JGD75: Game 2 Of The California Showdown: Jets Strike Back
7 years ago
Welcome to game 75 of the Jets’ season. The Jets were roughed up last night against the Kings. but they are back in the ring against the Anaheim Ducks tonight. This is the last game of their two game road trip, hopefully the Jets are able to make it out alive and with a point or two. The Jets have yet to beat the Ducks this season and look to change this with win tonight.
Perreault and Laine scored for the Jets in their loss, while the Ducks have had a little rest since their 4-3 win against Edmonton.
Lets look at the line ups.
Winnipeg Jets (33-34-7, 5th in Central Division)
| LW | C | RW |
|---|---|---|
 Nikolaj Ehlers |  Bryan Little |  Patrik Laine |
 Mathieu Perreault |  Mark Scheifele |  Blake Wheeler |
 Andrew Copp |  Adam Lowry |  Joel Armia |
 Brandon Tanev |  Nicolas Petan |  Chris Thorburn |
Marko Dano was banged up last night against the Kings and is unfortunately out tonight against the Ducks. Brandon Tanev will draw into the line up.
With Laine and Perreault scoring, hopefully they can produce again for the Jets tonight. Laine moved into the rookie scoring lead last night with the points accumulated. Laine missed the Jets’ first game against the Ducks and will hopefully surprise the team with is shot.
| Defensive Pairings | |
|---|---|
 Julian Melchiori |  Dustin Byfuglien |
 Josh Morrissey |  Brian Strait |
 Mark Stuart |  Nelson Nogier |
So far we have not heard official word about Byfuglien being out for tonight’s game. If he is out, he will be sorely missed because he has averaged around 27 minutes per game. Brenden Kichton was called up from the Moose as well, to compensate for Byfuglien potentially being placed on the injured reserve.
Michael Hutchinson should get the start. Hellebuyck played last night and this is the second game of a back to back.
Anaheim Ducks (39-23-11, 2nd in Pacific Division)
| LW | C | RW |
|---|---|---|
 Rickard Rakell |  Ryan Getzlaf |  Patrick Eaves |
 Andrew Cogliano |  Ryan Kesler |  Jakob Silfverberg |
 Nick Ritchie |  Antoine Vermette |  Corey Perry |
 Chris Wagner |  Nate Thompson |  Jared Boll |
The Jets will have their work cut out for them as they try to shutdown the Ducks’ offense, even if the Ducks are hampered by Carlyle’s coaching.. Ryan Getzlaf leads the Ducks with 62 points (14 goals and 48 assists), while Rickard Rakell leads the Ducks in goals with 32. Rakell scored when the Jets played the Ducks last.
| Defensive Pairings | |
|---|---|
 Cam Fowler |  Sami Vatanen |
 Hampus Lindholm |  Josh Manson |
 Korbinian Holzer |  Kevin Bieksa |
Cam Fowler leads the Ducks defensive core with 34 points.
Jonathon Bernier will most likely get the start for the Ducks. He has gone 7-1-1 with a GAA of 1.64 and a .948 save percentage. Bernier looks to add to his roll with his 10th start in March.
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