JN Flight Plan: Winnipeg Jets at Boston Bruins

4 years ago

Game four of the Winnipeg Jets 2020 Revenge Tour takes them to Boston where they don’t really have anything to get revenge for… Yet.

This will no doubt be the toughest test the Jets get tonight as it’s the third game in the last four nights, the second half of a back to back on the road where the Bruins are home and rested while the Jets are 24 hours removed from earning a shootout victory in Toronto. The Bruins are also the class of the Atlantic division, though they’ve struggled just a little bit the last few games.

Winnipeg Jets (24-16-4 / 4th Central)
@
Boston Bruins (25-8-1 / 1st Atlantic)

Jan 9, 2020 – Puck drop: 6:00 PM CST
TD Garden – Boston, MA
TV: TSN 3 – Radio: TSN 1290


VS TOR 4-3 W-SO	Last Game	@ NSH 6-2 W
3-1-1 (1 W-SO)	Last 5 Games	2-1-2 (1 W)
SCHEIFELE / CONNOR – 21	Goal Leader	@David Pastrnak – 32
@MARK SCHEIFELE – 28	Assist Leader	@Brad Marchand – 42
MARK SCHEIFELE – 49	Points Leader	David Pastrnak – 62
20.00% (13TH)	The Power Play	27.46% (3rd)
72.97% (31ST)	The Penalty Kill	84.95% (2nd)
@Laurent Brossoit (4-4-0 / .920 SV%)	Starting Goalie	@Tuukka Rask (16-4-6 / .924 SV%)
L VS MON (42-48 / .875 SV%)	Last Goalie Start	W @ NSH (33-35 / .943 SV%)
14-7-2 ON ROAD	Road v Home Record	14-2-9 AT HOME

Winnipeg are 4-2 SU in their last 6 games on the road. – From OddsShark.com

Last Bruins Game

The bruins gave new Predators coach John Hynes a very rude welcome back to coaching as both teams played a crazy, undisciplined game that the Bruins got the better of with a breakout third period in a 6-2 win over Nashville.

Failed to load video.

Fun Bruins Facts…

The Bruins are 5-1-5 in their last 11 games with their 9-game point streak snapped at 4-0-5 with a 4-1 loss to Edmonton on Janurary 4th, just their 2nd regulation loss on home ice this season.
They are 4-2-2 vs. Central Division opponents & are 8-3-3 vs. Western Conference foes.
Boston has had 11 straight games scoring a power play goal entering tonight. The Bruins have gone 13 for 42 (31.0%) on the power play since their last game blanked, December 12 at Tampa Bay (0 for 2)

What They’re Saying…

In a way, Tuesday’s win was a little frustrating, as it showed what the Bruins are capable of being if they got offensive contributions from the Coyles, Heinens, and Bjorks of the lineup, not to mention the fourth line. Why aren’t they getting it consistently?

Scoring influx: a sign of things to come, or too good to be true? – Stanley Cup Of Chowder

Last Jets Game

The Jets scored first and even though the Leafs clawed back three separate times including a last second @Auston Matthews goal late in the third to tie it, the Jets wouldn’t be denied a victory on the 2020 Revenge Tour as they outlasted the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3 in a shootout.

Failed to load video.

Fun Jets Facts…

Winnipeg’s 30 points earned in road games is tied for third in the NHL. They are 14-7-2 on the road this season.
The pair of shorthanded goals the Jets have gotten over the last two games matches the two shorthanded goals Winnipeg had in the first 42 games of the season. Oddly enough, the Jets also had shorthanded goals in consecutive games last season on the exact same dates as this season – Jan. 6 vs. Dallas and Jan. 8 vs. Colorado.
Three of the past four games between the Jets and Bruins have been decided in a shootout, with the Jets winning two of the three games. The past two meetings between the two teams in Boston have been decided via the shootout.
Keeping it 100: @Andrew Copp one point to reach 100 for his NHL career. @Patrik Laine needs one more helper for 100 assists in his NHL career.

What We’re Saying…

There’s been a bit of a shakeup with the lines recently as the fourth line now consists of Shore, Appleton, and Harkins after Bourque was taken out of the lineup against Toronto. Harkins has been excellent on the forecheck since coming into the lineup and he brings some much needed speed to the bottom six. Appleton was given some penalty kill time against the Leafs last night and he managed to score a shorthanded goal which gives Winnipeg two of them in the last two games.

WTWF: Jets Looking For Three In A Row Vs Bruins

Be sure to check out our Twitter feed for any late updates to the game lineups!
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: 83.0#2 LW	PATRICE BERGERON Rating: 80.8#7 C	DAVID PASTRNAK Rating: 84.5#1 RW	FL1 Rating Rating: 82.77#1 FL1
JAKE DEBRUSK Rating: 73.9#46 LW	DAVID KREJCI Rating: 75.4#36 C	ANDERS BJORK Rating: 70.0#112 RW	FL2 Rating Rating: 73.10#25 FL2
DANTON HEINEN Rating: 70.8#119 LW	CHARLIE COYLE Rating: 72.5#89 C	DAVID BACKES Rating: 71.8#81 RW	FL3 Rating Rating: 71.72#17 FL3
JOAKIM NORDSTROM Rating: 69.1#143 LW	SEAN KURALY Rating: 70.5#141 C	CHRIS WAGNER Rating: 69.4#125 RW	FL4 Rating Rating: 69.68#28 FL4

DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS		Defense
ZDENO CHARA Rating: 74.3#27 LD	CHARLIE MCAVOY Rating: 76.1#12 RD	DL1 Rating Rating: 75.22#11 DL1
JOHN MOORE Rating: 72.6#65 LD	BRANDON CARLO Rating: 75.4#16 RD	DL2 Rating Rating: 74.03#8 DL2
MATT GRZELCYK Rating: 74.4#26 LD	STEVE KAMPFER Rating: 72.7#56 RD	DL3 Rating Rating: 73.53#3 DL3

GOALIES
JAROSLAV HALAK Rating: 72.9#6 G1	TUUKKA RASK Rating: 72.8#7 G2

Winnipeg Jets Lines

LW	C	RW	Forwards
KYLE CONNOR Rating: 78.4#10 LW	MARK SCHEIFELE Rating: 79.0#14 C	PATRIK LAINE Rating: 74.7#34 RW	FL1 Rating Rating: 77.35#6 FL1
NIKOLAJ EHLERS Rating: 75.4#24 LW	BLAKE WHEELER Rating: 76.0#19 C	ANDREW COPP Rating: 73.3#48 RW	FL2 Rating Rating: 74.92#9 FL2
MATHIEU PERREAULT Rating: 69.8#136 LW	ADAM LOWRY Rating: 70.0#150 C	JACK ROSLOVIC Rating: 70.8#127 RW	FL3 Rating Rating: 70.22#27 FL3
JANSEN HARKINS	NICK SHORE Rating: 70.8#131 C	MASON APPLETON Rating: 68.8#131 RW	FL4 Rating Rating: 69.80#26 FL4

DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS		Defense
JOSH MORRISSEY Rating: 73.9#36 LD	TUCKER POOLMAN Rating: 71.1#85 RD	DL1 Rating Rating: 72.52#28 DL1
LUCA SBISA Rating: 71.2#99 LD	NEAL PIONK Rating: 73.4#37 RD	DL2 Rating Rating: 72.34#27 DL2
SAMI NIKU Rating: 71.6#89 LD	ANTHONY BITETTO Rating: 69.4#102 RD	DL3 Rating Rating: 70.50#29 DL3