JN Flight Plan #52: Boston Bruins @ Winnipeg Jets

4 years ago

Back in action and needing back into the win column in the worst way, the Winnipeg Jets will host the Atlantic leading Boston Bruins. Winnipeg has lost it’s last four games in a row and six of its last seven and is threatening to fall out of the playoff race completely unless they reverse those trends.

Boston Bruins (29-10-12 / 1st Atlantic)
@
Winnipeg Jets (25-22-4 / 5th Central)

Jan 31, 2020 – Puck drop: 7:00 PM CST
Bell MTS Place – Winnipeg, MB
TV: TSN 3 – Radio: TSN 1290


vs VGK 3-2 W	Last Game	@ CBJ 4-3 L
2-2-1 (1 W)	Last 5 Games	1-4-0 (4 L)
@David Pastrnak – 37	Goal Leader	@KYLE CONNOR – 25
@Brad Marchand – 44	Assist Leader	@MARK SCHEIFELE – 31
David Pastrnak – 70	Points Leader	MARK SCHEIFELE – 54
25.45% (3rd)	The Power Play	20.00% (13th)
83.11% (4th)	The Penalty Kill	74.42% (27th)
@Tuukka Rask (17-4-6 / .925 SV%)	Starting Goalie	Laurent Brossoit (4-6-0 / .883 SV%)
W @ NYI (35-37 / .946 SV%)	Last Goalie Start	L @ CBJ (25-29 / .862 SV%)
12-8-3 ON ROAD	Road v Home Record	11-11-2 AT HOME

Last Bruins Game

The Bruins went into their break on a positive note against the Vegas Golden Knights after they rallied with two goals in the third period on the way to a 3-2 win.

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Fun Bruins Facts…

The Bruins are 5-2-2 vs. Central Division opponents & are 10-3-3 vs. Western Conference foes. They are 4-2-2 in their last 8 road games & are 8-5-2 in their last 15 on the road.
@Chris Wagner is playing his 300th NHL game tonight.
David Pastrnak is on a very unique streak of factoring into the game’s opening goal with either a goal or an assist in the last six games played, which ties an NHL record.
Boston recently had a streak of 14 straight games where they scored a power play goal from December 14 to January 13 (16 for 50, 32.0%).

What They’re Saying…

Winning almost 60 percent of his faceoffs at 34 years old, he averages 19:18 a night on the ice. He is second on the team with eight power-play goals and eight assists for the league’s third-ranked unit. The Bruins will need Patrice Bergeron to continue at his high level for the rest of the season.

5 Bruins Who Need a Strong Finish to the Season – The Hockey Writers

The statement released by the Boston Bruins certainly screams out sales pitch, at least to some degree, with the notion of David Backs being ‘fit and able to play’ clearly pointing out that his concussion issues should not be a consideration in any trade approach.

Boston Bruins: Are there any clues in the team’s David Backes statement? – Causeway Crowd

Last Jets Game

It was more competitive and closer that their last few games had been, but the Winnipeg Jets still lost for the fourth game in a row, this time to the Columbus Blue Jackets by a 4-3 score.

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Fun Jets Facts…

Winnipeg is an even 11-11-2 at home this season and play nine of their next 10 games at Bell MTS Place. The Jets are 1-6-1 in their past eight home games.
The Jets have 10 back-to-back sets this season, the seventh of which is this weekend. The Jets are 4-2-0 in the first and 2-4-0 in the second game of back-to-backs this season.
Three of the past five games between the Jets and Bruins have been decided in a shootout, with the Jets winning two of the three games.
Winnipeg has won the past two games against Boston at Bell MTS Place and five of the past seven meetings.
Tonight is the 500th NHL game in Mark Scheifele’s career.
@Nikolaj Ehlers eeds one goal to pass Marian Hossa (108) for 10th in goals in franchise history.

What We’re Saying…

During their previous meeting back in Boston earlier this month, Winnipeg surrendered their one-goal lead in the final frame of the game by allowing back-to-back goals within just 33 seconds of each other. For both teams, allowing goals during the third period has become a major issue this month. Coming into tonight, the Jets are tied for the fourth-most goals (13) allowed in the third, while the Bruins are tied for the tenth-most (11) in that same category.

WTWF: Jets Looking to End Current Four-Game Slide

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You can also get up to the minute lineup combos for the Jets
including power play and penalty kill lines by checking out our line combo page.

Boston Bruins Lines

LW	C	RW	Forwards
BRAD MARCHAND Rating: 81.5#4 LW	PATRICE BERGERON Rating: 80.7#8 C	DAVID PASTRNAK Rating: 84.3#1 RW	FL1 Rating Rating: 82.17#1 FL1
JAKE DEBRUSK Rating: 75.0#29 LW	CHARLIE COYLE Rating: 73.8#56 C	ANDERS BJORK Rating: 71.3#89 RW	FL2 Rating Rating: 73.34#22 FL2
DANTON HEINEN Rating: 72.2#73 LW	DAVID KREJCI Rating: 75.8#30 C	KARSON KUHLMAN Rating: 72.9#54 RW	FL3 Rating Rating: 73.63#1 FL3
JOAKIM NORDSTROM Rating: 69.2#125 LW	SEAN KURALY Rating: 70.3#148 C	CHRIS WAGNER Rating: 68.9#124 RW	FL4 Rating Rating: 69.45#28 FL4

DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS		Defense
ZDENO CHARA Rating: 74.3#28 LD	CHARLIE MCAVOY Rating: 75.9#12 RD	DL1 Rating Rating: 75.08#12 DL1
TOREY KRUG Rating: 78.0#3 LD	BRANDON CARLO Rating: 75.3#18 RD	DL2 Rating Rating: 76.64#1 DL2
MATT GRZELCYK Rating: 74.3#26 LD	JEREMY LAUZON Rating: 72.8#47 RD	DL3 Rating Rating: 73.55#5 DL3

GOALIES
TUUKKA RASK Rating: 72.8#6 G1	JAROSLAV HALAK Rating: 71.7#8 G2

Winnipeg Jets Lines

LW	C	RW	Forwards
KYLE CONNOR Rating: 77.5#11 LW	MARK SCHEIFELE Rating: 77.3#21 C	PATRIK LAINE Rating: 74.5#33 RW	FL1 Rating Rating: 76.43#9 FL1
NIKOLAJ EHLERS Rating: 74.7#32 LW	BLAKE WHEELER Rating: 75.2#22 C	MASON APPLETON Rating: 69.0#122 RW	FL2 Rating Rating: 72.97#24 FL2
MATHIEU PERREAULT Rating: 70.0#115 LW	ANDREW COPP Rating: 72.2#93 C	JACK ROSLOVIC Rating: 70.5#142 RW	FL3 Rating Rating: 70.93#24 FL3
GABRIEL BOURQUE Rating: 68.2#136 LW	NICK SHORE Rating: 70.7#136 C	JANSEN HARKINS	FL4 Rating Rating: 69.42#29 FL4

DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS		Defense
JOSH MORRISSEY Rating: 73.3#46 LD	NEAL PIONK Rating: 73.2#37 RD	DL1 Rating Rating: 73.26#22 DL1
DMITRY KULIKOV Rating: 70.9#98 LD	SAMI NIKU Rating: 71.1#86 RD	DL2 Rating Rating: 70.97#29 DL2
ANTHONY BITETTO Rating: 69.1#111 LD	LUCA SBISA Rating: 70.9#90 RD	DL3 Rating Rating: 69.96#29 DL3