JNGD.S8.G51 Flight Plan: Kyle Connor And The Jets Return Home And Look To Hang Up Jackets
5 years ago
The Jets return home for three games and there is hope that a little home cooking can right the ship a little bit. The Jets have picked up wins and continue to lead the Central division, but the wins have been difficult as the offense has sputtered and the defense continues to struggle with turnovers and zone exits.
Columbus Blue Jackets (28-18-3 / 4th Metro)
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Winnipeg Jets (28-14-2 / 2nd Central)
January 31, 2019 – Puck drop: 7:00 PM CST
Bell MTS Place – Winnipeg, MB
TV: TSN 3 – Radio: TSN 1290
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| vs BUF: 5-4 Loss | Last Game | @ BOS: 4-3 SO Win |
| 2-3-0 (3 L) | Last 5 Games | 3-2-0 (1 W) |
| Cam Atkinson – 28 | Goal Leader | Scheifele / Laine – 25 |
| Artemi Panarin – 36 | Assist Leader | Blake Wheeler – 53 |
| Artemi Panarin – 55 | Points Leader | Blake Wheeler – 62 |
| 15.07% (27th) | The Power Play | 26.45% (4th) |
| 83.21% (7th) | The Penalty Kill | 81.17% (11th) |
| Joonas Korpisalo (9-3-2 / .901 SV%) | Starting Goalie | Connor Hellebuyck (22-24-1 / .910 SV%) |
| L vs MTL (22-25 / .880 SV%) | Last Goalie Start | L @ MIN (36-39 / .923 SV%) |
| 14-8-1 on road | Road v Home Record | 18-6-2 @ home |
Blue Jacket Player To Watch
#9 Artemi Panarin – Left Wing
The eyes of the hockey world have been on Panarin and the Blue Jackets for some time now as the pending unrestricted free agent has been the subject of many a trade rumor leading up tot he deadline. After leading the Jackets in goals, assists and points last season, Panarin is on pace for another such year this season and there is obviously pressure to get him re-signed to a long term deal to keep him in Columbus. The fact he hasn’t given a true indication as to whether he will or not puts the Jackets in a tough spot. With Columbus fighting for a playoff spot in a tough Metropolitan division it would be a huge blow to trade him away, but the consequences of losing him for nothing at all this summer could be even worse.
In the meantime, he’ll line up on Columbus’ top line tonight to see if he can continue his point-per-game pace against the Winnipeg Jets. In 12 games played against Winnipeg, he’s managed five goals and seven assists.
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Last Blue Jackets Game
Carlyle wasn’t wrong when he said his team stopped skating in the second period of their game against the Pittsburgh Penguins, blowing a 3-0 lead going into the second period and ultimately losing 7-4.
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Jets Player To Watch
#81 Kyle Connor – Left Wing
With seven goals and four assists, Kyle Connor has had a pretty solid month of January. He’s had three point games against Detroit and Vegas and while not an official hat trick, his two goals in regulation time and shootout game winner carried the Jets to their last victory. Kyle had a four game point streak stretch at the start of the month and has since gained points in every other game which could mean he goes point-less tonight, but with the Jets struggling to find consistent offense, they could really use another big night from number 81.
| Scor | Scor | Scor | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Tm | Opp | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | S | S% | SHFT | TOI | HIT | BLK | ||
| 2019-01-04 | WPG | @ | PIT | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 28 | 22:01 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019-01-06 | WPG | DAL | W | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 | 24 | 17:48 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019-01-08 | WPG | COL | W | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | 18 | 19:54 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019-01-10 | WPG | @ | MIN | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 24 | 24:52 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019-01-11 | WPG | DET | W | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | 21 | 18:48 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019-01-13 | WPG | ANA | W | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 21 | 19:40 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019-01-15 | WPG | VEG | W | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 21 | 19:31 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2019-01-17 | WPG | @ | NSH | W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 22 | 19:12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-01-19 | WPG | @ | DAL | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | 26 | 21:51 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-01-28 | WPG | @ | PHI | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 22 | 22:13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-01-29 | WPG | @ | BOS | W | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 100.0 | 29 | 22:44 | 0 | 0 |
Provided by Hockey-Reference.com: View Original Table
Last Jets Game
A couple of quick Kyle Connor goals in the third period helped mask over an otherwise poor game overall against the Bruins, but thanks to him and Connor Hellebuyck putting up a near wall in goal, the Jets were able to steal a shootout victory in Boston.
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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.
Columbus Blue Jackets Lines
| LW | C | RW | Forwards |
|---|---|---|---|
 ARTEMI PANARIN Rating: 82.6#5 LW |  PIERRE-LUC DUBOIS Rating: 78.7#26 C |  CAM ATKINSON Rating: 81.9#4 RW | FL1 Rating Rating: 81.05#5 FL1 |
 NICK FOLIGNO Rating: 73.2#50 LW |  ALEXANDER WENNBERG Rating: 70.7#144 C |  JOSH ANDERSON Rating: 73.3#56 RW | FL2 Rating Rating: 72.39#29 FL2 |
 ANTHONY DUCLAIR Rating: 70.9#93 LW |  LUKAS SEDLAK Rating: 70.0#160 C |  OLIVER BJORKSTRAND Rating: 72.8#64 RW | FL3 Rating Rating: 71.24#22 FL3 |
 MARKUS HANNIKAINEN Rating: 68.8#120 LW |  BRANDON DUBINSKY Rating: 69.4#173 C |  RILEY NASH Rating: 71.4#124 RW | FL4 Rating Rating: 69.85#23 FL4 |
| DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS | Defense | |
|---|---|---|
 ZACH WERENSKI Rating: 76.3#16 LD |  SETH JONES Rating: 80.3#6 RD | DL1 Rating Rating: 78.33#5 DL1 |
 RYAN MURRAY Rating: 72.5#59 LD |  MARKUS NUTIVAARA Rating: 72.6#46 RD | DL2 Rating Rating: 72.56#15 DL2 |
 SCOTT HARRINGTON Rating: 68.7#121 LD |  DAVID SAVARD Rating: 72.2#56 RD | DL3 Rating Rating: 70.47#23 DL3 |
| GOALIES | |
|---|---|
 JOONAS KORPISALO Rating: 66.7#66 G1 |  SERGEI BOBROVSKY Rating: 79.4#3 G2 |
Winnipeg Jets Lines
| LW | C | RW | Forwards |
|---|---|---|---|
 KYLE CONNOR Rating: 76.6#23 LW |  MARK SCHEIFELE Rating: 84.5#4 C |  BLAKE WHEELER Rating: 80.4#7 RW | FL1 Rating Rating: 80.52#6 FL1 |
 PATRIK LAINE Rating: 79.4#10 LW |  BRYAN LITTLE Rating: 74.6#60 C |  JACK ROSLOVIC Rating: 69.2#121 RW | FL2 Rating Rating: 74.43#16 FL2 |
 MATHIEU PERREAULT Rating: 72.0#102 LW |  ADAM LOWRY Rating: 72.1#99 C |  BRANDON TANEV Rating: 71.3#93 RW | FL3 Rating Rating: 71.83#18 FL3 |
 BRENDAN LEMIEUX Rating: 73.7#44 LW |  ANDREW COPP Rating: 71.8#109 C |  MASON APPLETON Rating: 73.2#57 RW | FL4 Rating Rating: 72.92#1 FL4 |
| DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS | Defense | |
|---|---|---|
 JOSH MORRISSEY Rating: 74.7#26 LD |  JACOB TROUBA Rating: 76.7#22 RD | DL1 Rating Rating: 75.73#14 DL1 |
 BEN CHIAROT Rating: 71.2#88 LD |  TYLER MYERS Rating: 73.9#34 RD | DL2 Rating Rating: 72.53#16 DL2 |
 DMITRY KULIKOV Rating: 69.6#114 LD |  JOE MORROW Rating: 70.8#81 RD | DL3 Rating Rating: 70.20#24 DL3 |
| GOALIES | |
|---|---|
 CONNOR HELLEBUYCK Rating: 75.0#15 G1 |  LAURENT BROSSOIT Rating: 68.6#55 G2 |
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