JNGD.S8.G56 Flight Plan: Ending The Road Trip With A Sabre Dance In Buffalo
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The Winnipeg Jets close out their quick three game road trip with a second afternoon game, this time in Buffalo. They have now lost three in a row for the first time this season and if they want to avoid their first four game losing streak since the 2016-17 season, they’ll need to find the net a bit more against the Sabres than they did against Ottawa in the previous game.
Winnipeg Jets (34-18-3 / 1st Central)
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Buffalo Sabres (27-20-7 / 5th Atlantic)
February 10th, 2019 – Puck drop: 2:00 PM CST
KeyBank Center – Buffalo, NY
TV: TSN 3 – Radio: TSN 129
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| @ OTT: 5-2 LOSS | Last Game | VS DET: 3-1 WIN |
| 3-1-1 (1 L) | Last 5 Games | 2-2-1 (1 W) |
| MARK SCHEIFELE – 27 | Goal Leader | Jeff Skinner – 33 |
| BLAKE WHEELER – 54 | Assist Leader | Jack Eichel – 41 |
| BLAKE WHEELER – 65 | Points Leader | Jack Eichel – 58 |
| 26.01% (4TH) | The Power Play | 18.75% (17th) |
| 79.88% (15th) | The Penalty Kill | 82.00% (10th) |
| Connor Hellebuyck (24-15-2 / .910 SV%) | Starting Goalie | Carter Hutton (15-15-3 / .909 SV%) |
| L @ MTL (48-53 / .906 SV%) | Last Goalie Start | L VS CHI (18-22 / .818 SV%) |
| 14-12-0 ON ROAD | Road v Home Record | 11-13-3 AT HOME |
Jets Player To Watch
#48 Brendan Lemieux – Left Wing
It’s a little bit surprising (ok, maybe more than a little bit) that Brendan Lemieux has turned into one of the Jets most reliable goal scorers since the Christmas break.
Now, say what you want about the last couple of goals he’s scored – both came in what most of us call “garbage time” with the game well decided late in the third period – one can’t deny he does have a knack for driving hard to the net and around the opposing goal he’s got decent enough hands (a skill he displayed going back to his days in in the OHL) to fight off would be checkers and finish plays.
He’s also cut down on on bad penalties taken, although he still doesn’t hesitate to throw fists when he deems necessary even against bigger opponents.
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Last Jets Game
Woof.
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Jets Notebook
- The last meeting between these two teams ended in a 2-1 shootout win for the Sabres back on November 16 in Winnipeg. The Jets all time against the Sabres have a healthy 34-21-7 record.
- Look for the lineup to say pretty much the same from the last game on Saturday as the Jets have a quick turnaround in their eighth back-to-back- set of the season. Dmitry Kulikov is still likely out with an upper body injury.
- The Jets are a fairly impressive 5-2-0 in the second game of their back-to-back sets this season. They aren’t as impressive in afternoon games however sporting a 3-3-0 record.
- While they’ve lost three in a row, the Jets haven’t lost three regulation games in a row since March of 2017. They look to avoid that today.
Sabres Player To Watch
#53 Jeff Skinner – Center
When the Carolina Hurricanes traded Skinner to Buffalo this past August, it left many hockey fans wondering just what exactly the Canes were doing giving up a player who had topped 25+ goals in four of the seven full seasons he’s played in Carolina. Even last season which many felt was an off year for him still saw him finish with 24 goals and 49 points. Sure enough, Skinner has been fantastic with the Sabres as his 33 goals has him four away from matching his career best – 37 goals scored just two seasons ago with the Canes.
It could go down as one of the all-time best “what were they thinking” deals in NHL history, especially if he keeps scoring goals like this against his old team.
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Last Sabres Game
They were down going into the third period, but three third period goals – two of them on the power play – helped the Sabres pull off a much needed win to keep them in the Atlantic playoff race with a 3-1 win over Detroit.
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Sabres Notebook
- Reinhart: Goalie comment ‘lost in translation’ (TSN) – First Sam Reinhart called out the goalies after a loss to the Hurricanes and then later backtracked by essentially going “And when I say ‘need more from our goalies’ I really meant ‘the rest of us’ and I can’t believe you guys all didn’t understand that.”
- Kyle Okposo Should Play Less (Or Not At All) (Die By The Blade) – One of the more frustrating and inconsistent players the Sabres have is forward Kyle Okposo and even some of his fans are thinking that his placement in the top six forward group isn’t working out.
- The Sabres really paid attention to detail in win over Detroit (WGR 550) – More on tha Sabres win from yesterday over the Red WIngs
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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: 77.7#18 LW |  MARK SCHEIFELE Rating: 84.2#5 C |  BLAKE WHEELER Rating: 80.4#10 RW | FL1 Rating Rating: 80.79#4 FL1 |
 PATRIK LAINE Rating: 78.4#16 LW |  BRYAN LITTLE Rating: 75.1#52 C |  JACK ROSLOVIC Rating: 72.0#77 RW | FL2 Rating Rating: 75.16#14 FL2 |
 MATHIEU PERREAULT Rating: 72.8#95 LW |  ADAM LOWRY Rating: 72.4#105 C |  BRANDON TANEV Rating: 71.1#87 RW | FL3 Rating Rating: 72.08#17 FL3 |
 BRENDAN LEMIEUX Rating: 72.6#68 LW |  ANDREW COPP Rating: 72.6#98 C |  MASON APPLETON Rating: 72.8#66 RW | FL4 Rating Rating: 72.68#1 FL4 |
| DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS | Defense | |
|---|---|---|
 JOSH MORRISSEY Rating: 75.4#22 LD |  JACOB TROUBA Rating: 77.3#22 RD | DL1 Rating Rating: 76.36#14 DL1 |
 BEN CHIAROT Rating: 71.6#84 LD |  DUSTIN BYFUGLIEN Rating: 80.4#7 RD | DL2 Rating Rating: 76.00#3 DL2 |
 JOE MORROW Rating: 70.4#106 LD |  TYLER MYERS Rating: 75.0#28 RD | DL3 Rating Rating: 72.69#7 DL3 |
| GOALIES | |
|---|---|
 CONNOR HELLEBUYCK Rating: 74.5#20 G1 |  LAURENT BROSSOIT Rating: 68.9#57 G2 |
Buffalo Sabres Lines
| LW | C | RW | Forwards |
|---|---|---|---|
 JEFF SKINNER Rating: 81.1#9 LW |  JACK EICHEL Rating: 80.7#18 C |  JASON POMINVILLE Rating: 73.8#51 RW | FL1 Rating Rating: 78.49#17 FL1 |
 CONOR SHEARY Rating: 73.3#52 LW |  CASEY MITTELSTADT Rating: 71.6#129 C |  SAM REINHART Rating: 77.2#23 RW | FL2 Rating Rating: 74.04#22 FL2 |
 ZEMGUS GIRGENSONS Rating: 69.4#180 LW |  JOHAN LARSSON Rating: 68.7#128 C |  KYLE OKPOSO Rating: 70.7#94 RW | FL3 Rating Rating: 69.59#31 FL3 |
 VLADIMIR SOBOTKA Rating: 68.3#189 LW |  EVAN RODRIGUES Rating: 73.2#80 C |  TAGE THOMPSON Rating: 70.0#167 RW | FL4 Rating Rating: 70.50#18 FL4 |
| DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS | Defense | |
|---|---|---|
 RASMUS DAHLIN Rating: 73.9#39 LD |  ZACH BOGOSIAN Rating: 71.4#79 RD | DL1 Rating Rating: 72.63#26 DL1 |
 MARCO SCANDELLA Rating: 71.7#81 LD |  RASMUS RISTOLAINEN Rating: 75.9#27 RD | DL2 Rating Rating: 73.80#15 DL2 |
 JAKE MCCABE Rating: 71.8#75 LD |  LAWRENCE PILUT Rating: 72.4#53 RD | DL3 Rating Rating: 72.14#14 DL3 |
| GOALIES | |
|---|---|
 CARTER HUTTON Rating: 77.4#10 G1 |  LINUS ULLMARK Rating: 72.1#31 G2 |
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