Winnipeg Jets vs Ottawa Senators: Players to Watch, TV, and More
Projected Lineups
. 1-1-0. . Winnipeg Jets. 5. team. 107
Anytime there are back-to-back games it is expected that there will be one or two changes from the night before. This looks to be the case, especially since the Jets lost last night.
Patrik Laine is expected to day-to-day and his status is still up in the air for tonight’s contest. He did not play last night and there is a possibility he could be making his return to the lineup tonight.
Kristian Vesalainen may come into the lineup to replace Mathieu Perreault on the Jets fourth line. If Laine is good to go, that may be the only change the Jets will make upfront.
Paul Maurice seemed extremely happy with Logan Stanley’s performance last night and it looks like he will stay in the lineup. It is expected that the one lineup change Winnipeg will make on defense is Ville Heinola will replace Sami Niku.
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The other change the Jets are expected to make is the net. Laurent Brossoit is expected to get his first start tonight after Connor Hellebuyck made 35 saves on 37 shots in yesterday’s game.
The Jets are projected to lineup like this:
Ehlers-Scheifele-Wheeler
Connor-Stastny-Laine
Copp-Lowry-Appleton
Vesalainen-Thompson-Lewis
Morrissey-Heinola
Forbort-Pionk
Beaulieu-Stanley
Brossoit (Hellebuyck)
. Ottawa Senators. 4. team. 91. . 1-1-0
The Senators made a big splash this offseason and have a vastly improved team. Their top-six consists of some newcomers, including Derek Stepan, and Evgenii Dadonov, and some top prospects including Josh Dorris, Drake Batherson, and Tim Stützle.
Ottawa is definitely much stronger on defense and much tougher to play against. They have a great first pairing of Chabot and Zaitsev.
It is projected that Matt Murray will get the start in goal tonight. Murray has started both of the Sens games so far and carries a 3.02 goals against average, and a .905 save percentage.
The Senators are projected to lineup like this:
Tkachuk-Norris-Batherson
Stuetzle-Stepan-Dadonov
Paul-Tierney-(C)Brown
Paquette-White-Watson
Chabot-Zaitsev
Reilly-Gudbranson
Coburn-(J)Brown
Murray (Hogberg)
Around the Scotia North Division
Tonight’s game between the Jets and Senators is the only game in the North division tonight, as all the other teams in the North have off.
The Oilers will be facing off against Toronto and Montreal will be playing Vancouver tomorrow night.
Winnipeg Jets Fans: What do you think the final score will be for tonight’s game? Leave your comments below!
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