JN Flight Plan: Time To Tame Some Cats In Sunrise

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The Winnipeg Jets start off a rather lengthy road trek that will feature four games through the southeastern US, a single game at home in Winnipeg and then three more games out in California. The first of these games is in Sunrise, Florida tonight as they visit the Florida Panthers who, like the Jets have had almost as crazy and unpredictable start to their season.

Don’t be surprised if this games goes into overtime and beyond based on how these two teams have played this season.

Winnipeg Jets (10-8-1 / 4th Central)
@
Florida Panthers (9-4-5 / 3rd Atlantic)

Nov 14, 2019 – Puck drop: 6:00 PM CST
BB&T Center – Sunrise, FL
TV: TSN 3 – Radio: TSN 1290


VS COL 4-0 L	Last Game	@ BOS 5-4 SOW
3-1-1 (1 Loss)	Last 5 Games	3-1-1 (2 SO Wins)
Scheifele / EHLERS – 7	Goal Leader	@Jonathan Huberdeau – 9
@PATRICK LAINE – 11	Assist Leader	@Aleksander Barkov – 19
@MARK SCHEIFELE – 17	Points Leader	Huberdeau / Barkov – 24
16.67% (22nd)	The Power Play	24.56% (7th)
72.50% (29th)	The Penalty Kill	81.63% (15th)
@Laurent Brossoit (2-2-0 / .858 SV%)	Starting Goalie	Sergei Bobrovsky (6-3-4 / .881 SV%)
W @ VGK (23-26 / .885 SV%)	Last Goalie Start	SOW @ BOS (19-23 / .826 SV%)
5-3-0 ON ROAD	Road v Home Record	3-1-2 AT HOME

Last Panthers Game

The Florida Panthers fell behind 4-0 after a horrible second period in Boston, but they rallied with four goals of their own in the third period, two of those goals coming on the power play and they managed to steal a victory from the Bruins in a 5-4 shootout win.

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Fun Panthers Facts…

Florida has played just six home games so far this season which is the third-fewest in the league. They have played 12 road games, which is the second-most among NHL teams.
With their four goal comeback against the bruins, the Panthers joined the Washington Capitals and Winnipeg Jets as the third team to record a comeback win of four or more goals this
season. It was the first time in franchise history that Florida overcame a four-goal deficit to win a game.
Jonathan Huberdeau and Aleksander Barkov each sit in the top five in Panthers franchise assists and points, and are sixth (Barkov) and seventh (Huberdeau) in franchise goals.
Aleksander Barkov enters today’s contest on a six-game point streak (5-6-11).
Joel Quenneville is one win away from a career 900th win as an NHL Head Coach

What They’re Saying…

The Florida Panthers announced today that former goaltender Roberto Luongo has been named the club’s Special Advisor to General Manager Dale Tallon. Luongo joins the Panthers hockey operations staff following an illustrious playing career that spanned 19 NHL seasons, including 11 with Florida.

Florida Panthers name Roberto Luongo Special Advisor to General Manager – Litter Box Cats

However, take nothing for granted when watching the Panthers this season. Most games have come down to one goal, even when the Panthers or their opponents are cruising early on. Carolina were 4-0 up against the Panthers but wound up being pulled back to 5-4 before an empty net. Florida once led 4-1 against Tampa Bay but wound up holding on in the last seconds for a 4-3 win. That doesn’t even touch all the OT and shootout endings.

Florida Panthers Must be at Their Best For the Next Five Games – The Rat Trick

Last Jets Game

The Jets inadvertently took out the Avalanche’s starting goalie, only to have Colorado’s fourth string goalie come in and pretty much put up a shutout as the Jets couldn’t score with any of the 40 shots on goal while @Nathan MacKinnon scored twice to pace the Avs to a 4-0 win over Winnipeg.

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Fun Jets Facts…

The Jets are 5-3-0 on the road and have won consecutive road games. Beginning tonight, the Jets play eight of 10 games on the road, the eight games are being played across three time
zones.
The Jets are 2-4-1 against the Eastern Conference to start the season. Winnipeg has been outscored 26-17 in the seven games. Tonight is the first game for the Jets against a team from the Atlantic Division.
The Jets remain the least penalized team in the NHL this season with an average of 4.6 penalty minutes per game. Tuesday’s loss was just the sixth time in 19 games this season that the Jets took six minutes or more in penalties in a game.
MILESTONE WATCH: @Nikolaj Ehlers is one point away from 200 in his NHL career. @Blake Wheeler needs four points to reach 600 as a member of the Jets franchise.

What We’re Saying…

It’s been an absolute ghost-town in the slot this season. The Jets are really struggling at getting to the high danger areas on the ice. First of all, this is supported by the eye test, as the Jets more often than not sit back and take shots from the perimeter areas. There’s not much traffic in the crease and the opposing team can easily swat away rebounds or freeze the puck.

WTWF: Jets Hit the Beach in Florida

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Florida Panthers Lines

LW	C	RW	Forwards
JONATHAN HUBERDEAU Rating: 79.5#5 LW	ALEKSANDER BARKOV Rating: 80.1#8 C	EVGENII DADONOV Rating: 75.4#22 RW	FL1 Rating Rating: 78.32#3 FL1
BRETT CONNOLLY Rating: 73.3#48 LW	VINCENT TROCHECK Rating: 74.6#48 C	BRIAN BOYLE Rating: 72.0#114 RW	FL2 Rating Rating: 73.31#19 FL2
MIKE HOFFMAN Rating: 74.6#29 LW	DENIS MALGIN Rating: 72.2#102 C	FRANK VATRANO Rating: 72.6#96 RW	FL3 Rating Rating: 73.17#7 FL3
DRYDEN HUNT Rating: 70.9#113 LW	NOEL ACCIARI Rating: 71.0#130 C	COLTON SCEVIOUR Rating: 70.2#157 RW	FL4 Rating Rating: 70.70#22 FL4

DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS		Defense
KEITH YANDLE Rating: 74.5#25 LD	AARON EKBLAD Rating: 74.5#26 RD	DL1 Rating Rating: 74.47#16 DL1
MICHAEL MATHESON Rating: 72.6#76 LD	ANTON STRALMAN Rating: 72.9#58 RD	DL2 Rating Rating: 72.75#22 DL2
MARK PYSYK Rating: 70.7#98 LD	JOSH BROWN	DL3 Rating Rating: 70.67#27 DL3

GOALIES
SERGEI BOBROVSKY Rating: 68.3#27 G1	SAMUEL MONTEMBEAULT

Winnipeg Jets Lines

LW	C	RW	Forwards
KYLE CONNOR Rating: 76.3#17 LW	MARK SCHEIFELE Rating: 78.0#16 C	PATRIK LAINE Rating: 73.7#40 RW	FL1 Rating Rating: 76.00#13 FL1
NIKOLAJ EHLERS Rating: 75.2#25 LW	BLAKE WHEELER Rating: 74.5#28 C	JACK ROSLOVIC Rating: 70.7#96 RW	FL2 Rating Rating: 73.50#18 FL2
ANDREW COPP Rating: 71.5#121 LW	ADAM LOWRY	MATHIEU PERREAULT Rating: 70.3#124 RW	FL3 Rating Rating: 70.78#27 FL3
JOONA LUOTO	DAVID GUSTAFSSON Rating: 73.1#80 C	LOGAN SHAW Rating: 68.6#117 RW	FL4 Rating Rating: 70.85#20 FL4

DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS		Defense
JOSH MORRISSEY Rating: 74.1#33 LD	TUCKER POOLMAN Rating: 71.9#73 RD	DL1 Rating Rating: 73.04#27 DL1
DMITRY KULIKOV Rating: 70.6#112 LD	NEAL PIONK Rating: 72.6#64 RD	DL2 Rating Rating: 71.58#30 DL2
NATHAN BEAULIEU Rating: 71.4#97 LD	LUCA SBISA Rating: 72.5#68 RD	DL3 Rating Rating: 71.95#21 DL3