JNGD.S8.G49 Flight Plan: Jets Look To Break Carter’s Rookie Hart In Philadelphia
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After a a little over a week off the club they took with 10 other teams including the Flyers before the All-Star break, the Winnipeg Jets finally get back on the ice for proper NHL action. They remain tied for first in the Central division with the Nashville Predators but also have an incredible four games in hand on the Preds and two on the third place Minnesota Wild. With four games coming up this week, this is a great chance for the Jets to put some serious separation between them and their division rivals starting with the first of a back to back effort in Philadelphia.
Winnipeg Jets (31-15-2 / 1st Central)
@
Philadelphia Flyers (19-23-16 / 7th Metro)
January 28, 2019 – Puck drop: 6:00 PM CST
Wells Fargo Center – Philadelphia, PA
TV: TSN 3 – Radio: TSN 1290
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| @DAL: 4-1 LOSS | Last Game | @ MTL: 5-2 WIN |
| 4-1-0 (1 L) | Last 5 Games | 4-1-0 (3 W) |
| SCHEIFELE/LAINE – 25 | Goal Leader | Sean Couturier – 19 |
| BLAKE WHEELER – 52 | Assist Leader | Claude Giroux – 38 |
| BLAKE WHEELER – 61 | Points Leader | Claude Giroux – 52 |
| 26.00% (4th) | The Power Play | 13.29% (29th) |
| 81.69% (11TH) | The Penalty Kill | 82.39% (9TH) |
| Laurent Brossoit (10-1-1 / .943 SV%) | Starting Goalie | Carter Hart (6-5-1 / .918 SV%) |
| W vs VGK (43-44 / .977 SV%) | Last Goalie Start | W @ MTL (33-35 / .943 SV%) |
| 13-9-0 ON ROAD | Road v Home Record | 10-10-3 AT HOME |
Jets Player To Watch
Left Wing- #29 Patrik Laine
The Jets are in a pretty good spot as they start the unofficial “second half” of the NHL season, but they could really use a return to form from Patrik Laine who has only scored once in his last ten games played.
| Date | Tm | Opp | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | S | SHFT | TOI | HIT | BLK | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-01-04 | WPG | @ | PIT | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 17:07 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019-01-06 | WPG | DAL | W | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 14:53 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2019-01-08 | WPG | COL | W | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 16:04 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019-01-10 | WPG | @ | MIN | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 19:47 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019-01-11 | WPG | DET | W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 15:58 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2019-01-13 | WPG | ANA | W | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 18:59 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019-01-15 | WPG | VEG | W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 13:50 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2019-01-17 | WPG | @ | NSH | W | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 16:39 | 3 | 1 |
| 2019-01-19 | WPG | @ | DAL | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14:54 | 0 | 1 |
Provided by Hockey-Reference.com: View Original Table
Last Jets Game
Two days after having earned an impressive win over the Nashville Predators, the Jets may have been a bit guilty of going on their bye week a tad early as they were sluggish through the first two periods in Dallas and couldn’t rally in the third.
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Jets Notebook
- The Jets are 11-5-1 against Eastern Conference teams this season and 7-2-0 against teams from the Metropolitan division.
- The Thrasher/Jet franchise hasn’t faired well overall against the Flyers with a 19-34-9 record, but in recent seasons with the improved roster the Jets have handled things having won three of their last four games against the Flyers including a 7-1 win in their last meeting on December 9th in Winnipeg.
- The Jets recalled Sami Niku from his week with the AHL Moose and he will be in the lineup tonight as Dustin Byfuglien and Ben Chiarot are still out with injuries.
- Mathieu Perreault is two points away from 300 for his career.
Flyers Player To Watch
Goaltender – #79 Carter Hart
Desperate times call for desperate measures.
With the Flyers season floundering and multiple injuries to three different goalies, the Flyers turned to 20 year old Carter Hart to tend the twine. This time last year, Hart was helping lead the Everett Silvertips to a WHL finals appearance and the Flyers had every intention of keeping Carter in the AHL for at least the season. He posted a 9-6-2 record with the Leah Valley Phantoms while putting up a .902 save percentage.
There is little doubt that Hart was hopefully the Flyers goalie of the future and a final solution to the long time goaltending carousel in Philadelphia, but after a strong pro debut in his first handful of games, Flyers fans are suddenly hoping the future is now.
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Last Flyers Game
Carter Hart made 33 saves in a game mostly dominated by the Canadiens who had gone into the game with a four game winning streak. A couple of quick goals in the second period sealed the Habs fate and helped propel the Flyers to their fourth win in a row.
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Flyers Notebook
Philly.com: Flyers goalie Carter Hart has been plenty mature enough – Putting a 20 year old into the starters role of an NHL club seems like a big ask, but Carter Hart has handled it very well with a maturity beyond his years.
NHL.com: Simmonds a ‘heart and soul’ player for Flyers, says Giroux – During the All-Star break, the Flyers all-star Claude Giroux sung the praises of one of the Flyers biggest trade chips.
Last Word On Sports: Radko Gudas Peforming Well For Philadelphia Flyers – One of the Flyers most consistent defensemen this season has been… *checks notes* Radko Gudas?
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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.
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.
Winnipeg Jets Lines
| LW | C | RW | Forwards |
|---|---|---|---|
 KYLE CONNOR |
Rating: 77.3#21 LW
Rating: 85.2#4 C
Rating: 81.0#7 RW
FL1 Rating
Rating: 81.16#6 FL1
Rating: 79.6#10 LW
Rating: 75.0#53 C
Rating: 69.1#120 RW
FL2 Rating
Rating: 74.57#16 FL2
Rating: 72.6#90 LW
Rating: 72.5#92 C
Rating: 72.1#73 RW
FL3 Rating
Rating: 72.41#9 FL3
Rating: 72.9#56 LW
Rating: 72.1#103 C
Rating: 72.6#64 RW
FL4 Rating
Rating: 72.54#1 FL4
| DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS | Defense | |
|---|---|---|
 JOSH MORRISSEY Rating: 74.8#27 LD |  JACOB TROUBA Rating: 76.6#22 RD | DL1 Rating Rating: 75.67#15 DL1 |
 DMITRY KULIKOV Rating: 70.5#102 LD |  TYLER MYERS Rating: 75.2#29 RD | DL2 Rating Rating: 72.86#18 DL2 |
 SAMI NIKU Rating: 72.7#57 LD |  JOE MORROW Rating: 71.1#77 RD | DL3 Rating Rating: 71.90#13 DL3 |
| GOALIES | |
|---|---|
 CONNOR HELLEBUYCK Rating: 75.1#13 G1 |  LAURENT BROSSOIT Rating: 67.6#63 G2 |
Philadelphia Flyers Lines
| LW | C | RW | Forwards |
|---|---|---|---|
 JAMES VAN RIEMSDYK Rating: 77.1#24 LW |  CLAUDE GIROUX Rating: 81.4#13 C |  TRAVIS KONECNY Rating: 73.4#52 RW | FL1 Rating Rating: 77.30#18 FL1 |
 OSKAR LINDBLOM Rating: 72.2#68 LW |  SEAN COUTURIER Rating: 81.0#15 C |  JAKUB VORACEK Rating: 76.2#29 RW | FL2 Rating Rating: 76.51#6 FL2 |
 SCOTT LAUGHTON Rating: 71.1#130 LW |  NOLAN PATRICK Rating: 71.9#111 C |  WAYNE SIMMONDS Rating: 72.7#63 RW | FL3 Rating Rating: 71.89#15 FL3 |
 JORI LEHTERA Rating: 67.4#123 LW |  PHIL VARONE Rating: 70.9#141 C |  MICHAEL RAFFL Rating: 69.6#114 RW | FL4 Rating Rating: 69.30#29 FL4 |
| DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS | Defense | |
|---|---|---|
 IVAN PROVOROV Rating: 73.7#39 LD |  TRAVIS SANHEIM Rating: 71.6#80 RD | DL1 Rating Rating: 72.61#25 DL1 |
 SHAYNE GOSTISBEHERE Rating: 76.7#13 LD |  ANDREW MACDONALD Rating: 70.6#100 RD | DL2 Rating Rating: 73.66#15 DL2 |
 ROBERT HAGG Rating: 68.1#125 LD |  RADKO GUDAS Rating: 72.6#45 RD | DL3 Rating Rating: 70.34#26 DL3 |
| GOALIES | |
|---|---|
 CARTER HART Rating: 69.0#54 G1 |  MIKE MCKENNA Rating: 69.0#53 G2 |
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