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JNGD.S8.G31 Flight Plan: Two Of The West’s Current Best Meet In Winnipeg As Jets Host Oilers
Dec 13, 2018, 11:35 ESTUpdated: Dec 13, 2018, 11:29 EST
Both the Jets and Edmonton Oilers are 5-1-0 so far in December which is tied for the second best record in the NHL, they will meet tonight for the second of three contests this season as the Jets look to avenge a blown three goal lead back on October 16 that resulted in a 6-5 OT loss and at the same time halt the Oilers four game winning streak.
Edmonton Oilers (17-12-2 / 4th Pacific)
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Winnipeg Jets (19-9-2 / 2nd Central)
December 13, 2018 – Puck drop: 7:00 PM CST
Bell MTS Place – Winnipeg, MB
TV: TSN 3 – Radio: TSN 1290
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@ COL: 6-4 Win | Last Game | vs CHI: 6-3 Win |
4-1-0 (4 W) | Last 5 Games | 4-1-0 (2 W) |
Connor McDavid – 17 | Goal Leader | Patrik Laine – 21 |
Connor McDavid – 26 | Assist Leader | Blake Wheeler – 33 |
Connor McDavid – 43 | Points Leader | Blake Wheeler – 38 |
20.20% (14th) | The Power Play | 30.30% (1st) |
77.32% (23rd) | The Penalty Kill | 82.61% (9th) |
Mikko Koskinen (10-3-1 / .927 Sv%) | Starting Goalie | Connor Hellebuyck (13-8-1 / .910 Sv%) |
W @ COL (39-43) / .907 Sv%) | Last Goalie Start | W vs PHI (36-37) / .973 Sv%) |
8-8-1 On Road | Road v Home Record | 11-4-2 At Home |
Edmonton Oiler To Watch
#93 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins – Center
It’s incredible to think that a team like the Oilers who – save for one good season – have been such a bottom feeding NHL club would feel like players as talented as RNH are expendable. 24 goals scored last season in 64 games played and he’s already at 10 this season in 31 games played and his presence on the Oilers second line is the only thing that prevents teams from loading up to focus on just McDavid on the first line.
Yet, in recent days – even with the Oilers starting to do well and maybe seeing a little bit of hope on the horizon, you realize that the Oilers are still the Oilers and will find a way to ruin the best things they have going for them.
Nuge is only one of four forwards on the Oilers to have more than 15 or more points this season (for comparisons sake, the Jets have six) and he has scored goals in three of his last four games.
| Scor | Scor | Scor | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Tm | Opp | G | A | PTS | PIM | S | S% | SHFT | TOI | HIT | BLK | FOW | FOL | FO% | ||
@ | W | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 40.0 | 24 | 18:11 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 36.4 | |||
W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 23 | 21:42 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 28.6 | ||||
W | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 | 23 | 16:28 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 55.6 | ||||
@ | W | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | 28 | 26:38 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 41.7 | |||
@ | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 30 | 23:49 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 22.2 |
Provided by Hockey-Reference.com: View Original Table
Last Oilers Game
Mikko Koskinen was sharp early as the Avs peppered the Oilers with a bunch of rubber and the Oilers were able to cash in on the scoring chances they had. A crazy third period saw the Avs threaten to come back a bit, but the Oilers held on for a 6-4 win.
Oilers Notebook
OilersNation: Oilers activate Caggiula, place Klefbom on the IR and reassign Marody to Bakersfield – The injury to Oscar Klefbom has left the Oilers scrambling to fill the hole left by their best defenseman.
Edmonton Sun: Edmonton Oilers turnaround looks like more than just a temporary spike – Yet again springs eternal in Edmonton as it does whenever the local hockey club looks somewhat competent.
- On the injury front, defensemen Oscar Klefbom (hand), Andrej Sekera (Achilles) are out as are forwards Tobias Rieder (upper body) and Drake Caggiula (hand)
Winnipeg Jet To Watch
#17 Adam Lowry – Center
Son Of Dave is one point away from 100 in his NHL career and it’s still a little bit amazing at times that he is still a Winnipeg Jet when you consider that two short seasons ago he was practically on everyone’s short list of players that should be offered up to the then expansion Vegas Golden Knights.
His scoring numbers have dipped a slight bit this season as he’s become primarily the team’s go-to defensive center, but four of his last six games have seen him be a bit moe agressive with scoring chances with three registered shots on goal – he had gone 12 previous games managing one or no shots at all – and while the offense is starting to come around, he’s remained a steady presence on a Jets third line that has seen it’s share of different linemates over the last few weeks.
| Scor | Scor | Scor | Goal | Goal | Assi | Assi | Shot | Shot | Ice | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Tm | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | EV | PP | EV | PP | S | S% | ATOI | FOW | FOL | FO% | BLK | HIT | TK | GV |
| 2014-15 | 80 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 46 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 104 | 10.6 | 13:45 | 406 | 453 | 47.3 | 32 | 255 | 24 | 14 | |
| 2015-16 | 74 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 53 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 73 | 9.6 | 14:01 | 391 | 454 | 46.3 | 48 | 187 | 33 | 18 | |
| 2016-17 | 82 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 52 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 122 | 12.3 | 16:03 | 658 | 637 | 50.8 | 56 | 217 | 29 | 24 | |
| 2017-18 | 45 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 70 | 11.4 | 14:54 | 375 | 296 | 55.9 | 28 | 124 | 21 | 4 | |
| 2018-19 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 11.9 | 14:39 | 272 | 202 | 57.4 | 19 | 80 | 10 | 10 | |
| Career | 5 yrs | 311 | 46 | 53 | 99 | 172 | 38 | 6 | 43 | 8 | 411 | 11.2 | 14:40 | 2102 | 2042 | 50.7 | 183 | 863 | 117 | 70 |
Provided by Hockey-Reference.com: View Original Table
Last Jets Game
The Jets had their best first period of the season against Chicago and raced out to a 4-0 lead before seeing the Hawks fight back a bit but not enough Winnipeg cruised to a 6-3 win.
Jets Notebook
- Tonight is the first game in a back to back set that will see the Jets host Edmonton and then fly off to Chicago tomorrow night to play the Blackhawks. It’s the fifth of ten back to back games the team will have this season and so far they’ve posted a record of 3-1-0 in the first games.
- The Jets are six for 11 on the power play in their last two games. Granted those games were against Chicago and Philadelphia – two of the worst penalty killing teams in the league this season – but Edmonton isn’t faring much better when down a man this season either with a very pedestrian 77.32% which puts them currently 23rd in the league.
The Athletic ($): A third of the way through their season, the Winnipeg Jets get their report cards – Murat Ates breaks out the red pen and hands the Jets their grades, at around the 30 game mark of the season.
- Injuries stay the same for the Jets. Defenseman Joe Morrow is out with a lower body injury and Forward Andrew Copp is out with an upper body injury.
Player ratings courtesy Corsica.Hockey
Lines as of 1:15AM CST Dec. 13, 2018
Lines as of 1:15AM CST Dec. 13, 2018
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Edmonton Oilers Lines
| LW | C | RW | Forwards |
|---|---|---|---|
 LEON DRAISAITL Rating: 80.1#20 LW |  CONNOR MCDAVID Rating: 91.2#1 C |  ALEX CHIASSON Rating: 70.7#94 RW | FL1 Rating Rating: 80.65#6 FL1 |
 JUJHAR KHAIRA Rating: 71.2#98 LW |  RYAN NUGENT-HOPKINS Rating: 75.1#51 C |  JESSE PULJUJARVI Rating: 70.1#102 RW | FL2 Rating Rating: 72.12#25 FL2 |
 VALENTIN ZYKOV Rating: 73.4#48 LW |  RYAN SPOONER Rating: 71.8#116 C |  TY RATTIE Rating: 70.8#93 RW | FL3 Rating Rating: 71.99#15 FL3 |
 MILAN LUCIC Rating: 69.2#129 LW |  KYLE BRODZIAK Rating: 70.4#156 C |  ZACK KASSIAN Rating: 68.6#115 RW | FL4 Rating Rating: 69.37#24 FL4 |
| DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS | Defense | |
|---|---|---|
 DARNELL NURSE Rating: 73.5#43 LD |  ADAM LARSSON Rating: 72.8#41 RD | DL1 Rating Rating: 73.16#23 DL1 |
 KRIS RUSSELL Rating: 72.5#61 LD |  MATT BENNING Rating: 73.1#40 RD | DL2 Rating Rating: 72.82#18 DL2 |
 KEVIN GRAVEL Rating: 72.9#53 LD |  CHRIS WIDEMAN Rating: 70.1#117 RD | DL3 Rating Rating: 71.51#18 DL3 |
| GOALIES | |
|---|---|
 MIKKO KOSKINEN Rating: 71.5#37 G1 |  CAM TALBOT Rating: 72.2#34 G2 |
Winnipeg Jets Lines
| LW | C | RW | Forwards |
|---|---|---|---|
 NIKOLAJ EHLERS Rating: 76.4#22 LW |  MARK SCHEIFELE Rating: 85.2#6 C |  BLAKE WHEELER Rating: 80.6#6 RW | FL1 Rating Rating: 80.72#4 FL1 |
 KYLE CONNOR Rating: 76.8#19 LW |  BRYAN LITTLE Rating: 73.5#69 C |  PATRIK LAINE Rating: 81.7#3 RW | FL2 Rating Rating: 77.33#5 FL2 |
 ADAM LOWRY Rating: 73.7#66 C |  BRANDON TANEV Rating: 71.5#82 RW | FL3 Rating Rating: 72.57#7 FL3 | |
 BRENDAN LEMIEUX Rating: 70.9#104 LW |  JACK ROSLOVIC Rating: 71.0#137 C |  NICOLAS PETAN Rating: 68.6#114 RW | FL4 Rating Rating: 70.17#19 FL4 |
| DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS | Defense | |
|---|---|---|
 JOSH MORRISSEY Rating: 75.5 |  JACOB TROUBA Rating: 77.7#16 RD | DL1 Rating Rating: 75.02#17 DL1 |
 BEN CHIAROT Rating: 71.5#90 LD |  DUSTIN BYFUGLIEN Rating: 80.7#7 RD | DL2 Rating Rating: 76.09#2 DL2 |
 DMITRY KULIKOV Rating: 70.1#118 LD |  TYLER MYERS Rating: 74.7#30 RD | DL3 Rating Rating: 72.37#7 DL3 |
| GOALIES | |
|---|---|
 CONNOR HELLEBUYCK Rating: 75.3#17 G1 |  LAURENT BROSSOIT Rating: 66.5#64 G2 |
The Game Officials
Referees: Graham Skilliter (24) & Steve Kozari (40)
Linesmen: Mark Shewchyk (92) & Derek Nansen (70)
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