JNGD 17 Flight Plan: Everything Is Ducky
It’s Jets Hall Of Fame Night as Winnipeg will honour Dale Hawerchuk with a raising of his number 10 to the rafters (not retired mind you, but “honoured”) and the on the ice the Jets will look to make it two wins in as many games against the Arizona Coyotes.
Jets Regular Season Game #17
Arizona Coyotes (2-14-3)
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Winnipeg Jets (9-4-3)
November 14, 2017 – Puck drop: 6:00 PM CST
Bell MTS Place – Winnipeg, MB
TV: TSN 3
Radio: TSN 1260
Recently for the Jets…
And recently for the Coyotes…
And recently between the two teams…
This is the second of a home and away series between the two teams, the first game of course having been won by the Jets with a third period three goal rally.
You could have excused Jets fans for getting antsy when the Coyotes took a first period lead on Saturday night given what had happened the previous night in Vegas and considering the Jets again looked flat to start the game in Arizona.
You could have also excused Coyotes fans for rolling their eyes and wondering just how their club would blow this one goal lead this time. The Coyotes scoring first in games and then coughing up that advantage has been a bit of a common theme for them so far this season.
In the end, the Jets kept up their strong play against the former original Jets as they’ve now won six of their last eight games against Arizona. They are also perfect in Winnipeg against them since the Thrashers move up north, going 7-0-0 when hosting the Coyotes at Bell MTS Place.
Tonight kicks off a bit of a home stand for the Jets as they host Philadelphia and New Jersey later on this week, the Jets so far are 4-2-1 at home. As for the Coyotes, they had just come off a three game eastern US road swing before playing at home on Saturday and not are off on a tour of Canada starting in the Peg tonight before heading off to face the Leafs, Habs and Sens over the next three games. It goes without saying that the Coyotes still have yet to win a game in regulation time this season and this latest stretch of games for them hasn’t helped at all.
No changes to the Jets lineup from Saturday save for in goal where Connor Hellebuyck gets the nod and looks to rebound from a tough start in Vegas. Tyler Myers and Josh Morrissey both had injury scares but seem to be good to go for tonight. Mathieu Perreault is now skating in a full contact practice jersey but will not draw into the lineup quite yet.
Winnipeg Jets Lines
LW | C | RW |
---|---|---|
Kyle Connor | Mark Scheifele | Blake Wheeler |
Nikolaj Ehlers | Bryan Little | Patrik Laine |
Andrew Copp | Adam Lowry | Brandon Tanev |
Shawn Matthias | Matt Hendricks | Joel Armia |
Defensive Pairings | |
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Josh Morrissey | Jacob Trouba |
Tobias Enstrom | Dustin Byfuglien |
Dmitry Kulikov | Tyler Myers |
Goalies | |
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Connor Hellebuyck | Steve Mason |
Arizona Coyotes Lines
LW | C | RW |
---|---|---|
Max Domi | Derek Stepan | Clayton Keller |
Tobias Rieder | Christian Dvorak | Christian Fischer |
Brendan Perlini | Mario Kempe | Anthony Duclair |
Jordan Martinook | Brad Richardson | Zac Rinaldo |
Defensive Pairings | |
---|---|
Oliver Ekman-Larsson | Jason Demers |
Alex Goligoski | Luke Schenn |
Kevin Connauton | Dakota Mermis |
Goalies | |
---|---|
Antti Raanta | Scott Wedgewood |
Gameday Prediction…
The Jets can’t lose on Dale Hawerchuk night.. Can they?
The answer is no. Not at home against the Coyotes.
Jets win 5-2 .. After giving up the first goal of the game because why not.
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