{"id":524518,"date":"2026-03-26T21:39:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T21:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/524518\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T21:39:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T21:39:26","slug":"nhl-game-preview-colorado-avalanche-at-winnipeg-jets-with-line-combinations-03-26-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/524518\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Game Preview: Colorado Avalanche at Winnipeg Jets with Line Combinations 03\/26\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>          <img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JETS-VS-AVALANCHE.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Winnipeg Jets vs Colorado Avalanche\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: Conrad Jack (Inside The Rink)<\/p>\n<p>Colorado Avalanche (47-13-10) at Winnipeg Jets (30-29-12)<br \/>Venue: Canada Life Centre<br \/>Date: Today \u2013 Thursday, March 24<br \/>Time: 7:00 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>Colorado Avalanche News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Colorado Avalanche are rolling into Winnipeg seeking redemption following the loss on March 14th. The Avalanche also get Artturi Lehkonen back into their lineup tonight, and they\u2019ll utilize the depth to help push them over the hump of beating Winnipeg<\/p>\n<p>Winnipeg Jets News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Winnipeg Jets remain firmly in a playoff push, and the club aims to make that gap just three points with a win over Colorado tonight. The Jets have also recently signed college free agent Lucas Wahlin to a one-year entry-level contract for the 2026-27 season. Wahlin will report to the Manitoba Moose on an amateur tryout for the remainder of this season.<\/p>\n<p>Colorado Avalanche Projected Lines<\/p>\n<p>Landeskog- MacKinnon \u2013 Necas<br \/>Colton \u2013 Nelson \u2013 Nichushkin<br \/>Lehkonen \u2013 Kadri \u2013 O\u2019Connor<br \/>Kelly \u2013 Drury \u2013 Kiviranta<\/p>\n<p>Kulak \u2013 Makar<br \/>Toews- Malinski<br \/>Manson \u2013 Burns<\/p>\n<p>Blackwood<br \/>Wedgewood<\/p>\n<p>Winnipeg Jets Projected Lines<\/p>\n<p>Connor \u2013 Scheifele \u2013 Iafallo<br \/>Perfetti \u2013 Lowry \u2013 Vilardi<br \/>Lambert- Barron \u2013 Rosen<br \/>Nyquist \u2013 Toews \u2013 Koepke<\/p>\n<p>Morrissey \u2013 Pionk<br \/>Samberg \u2013 Salomonsson<br \/>Fleury \u2013 DeMelo<\/p>\n<p>Hellebuyck<br \/>Comrie<\/p>\n<p>Players To Watch:<\/p>\n<p>Colorado Avalanche<\/p>\n<p>Nathan MacKinnon has been a force for the Colorado Avalanche this season, and he\u2019ll look to make sure he\u2019s the biggest key to success for the Avalanche\u2019s pursuit of a win against Winnipeg tonight.<\/p>\n<p>Winnipeg Jets<\/p>\n<p>Morgan Barron has had a big season for Winnipeg so far, and even when he sat on the sidelines due to injuries, he still got back on the right foot. Barron\u2019s played a crucial role in the Jets\u2019 bottom six, and he\u2019ll look to be a main contributor against the Central Division\u2019s powerhouse.<\/p>\n<p>Next game<\/p>\n<p>Colorado Avalanche \u2013 March 28 vs Winnipeg Jets<br \/>Winnipeg Jets \u2013 March 28 vs Colorado Avalanche<\/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\/03\/1774561166_757_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) Colorado Avalanche (47-13-10) at Winnipeg Jets (30-29-12)Venue: Canada Life CentreDate: Today&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5121],"tags":[2320,144,5,78,60593,4490,517,4,5573,77,18,5288],"class_list":{"0":"post-524518","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-winnipeg-jets","7":"tag-artturi-lehkonen","8":"tag-colorado-avalanche","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-jets","11":"tag-lucas-wahlin","12":"tag-morgan-barron","13":"tag-nathan-mackinnon","14":"tag-nhl","15":"tag-nhl-game-preview","16":"tag-winnipeg","17":"tag-winnipeg-jets","18":"tag-winnipegjets"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116297647993490454","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524518","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=524518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524518\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=524518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=524518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=524518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}