JN Flight Plan #47: Tampa Bay Lightning vs Winnipeg Jets

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The Jets week long three game home stand concludes tonight with a visit from the surging Tampa Bay Lightning who were struggling quite a bit earlier this season, but have been on fire as of late having won 11 of their last 13 games played.

Tampa Bay Lightning (28-15-4 / 2nd Atlantic)
@
Winnipeg Jets (25-18-4 / 4th Central)

Jan 17, 2020 – Puck drop: 7:00 PM CST
Bell MTS Place – Winnipeg, MB
TV: TSN 3 – Radio: TSN 1290


@ MIN 3-2 L	Last Game	VS VAN 4-0 W
3-2-0 (1 L)	Last 5 Games	3-2-0 (1 W)
@Nikita Kucherov – 20	Goal Leader	@KYLE CONNOR – 24
Kucherov / Hedman – 32	Assist Leader	@MARK SCHEIFELE – 30
Nikita Kucherov – 52	Points Leader	MARK SCHEIFELE – 52
27.70% (2nd)	The Power Play	21.17% (10th)
82.89% (8th)	The Penalty Kill	74.17% (29th)
@Andrei Vasilevskiy (23-9-2 / .916 SV%)	Starting Goalie	CONNOR HELLEBUYCK (21-13-4 / .923 SV%)
W vs LAK (38-41 / .927 SV%)	Last Goalie Start	W VS VAN (41-41 / 1.00 SV%)
13-8-2 ON ROAD	Road v Home Record	11-10-2 AT HOME

Last Lightning Game

The Lightning couldn’t overcome stretches of sluggish play as the Minnesota Wild snapped their four game winless streak by defeating the Bolts 3-2

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Fun Lightning Facts…

The Lightning are completing their ninth of 15 back-to-back sets. The Bolts are 5-2-1 in the second half of a back-to-back this season.
Tampa Bay has held their opponents to 25 or fewer shots in five of their last six games.
Some of Tampa’s top players have enjoyed success against the Jets. @Steven Stamkos has recorded multiple points in three-straight contests vs Winnipeg (3-3–6) @Nikita Kucherov is on a three-game point streak against the Jets (1-3–4) @Ondrej Palat has points in five of his last six games vs the Jets (2-5–7) and @Brayden Point has points in five of his six career games vs. WPG (3-5–8)

What They’re Saying…

“I’m not sure where this idea started and I don’t have any reasonable way of figuring that out. But it’s been around for seemingly the entirety of this recent run of success under Jon Cooper. If I had to guess, I’d say this is a narrative grounded in very little other than the idea that skilled, high scoring teams must inherently be bad defensively. Or, if I want to be a little more charitable, maybe it stems from the blue line being the obvious roster weakness through the first several years of Jon Cooper’s tenure.”

The myth of the Tampa Bay Lightning’s bad defense – Raw Charge

Last Jets Game

The Jets were out-shot as per usual, but @Connor Hellebuyck made 41 saves for his 16th career shutout as Winnipeg shut down the Vancouver Canucls 4-0.

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Fun Jets Facts…

The Jets are 9-3-2 this season when getting two or more days rest, compared to 16-15-2 when getting one day or less of rest. They are also 4-0-1 on Fridays this season. One other bit of positive history working for the Jets? Since the franchise relocated to Winnipeg, the Jets are 12-6-5 against the Lightning.
The Jets are 9-9-1 against the Eastern Conference this season, including 5-4-0 against the Atlantic Division. Winnipeg plays four of their next five games against Eastern Conference opponents.
Kyle Connor scored twice on Tuesday to extend his team leading goal total to 24 in 47 games. He’s 10 goals shy of the career high 34 goals he scored last season and is on pace for 42 goals this season.

What We’re Saying…

While some fans haven’t been too happy with Winnipeg’s struggles at home this season, Hellebuyck’s great play is one reason to show up to Bell MTS Place and watch this team play. In addition to his great play, Hellebuyck also passed Pavelec for the franchise record in shutouts. Hellebuyck recorded his 18th career shutout to give him sole possession of first for the franchise.

WTWF: Jets Looking To Sweep Season Series Vs Lightning

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including power play and penalty kill lines by checking out our line combo page.

Tampa Bay Lightning Lines

LW	C	RW	Forwards
ONDREJ PALAT Rating: 73.7#44 LW	BRAYDEN POINT Rating: 79.7#10 C	NIKITA KUCHEROV Rating: 83.0#1 RW	FL1 Rating Rating: 78.81#4 FL1
STEVEN STAMKOS Rating: 80.9#7 LW	ANTHONY CIRELLI Rating: 74.3#54 C	TYLER JOHNSON Rating: 73.9#59 RW	FL2 Rating Rating: 76.33#3 FL2
ALEXANDER VOLKOV	CEDRIC PAQUETTE Rating: 71.0#133 C	ALEX KILLORN Rating: 75.7#35 RW	FL3 Rating Rating: 73.34#4 FL3
CARTER VERHAEGHE Rating: 74.0#36 LW	MITCHELL STEPHENS Rating: 72.9#79 C	YANNI GOURDE Rating: 72.3#70 RW	FL4 Rating Rating: 73.07#1 FL4

DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS		Defense
VICTOR HEDMAN Rating: 79.6#1 LD	JAN RUTTA Rating: 72.7#54 RD	DL1 Rating Rating: 76.18#5 DL1
RYAN MCDONAGH Rating: 74.0#34 LD	ERIK CERNAK Rating: 73.7#29 RD	DL2 Rating Rating: 73.85#10 DL2
MIKHAIL SERGACHEV Rating: 75.6#10 LD	KEVIN SHATTENKIRK Rating: 75.3#16 RD	DL3 Rating Rating: 75.47#1 DL3

GOALIES
ANDREI VASILEVSKIY Rating: 72.4#8 G1	CURTIS MCELHINNEY Rating: 70.8#13 G2

Winnipeg Jets Lines

LW	C	RW	Forwards
KYLE CONNOR Rating: 77.8#10 LW	MARK SCHEIFELE Rating: 78.4#17 C	PATRIK LAINE Rating: 74.1#40 RW	FL1 Rating Rating: 76.77#7 FL1
ANDREW COPP Rating: 72.9#81 LW	BLAKE WHEELER Rating: 76.1#17 C	NIKOLAJ EHLERS Rating: 75.6#23 RW	FL2 Rating Rating: 74.83#12 FL2
MATHIEU PERREAULT Rating: 69.5#133 LW	ADAM LOWRY Rating: 69.7#169 C	JACK ROSLOVIC Rating: 70.1#159 RW	FL3 Rating Rating: 69.76#31 FL3
JANSEN HARKINS	NICK SHORE Rating: 70.7#144 C	MASON APPLETON Rating: 69.3#120 RW	FL4 Rating Rating: 70.01#24 FL4

DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS		Defense
JOSH MORRISSEY Rating: 73.7#37 LD	DMITRY KULIKOV Rating: 71.6#88 RD	DL1 Rating Rating: 72.64#27 DL1
SAMI NIKU Rating: 71.2#96 LD	NEAL PIONK Rating: 73.3#36 RD	DL2 Rating Rating: 72.27#29 DL2
ANTHONY BITETTO Rating: 69.8#114 LD	LUCA SBISA Rating: 71.2#86 RD	DL3 Rating Rating: 70.47#30 DL3

GOALIES
CONNOR HELLEBUYCK Rating: 71.5#10 G1	LAURENT BROSSOIT Rating: 65.0#53 G2

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