JN Flight Plan: Nashville Predators vs Winnipeg Jets

By KB

4 years ago

The Winnipeg Jets recently wrapped up a four game road trip where they picked up five out of a possible eight points. This week they get to enjoy some home cooking as they play three straight games at Bell MTS Place this week. Tonight’s the first game of the homestand as the Predators come to town. With Nashville sitting five points back of Winnipeg, this game is very important in the standings. Currently, both Winnipeg and Nashville are on the outside looking in as Edmonton and Vancouver have recently grabbed the wildcard spots. With both Winnipeg and Nashville desperate for two points, this should be a fun game to watch.

Nashville Predators (20-16-7 / 5th Central)
@
Winnipeg Jets (24-17-4 / 4th Central)

Jan 12, 2020 – Puck drop: 1:00 PM CST
Bell MTS Place – Winnipeg, MB
TV: TSN 3 – Radio: TSN 1290


VS CHI 5-2 W	Last Game	VS BOS 5-4 L
2-2-1 (1 W)	Last 5 Games	2-2-1 (1 L)
FILIF FORSBERG – 15	Goal Leader	SCHEIFELE/CONNOR – 22
ROMAN JOSI – 32	Assist Leader	MARK SCHEIFELE – 29
ROMAN JOSI – 46	Points Leader	MARK SCHEIFELE – 51
17.10% (24TH)	The Power Play	21.20% (11TH)
73.70% (30TH)	The Penalty Kill	73.00% (31ST)
PEKKA RINNE (15-9-3 / .895 SV%)	Starting Goalie	CONNOR HELLEBUYCK (20-12-4 / .919 SV%)
W VS CHI (29-31 / .935 SV%)	Last Goalie Start	W VS TOR (25-28 / .893 SV%)
10-8-3 ON ROAD	Road v Home Record	10-9-2 AT HOME

Last Predators Game

Nashville got off to an early lead thank to an Arvidsson goal in the opening minutes. They doubled their lead a few minutes later off a Chicago turnover and ended up leading 3-0 after the first period. They never looked back as they cruised to a 5-2 final.

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Fun Predators Fact…

With the firing of Peter Laviolette a few weeks ago, the Nashville Predators are now using just their third head coach in team history. Since coming into the league in 1998, they used Barry Trotz from 1998-2014 and then Peter Laviolette from 2014-2020. In the 22 year history of the club, only going through two coaches is absolutely outstanding.
If you think that’s consistency, check out the list of GM’s for the franchise. Here’s a hint, there’s one person on it. Yes, David Poile has been the GM since day one in Nashville making him the longest tenured GM in the NHL.
Last but not least, Pekka Rinne scored the first goaltender goal since 2013 as he hit the open net against the Blackhawks. This makes him the 12th goalie to ever score an NHL goal. Crazy stuff from the long-time netminder.

What They’re Saying…

“Hynes is hopefully focusing on being better on the penalty kill. Penalties are inevitable, and your team has to be reliable enough to get big penalty kills when a call doesn’t go your way or when taking a penalty is sometimes necessary.”

Two Weaknesses John Hynes Can Fix Quickly – predlines.com

Last Jets Game

It was a high scoring affair as the Jets wrapped up their third game in four nights against the Bruins. The teams went back and forth all game long as Winnipeg opened the scoring only to have Boston tie it. Winnipeg scored again and Boston tied again. Then it was the Bruins turn to go ahead in the game, but Winnipeg came back and tied it. Again, Winnipeg scored the go ahead goal but then Boston tied the game again. The game of ping pong went back and forth until the Bruins finally took the lead in the third period. They scored two quick goals and were able to hold the lead to take the victory.

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Fun Jets Facts…

In the current lineup, only two players have averaged a point per game against the Predators in their career. Kyle Connor has 13 points in 13 games while Mason Appleton has one point in one game. Both Scheifele and Wheeler have had a few struggles against Nashville throughout their career.
With his goal against the Bruins on Thursday, Andrew Copp has now reached 100 points for his career. In the same game, Laine recorded the 100th assist of his career.
Usually a stronghold for Winnipeg, Bell MTS Place hasn’t been that way in the current year. The Jets are 10-9-2 at home this year and they’ve gone winless in their last five home games (0-4-1)

What We’re Saying…

“It’s not like Bitetto or Luca Sbisa are shutdown defensemen. It’s not like ANY of the Jets defensemen have been lock-down stalwarts on their own blueline. I get that Niku does have to work on his play without the puck, be smarter in his own end of the ice, and not get visibly frustrated to the point where it throws off his game, but what I don’t get is this feeling we get from Paul Maurice that somehow replacing Sbisa or Bitetto in the lineup with Niku seems like it would be a downgrade.”

The Jets Day After: You Share Your Thoughts (And I Comment On Them)

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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.

Nashville Predators Lines

LW	C	RW	Forwards
FILIP FORSBERG Rating: 76.3#19 LW	RYAN JOHANSEN Rating: 73.3#68 C	VIKTOR ARVIDSSON Rating: 75.3#29 RW	FL1 Rating Rating: 74.95#16 FL1
CALLE JARNKROK Rating: 72.8#82 LW	MATT DUCHENE Rating: 76.2#26 C	MIKAEL GRANLUND Rating: 73.1#54 RW	FL2 Rating Rating: 74.04#14 FL2
ROCCO GRIMALDI Rating: 73.5#50 LW	NICK BONINO Rating: 74.0#55 C	CRAIG SMITH Rating: 75.6#24 RW	FL3 Rating Rating: 74.39#2 FL3
YAKOV TRENIN Rating: 73.2#60 LW	KYLE TURRIS Rating: 70.6#142 C	COLIN BLACKWELL Rating: 73.6#44 RW	FL4 Rating Rating: 72.47#2 FL4

DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS		Defense
ROMAN JOSI Rating: 80.0#1 LD	YANNICK WEBER Rating: 70.1#97 RD	DL1 Rating Rating: 75.06#11 DL1
DAN HAMHUIS Rating: 70.8#108 LD	MATTIAS EKHOLM Rating: 75.4#16 RD	DL2 Rating Rating: 73.09#19 DL2
JARRED TINORDI Rating: 72.9#59 LD	MATT IRWIN Rating: 70.7#112 RD	DL3 Rating Rating: 71.78#18 DL3

GOALIES
PEKKA RINNE Rating: 68.9#25 G1	JUUSE SAROS Rating: 65.6#47 G2

Winnipeg Jets Lines

LW	C	RW	Forwards
KYLE CONNOR Rating: 78.5#10 LW	MARK SCHEIFELE Rating: 79.3#11 C	PATRIK LAINE Rating: 74.7#34 RW	FL1 Rating Rating: 77.51#6 FL1
NIKOLAJ EHLERS Rating: 76.0#20 LW	BLAKE WHEELER Rating: 76.5#14 C	JACK ROSLOVIC Rating: 70.7#135 RW	FL2 Rating Rating: 74.41#12 FL2
ANDREW COPP Rating: 72.8#61 LW	ADAM LOWRY Rating: 70.0#154 C	MATHIEU PERREAULT Rating: 69.6#135 RW	FL3 Rating Rating: 70.79#25 FL3
GABRIEL BOURQUE Rating: 68.0#145 LW	NICK SHORE Rating: 70.7#134 C	MASON APPLETON Rating: 69.6#122 RW	FL4 Rating Rating: 69.44#28 FL4

DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS		Defense
JOSH MORRISSEY Rating: 73.7#39 LD	TUCKER POOLMAN Rating: 71.4#80 RD	DL1 Rating Rating: 72.57#30 DL1
DMITRY KULIKOV Rating: 71.3#97 LD	NEAL PIONK Rating: 73.6#34 RD	DL2 Rating Rating: 72.42#27 DL2
ANTHONY BITETTO Rating: 69.5#119 LD	LUCA SBISA Rating: 71.5#93 RD	DL3 Rating Rating: 70.50#30 DL3

GOALIES
CONNOR HELLEBUYCK Rating: 71.2#12 G1	LAURENT BROSSOIT Rating: 65.1#55 G2

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