JNGD.S8.G32 Flight Plan: Jets And Hawks Renew Acquaintances In Chicago

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Since the Jets last played the Chicago Blackhawks three days ago, the Hawks since snapped their eight game losing streak with a win over the Pittsburgh Penguins.

So the Hawks should be feeling a little bit better about themselves based on that and the fact that the recovered fairly well from an awful first period against the Jets in Winnipeg on Tuesday to make a game of things before bowing out in a 6-3 loss. The Jets meanwhile have won three in a row having just topped the tough Edmonton Oilers last night in an overtime win.

Winnipeg Jets (20-9-2 / 2nd Central)
@
Chicago Blackhawks (10-18-5 / 7th Central)

December 14, 2018 – Puck drop: 7:30 PM CST
United Center – Chicago, IL
TV: TSN 3 – Radio: TSN 1290


vs EDM: 5-4 OT Win	Last Game	vs PIT: 6-3 Win
4-1-0 (3 W)	Last 5 Games	1-4-0 (1 W)
Patrik Laine – 22	Goal Leader	Patrick Kane – 15
Blake Wheeler – 35	Assist Leader	Patrick Kane – 22
Wheeler / Scheifele – 40	Points Leader	Patrick Kane – 37
30.4% (1st)	The Power Play	12.1% (31st)
81.9% (T-9th)	The Penalty Kill	73.2% (29th)
Laurent Brossoit (6-1-1 / .932 Sv%)	Starting Goalie	Corey Crawford (6-14-1 / .903 Sv%)
W vs CHI (32-35) / .914 Sv%	Last Goalie Start	W vs PIT (40-43) / .930 Sv%
8-5-0 On Road	Road v Home Record	6-6-3 At Home

Winnipeg Jet To Watch

#55 Mark Scheifele – Center

Ho-Hum, another three point night last night against the Oilers with a goal and two assists. It was his sixth game this season where he’s collected three or more points. More recently, he’s picked up eight points so far this week with a three assist game against the Flyers and a goal and helper against Chicago on Tuesday and is now caught up to the team points lead with Blake Wheeler with 40 each.

**Scheifele’s last five games**
					Scor	Scor	Scor
Date	Tm		Opp		G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	S	S%	SHFT	TOI	HIT	BLK	FOW	FOL	FO%
2018-12-13	WPG		EDM	W	1	2	3	2	0	2	50.0	28	23:55	1	0	11	16	40.7
2018-12-11	WPG		CHI	W	1	1	2	0	0	2	50.0	26	22:40	0	0	8	4	66.7
2018-12-09	WPG		PHI	W	0	3	3	2	2	1	0.0	21	15:59	0	0	12	10	54.5
2018-12-07	WPG		STL	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	24	26:34	1	0	10	14	41.7
2018-12-04	WPG	@	NYI	W	0	0	0	1	0	3	0.0	23	23:12	2	0	12	4	75.0

Provided by Hockey-Reference.com: View Original Table

Last Jets Game

The Jets had a 3-1 lead shortly into the second period and did cough it up, but a great third period got things tied up and after surviving a McDavid scare to start the overtime period, Josh Morrissey came back the other way to end the Oilers four game winning streak and keep the Jets streak alive at three.

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Jets Notebook

The Jets sent defenseman Sami Niku back to the AHL this morning. He spent a little under a month with the Jets as the team stick handled through it’s injury issues and got in five games but was held point-less.
This is the fifth of 10 back to back sets for the Jets this season. Winnipeg is 2-2-0 so far in the second game of those back to backs.
More situational records you say? The Jets are 9-0-0 in games where they score five or more goals this season. The are also 6-1-0 in the month of December which is the second best record in the NHL.
Milestone watch: Adam Lowry is still one point away from 100 for his career. Mathieu Perreault will be playing in his 300th game as a Winnipeg Jet tonight.

Chicago Blackhawk To Watch

#17 Alex DeBrincat – Right Wing

The 21 year old right winger represents the next wave of talent that will likely help bring the Blackhawks back to relevance in the coming seasons. His rookie campaign last season saw him score 28 goals and 52 points in a full 82 games played and he’s picked up right where he left off in his sophomore season with 13 goals already in 33 games played. Even non-Hawks fans have to enjoy watching him play as he mixes speed with really good hockey sense especially on the offensive side of things with an above average shot.

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Last Blackhawks Game

The Hawks finally came out with a strong first period and played better hockey than they have in weeks but still needed a 40 save effort from Corey Crawford to hold off the Penguins and snap an eight game losing streak.

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Blackhawks Notebook

Sportsnet: Blackhawks end 8-game slide with win over Penguins – A recap of Chicago’s 6-3 win over Pittsburgh on Wednesday night.

Last Word On Sports: Chicago Blackhawks Passion is Missing – Old age and declining talent in what is a transition year for the Chicago Blakhawks are big reasons why the team has struggled, but a lack of fire may also be to blame.

Player ratings courtesy Corsica.Hockey
Lines as of 1:15AM CST Dec. 14, 2018

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Winnipeg Jets Lines

LW	C	RW	Forwards
NIKOLAJ EHLERS Rating: 76.4#23 LW	MARK SCHEIFELE Rating: 85.2#6 C	BLAKE WHEELER Rating: 80.6#6 RW	FL1 Rating Rating: 80.72#3 FL1
KYLE CONNOR Rating: 76.8#19 LW	BRYAN LITTLE Rating: 73.5#68 C	PATRIK LAINE Rating: 81.7#3 RW	FL2 Rating Rating: 77.33#5 FL2
MATHIEU PERREAULT Rating: 74.0#62 LW	ADAM LOWRY Rating: 73.7#65 C	BRANDON TANEV Rating: 71.5#79 RW	FL3 Rating Rating: 73.05#7 FL3
BRENDAN LEMIEUX Rating: 70.9#108 LW	JACK ROSLOVIC Rating: 71.0#140 C	MASON APPLETON	FL4 Rating Rating: 70.93#10 FL4

DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS		Defense
JOSH MORRISSEY Rating: 75.5#24 LD	JACOB TROUBA Rating: 77.7#16 RD	DL1 Rating Rating: 76.60#9 DL1
BEN CHIAROT Rating: 71.5#92 LD	DUSTIN BYFUGLIEN Rating: 80.7#7 RD	DL2 Rating Rating: 76.08#2 DL2
DMITRY KULIKOV Rating: 70.1#120 LD	TYLER MYERS Rating: 74.7#30 RD	DL3 Rating Rating: 72.38#7 DL3

GOALIES
CONNOR HELLEBUYCK Rating: 75.3#17 G1	LAURENT BROSSOIT Rating: 66.5#62 G2

Chicago Blackhawks Lines

LW	C	RW	Forwards
BRANDON SAAD Rating: 73.7#48 LW	JONATHAN TOEWS Rating: 76.5#38 C	DOMINIK KAHUN Rating: 72.4#68 RW	FL1 Rating Rating: 74.22#29 FL1
ALEX DEBRINCAT Rating: 77.0#22 LW	DYLAN STROME Rating: 70.5#153 C	PATRICK KANE Rating: 79.6#12 RW	FL2 Rating Rating: 75.67#12 FL2
DYLAN SIKURA	DAVID KAMPF Rating: 70.3#157 C	BRENDAN PERLINI Rating: 69.2#105 RW	FL3 Rating Rating: 69.77#29 FL3
JOHN HAYDEN Rating: 68.4#182 LW	MARCUS KRUGER Rating: 68.7#178 C	ANDREAS MARTINSEN Rating: 67.6#118 RW	FL4 Rating Rating: 68.23#31 FL4

DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS		Defense
DUNCAN KEITH Rating: 73.4#44 LD	HENRI JOKIHARJU Rating: 72.5#48 RD	DL1 Rating Rating: 72.94#22 DL1
BRENT SEABROOK Rating: 71.1#73 LD	BRANDON MANNING Rating: 68.7#101 RD	DL2 Rating Rating: 69.88#30 DL2
CARL DAHLSTROM Rating: 72.6#57 LD	CONNOR MURPHY Rating: 70.3#84 RD	DL3 Rating Rating: 71.47#16 DL3