JNGD.S8.G29 Flight Plan: Morrissey Returns As Jets Look To Find Offense Vs Philly

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The Jets defense continues to get healthier as a game after the team welcomed back Dustin Byfuglien and Dmitri Kulikov back to the lineup, they will have Josh Morrissey back after missing a pair of games with a lower body injury.

While the Jets get their full defensive unit back, it’s their offense that they’d also like to see make a full recovery as it went silent two nights ago against the St. Louis Blues.

Philadelphia Flyers (12-12-3 / 7th Metro)
@
Winnipeg Jets (17-9-2 / 3rd Central)

December 9, 2018 – Puck drop: 2:00 PM CST
Bell MTS Place – Winnipeg, MB
TV: TSN 3 – Radio: TSN 1290


@ BUF: 6-2 Win	Last Game	vs STL: 1-0 Loss
2-2-1 (1 W)	Last 5 Games	4-1-0 (1 L)
Claude Giroux – 11	Goal Leader	Patrik Laine – 21
Claude Giroux – 25	Assist Leader	Blake Wheeler – 32
Claude Giroux – 36	Points Leader	Blake Wheeler – 36
13.93% (30th)	The Power Play	27.27% (5th)
73.26% (29th)	The Penalty Kill	81.82% (10th)
Anthony Stolarz (2-1-1 / .907 Sv%)	Starting Goalie	Connor Hellebuyck (12-8-1 / .904 Sv%)
W @ BUF (28-30) / .933Sv%)	Last Goalie Start	L vs STL (26-27) / .963Sv%)
7-5-1 On Road	Road v Home Record	9-4-2 At Home

Flyers Player To Watch

#25 James van Riemsdyk – Left Wing

The 29 year old forward is in his first season back with the Flyers after having spent six years as a Toronto Maple Leaf. James signed with the Flyers as a free agent on July 1 and has been a solid contributor to the team with two goals and six points in 11 games.

An original Flyers first round pick in 2007 (2nd overall), he had a goal and assist in Saturday’s win over the Sabres and is now one point away for 400 for his career.

**James van Riemsdyk career statistics**
Season	Tm	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	S	S%	TSA	ATOI
2009-10	PHI	78	15	20	35	30	173	8.7	282	12:58
2010-11	PHI	75	21	19	40	35	173	12.1	303	14:32
2011-12	PHI	43	11	13	24	24	121	9.1	203	15:10
2012-13	TOR	48	18	14	32	26	140	12.9	233	19:12
2013-14	TOR	80	30	31	61	50	279	10.8	402	21:03
2014-15	TOR	82	27	29	56	43	248	10.9	402	19:05
2015-16	TOR	40	14	15	29	6	129	10.9	228	17:46
2016-17	TOR	82	29	33	62	37	238	12.2	391	15:53
2017-18	TOR	81	36	18	54	30	248	14.5	431	14:54
2018-19	PHI	11	2	4	6	6	21	9.5	38	14:45
6 yrs	TOR	413	154	140	294	192	1282	12.0	2087	17:54
4 yrs	PHI	207	49	56	105	95	488	10.0	826	14:05
Career	10 yrs	620	203	196	399	287	1770	11.5	2913	16:37

Provided by Hockey-Reference.com: View Original Table

Last Flyers Game

The Flyers fell behind 2-1 after 20 minutes of play and then decided to unleash all goal scoring hell as they scored the next six goals to thump the Sabres 6-2 in a Saturday afternoon contest in Buffalo.

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Latest Flyers Headlines

Garrioch: “Flyers GM Chuck Fletcher exploring his options” – New Flyers General Manager Chuck Fletcher (who was fired this past summer from the Minnesota Wild) has some work to do and decisions to make with the underachieving Philadelphia Flyers.

Sportsnet: “Giroux’s goal, 3 assists helps Flyers hand Sabres fifth straight loss” – The Flyers fell behind 2-0 to Jack Eichel and the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday afternoon, and then opened up all kinds of goal scoring thanks in part to a four point night from Claude Giroux who found himself playing center due to an injury to Sean Couturier.

Broad Street Hockey: “Do the Flyers “want to make big trades right away”?” – It’s tempting to think that when a new GM is brought in – even mid-season – that there will be all kinds of changes right away, but that may not be the case with Fletcher’s Flyers.

Jets Player To Watch

#44 Josh Morrissey – Defense

Morrissey makes his return to the lineup and will likely take his place back on the top pairing with Jacob Trouba.

Before his injury, Morrissey was not only playing his typical strong defense, but he was starting to contribute offensively with points in three of his last five games played as that part of the game becomes more of a comfort area for him as he sees more time on the power play units.

**Josh Morrissey career statistics**
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	S	S%	TSA	ATOI	BLK	HIT
2015-16	20	WPG	NHL	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	1	15:54	2	1
2016-17	21	WPG	NHL	82	6	14	20	6	38	99	6.1	218	19:29	139	145
2017-18	22	WPG	NHL	81	7	19	26	15	47	102	6.9	215	20:27	168	139
2018-19	23	WPG	NHL	26	2	10	12	5	8	45	4.4	89	22:59	45	30
Career		4 yrs	NHL	190	15	43	58	26	93	247	6.1	523	20:22	354	315

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Last Jets Game

The Blues Jake Allen was a wall in goal for the Blues, but the Jets didn’t like the effort they gave in trying to get scoring chances up the middle of the ice. The end result was a disappointing 1-0 loss at home that snapped the Jets four game win streak.

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Latest Jets Headlines

Global: “Winnipeg Jets players help student make it to her exam on time” – Good guys Mark Scheifele and Brandon Tanev know how important a good education is for the kids, so it should be no surprise that when a college kid was trying to get her exam on time and couldn’t find a parking spot, Scheifele and Tanev – who had just taken one of the last remaining spots – gave up their parking spot for her.

The Hockey Writers: “Nic Petan: Jets’ Outside Man Once Again” – Nic Petan just can’t seem to catch a break. He once again seems to be on the outside looking in on a Jets lineup that he can’t seem to crack.

Wiebe: “Jets’ Morrissey uses time off wisely” – Turns out Mark Scheifele isn’t the only player on the Jets who obsesses with the game even when hes not playing it. Morrissey used the time off he had due to injury to watch plenty of video.

Player ratings courtesy Corsica.Hockey
Lines as of 10:15AM CST Dec. 9, 2018

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Philadelphia Flyers Lines

LW	C	RW	Forwards
JAMES VAN RIEMSDYK Rating: 76.1#28 LW	CLAUDE GIROUX Rating: 84.0#3 C	TRAVIS KONECNY Rating: 77.2#21 RW	FL1 Rating Rating: 79.08#13 FL1
JAKUB VORACEK Rating: 76.4#26 LW	NOLAN PATRICK Rating: 71.2#135 C	WAYNE SIMMONDS Rating: 73.1#52 RW	FL2 Rating Rating: 73.56#19 FL2
MICHAEL RAFFL Rating: 70.3#121 LW	SCOTT LAUGHTON Rating: 71.1#138 C	DALE WEISE Rating: 69.7#102 RW	FL3 Rating Rating: 70.36#28 FL3
OSKAR LINDBLOM Rating: 71.9#89 LW	JORI LEHTERA Rating: 67.6#187 C	JORDAN WEAL Rating: 71.6#79 RW	FL4 Rating Rating: 70.37#19 FL4

DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS		Defense
IVAN PROVOROV Rating: 74.2#32 LD	SHAYNE GOSTISBEHERE Rating: 77.3#9 RD	DL1 Rating Rating: 75.75#13 DL1
ROBERT HAGG Rating: 70.2#112 LD	ANDREW MACDONALD Rating: 72.1#69 RD	DL2 Rating Rating: 71.11#25 DL2
TRAVIS SANHEIM Rating: 72.8#49 LD	RADKO GUDAS Rating: 72.2#53 RD	DL3 Rating Rating: 72.49#9 DL3

GOALIES
ANTHONY STOLARZ Rating: 69.1#57 G1	MICHAL NEUVIRTH Rating: 66.9#64 G2

Winnipeg Jets Lines

LW	C	RW	Forwards
NIKOLAJ EHLERS Rating: 76.9#22 LW	MARK SCHEIFELE Rating: 85.7#5 C	BLAKE WHEELER Rating: 81.3#5 RW	FL1 Rating Rating: 81.32#3 FL1
KYLE CONNOR Rating: 76.8#23 LW	BRYAN LITTLE Rating: 73.1#77 C	PATRIK LAINE Rating: 81.9#2 RW	FL2 Rating Rating: 77.28#3 FL2
MATHIEU PERREAULT Rating: 73.4#68 LW	ADAM LOWRY Rating: 73.6#64 C	BRANDON TANEV Rating: 71.1#88 RW	FL3 Rating Rating: 72.71#7 FL3
BRENDAN LEMIEUX Rating: 71.2#100 LW	JACK ROSLOVIC Rating: 70.5#152 C	MASON APPLETON	FL4 Rating Rating: 70.85#13 FL4

DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS		Defense
SAMI NIKU Rating: 72.4#63 LD	JACOB TROUBA Rating: 77.9#15 RD	DL1 Rating Rating: 75.15#16 DL1
BEN CHIAROT Rating: 71.2#91 LD	DUSTIN BYFUGLIEN Rating: 80.9#7 RD	DL2 Rating Rating: 76.03#4 DL2
DMITRY KULIKOV Rating: 70.2#110 LD	TYLER MYERS Rating: 74.0#33 RD	DL3 Rating Rating: 72.07#13 DL3