The Winnipeg Jets finish their four-game road trip tonight against the Vancouver Canucks. Puck drop is scheduled for 9:00 p.m. central time.
This is the Jets’ second straight game against the Canucks. On Friday night, the Jets shut down the Cancuks and beat them 2-0 at Rogers Arena.
Our own Dan St. Joesph wrote a terrific article outlining three talking points from that game. You can find the article here.
The Winnipeg Jets look to finish this road trip off strong in Vancouver with a win against the Canucks.
On the Jets’ current road trip, they carry a 2-1-0 record and with a win tonight they will pick up six of a possible eight points available, which is outstanding.
After tonight, the Jets will head back to Winnipeg for a four-game homestand where they will take on the Canadiens and Canucks two times each.
Odds
The Action network lists the Jets as the underdogs in tonight’s matchup.
This is extremely surprising the Jets are the underdogs tonight. Winnipeg played extremely well in the last game between the sides and have performed better than the Canucks throughout this season.
Where you can Find the Game
TV: TSN3, SNP, NHLN
Radio: 680 CJOB
Livestream: TSN.ca, TSN app
Projected Lineups
Winnipeg fans will be extremely happy to know that Pierre-Luc Dubois is extremely close to returning to the lineup and there is a chance we could see him back in action tonight.
#NHLJets coach Paul Maurice said Pierre-Luc Dubois looked good through today's short practice in Vancouver, final decision tomorrow on whether he returns vs #Canucks.
— Mike McIntyre (@mikemcintyrewpg) February 20, 2021
Says possibly start him on the wing, rather than at centre, to ease him back into lineup.#wfp
As Mike McIntyre reported, Dubois looks to be a game-time decision tonight and we could see him on the wing. We could see Dubois replace Nate Thompson, who returned to the lineup on Friday after a couple of weeks on the injured reserve.
Other than that, the only other projected change for the Jets is in net. Although Laurent Brossoit played outstanding on Friday and picked up the shutout, it is projected that Connor Hellebuyck will get the start tonight.
The Jets are projected to lineup like this:
Connor-Scheifele-Wheeler
Copp-Stastny-Ehlers
Dubois-Lowry-Appleton
Perreault-Harkins-Lewis
Morrissey-DeMelo
Forbort-Pionk
Beaulieu-Stanley
Hellebuyck (Brossoit)
If the Canucks lines at practice yesterday are any indication on how they will lineup tonight, expect Vancouver to make one lineup change and have a few new-look lines.
Zack MacEwen is projected to replace Loui Eriksson in the lineup and move to the third line. Then Antoine Roussel will move to the fourth line.
Brayden Holtby is expected to start in net after Thatcher Demko played on Friday evening.
The Canucks are expected to lineup like this:
Pearson-Horvat-Hoglander
Miller-Pettersson-Boeser
MacEwen-Sutter-Gaudette
Roussel-Beagle-Virtanen
Edler-Schmidt
Hughes-Benn
Juolevi-Myers
Holtby (Demko)
Winnipeg Jets Fans: Will the Jets win tonight? Leave your comments below!
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