins look to beat the Jets.<\/p>\n

Next game<\/p>\n

Winnipeg Jets \u2013 December 5 vs Buffalo Sabres
Pittsburgh Penguins \u2013 December 6 vs Toronto Maple Leafs<\/p>\n

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Conrad Jack<\/a><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo Credit: Conrad Jack (Inside The Rink) Winnipeg Jets (28-29-11) at Montreal Canadiens (34-18-16)Venue: PPG Paints ArenaDate: Today…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":515102,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5121],"tags":[3345,642,5,78,3522,2001,4,5573,100,3638,77,18,5288],"class_list":{"0":"post-515101","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-winnipeg-jets","8":"tag-2025-26-nhl-season","9":"tag-erik-karlsson","10":"tag-hockey","11":"tag-jets","12":"tag-mark-scheifele","13":"tag-neal-pionk","14":"tag-nhl","15":"tag-nhl-game-preview","16":"tag-pittsburgh-penguins","17":"tag-ryan-graves","18":"tag-winnipeg","19":"tag-winnipeg-jets","20":"tag-winnipegjets"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116267992001959174","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515101","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=515101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/515102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=515101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=515101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}