JNGD.S8.G59 Flight Plan: Which Jersey Is Stone Wearing Tonight?

By KB

5 years ago

With Pierre Dorion in Winnipeg for the past few days, a trade seems inevitable between these clubs. With the Sens coming to town tonight, there is really no better time to make a deal. Give us Stone and we’ll slap a jersey on him. Heck, make the deal during the game, and let the players switch teams at the intermission. The possibilities are endless with the Sens visiting Bell MTS Place as both teams are fully encapsulated in the rumour mill.

Ottawa Senators (21-31-5)
@
Winnipeg Jets (36-19-3)

February 16, 2019 – Puck drop: 6:00 PM CST
Bell MTS Place – Winnipeg, MB
TV: SN 360 – Radio: TSN 1290


VS DET 3-2 LOSS	Last Game	VS COL: 4-1 LOSS
1-4-0 (2 L)	Last 5 Games	2-3-0 (1 L)
STONE/DUCHENE – 26	Goal Leader	MARK SCHEIFELE – 30
THOMAS CHABOT – 33	Assist Leader	BLAKE WHEELER – 56
MARK STONE – 57	Points Leader	SCHEIFELE/WHEELER – 68
20.80% (15TH)	The Power Play	25.00% (4TH)
77.10% (2TH)	The Penalty Kill	80.10% (18TH)
ANDERS NILSSON (9-14-1 / .914 SV%)	Starting Goalie	LAURENT BROSSOIT (10-3-1 / .934 SV%)
L VS DET (29/32 / .897 SV%)	Last Goalie Start	L VS OTT (27/32) / (.844 SV%)
7-19-1 ON ROAD	Road v Home Record	21-7-3 AT HOME

Senators Player To Watch

#61 Mark Stone – Right Wing

It’s obvious. There’s only one player to watch for Ottawa and that’s Mark Stone. For one, he might be one to watch for the Jets, depending how quickly they can get a trade finalized and his name on a jersey. If a trade isn’t in the mix, Stone is still a phenomenal player to watch. He showcased this last weekend against the Jets as he nearly scored his first career hat-trick. He’s fantastic in his own end, but he can also score plenty of goals. Stone is an elite two way player in the NHL and is definitely the player to have an eye on in this game.

Last Senators Game

It was a back and forth game in Detroit as the Red Wings and Senators traded goals during the first half of the game. When it was 2-2, the Sens coughed up a terrible puck in their own end and Detroit was able to capitalize late in the second period. This turned out to be the game winning goal as they were unable to tie the game in the third.

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Senators Notes

From TSN ‘Sens, Jets possible trade partners?‘
From Silversevensens.com “What’s sad is that even though a fire sale and losing all the pending UFAs is a bad situation, as Sens fans we’re conditioned to think, “But what if something even worse happened?“
As mentioned above, Pierre Dorion has spent the last week in Winnipeg to check out the Jets and Moose. This visit also involved a little chat with Jets GM Kevin Cheveldayoff. I wonder what they’re talking about…

Jets Player To Watch

#61 Mark Stone – RW #48 Brendan Lemieux – LW

With the trade rumours swirling about, Brendan Lemieux has found his name at the forefront of many conversations. Most fans think he’s expendable but Lemieux himself likely wants to stay in Winnipeg. He’s in a position to really try and prove his worth or he might be used as a trade chip in the coming days. He’s currently on a winning team, and anywhere else he goes will likely be missing the playoffs, so I imagine he’s trying to stay far away from all of the rumours.

Add this to the fact that Lemieux has 9 goals on the year, including a goal last weekend against the Sens. Lemieux is always in the middle of a scrum, so he’ll be hard to miss in this one.

Last Jets Game

It definitely wasn’t the prettiest game from the Jets. Despite getting some glorious chances in the early going, they fell behind 2-0 in the first period. The managed to get one back in the first but weren’t able to solve Varlamov for the rest of the game. The Jets actually played well for the remainder of the game but they couldn’t sneak anything past Varly, who played his best game in a while. The end result was a 4-1 defeat that should have been much closer.

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Jets Notes

It was announced after last game that Morrow sustained a lower body injury and will miss the next few weeks. Niku has been called up, but Kulikov will go back in the lineup as he’s returning from an injury of his own. Saturday morning we found out Dustin Byfuglien would be sitting out tonight’s game as well and that Sami Niku will finally see some NHL action.
Patrik Laine looked solid against the Avalanche last game. Ray Ferraro was doing the colour commentary and he figured Laine is poised to break out of his slump. We will have to wait and see if he does it tonight.
The Jets get a lengthy break after this game. They don’t play until next Wednesday when they kick off a three game road trip that takes them to Colorado, Vegas, and Arizona.

Player ratings courtesy Corsica.Hockey

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Ottawa Senators Lines

LW	C	RW
RYAN DZINGEL Rating: 74.0#43 LW	MATT DUCHENE Rating: 78.8#29 C	BOBBY RYAN Rating: 71.8#82 RW
BRADY TKACHUK Rating: 73.6#51 LW	COLIN WHITE Rating: 70.6#155 C	MARK STONE Rating: 80.3#9 RW
ZACK SMITH Rating: 69.6#174 LW	JEAN-GABRIEL PAGEAU Rating: 71.9#122 C	MAGNUS PAAJARVI Rating: 71.1#103 RW
DARREN ARCHIBALD Rating: 69.7#126 LW	CHRIS TIERNEY Rating: 72.5#104 C	RUDOLFS BALCERS Rating: 73.3#57 RW

DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS
THOMAS CHABOT Rating: 71.8#81 LD	DYLAN DEMELO Rating: 72.1#58 RD
MAXIME LAJOIE Rating: 69.6#117 LD	CODY CECI Rating: 70.6#86 RD
BEN HARPUR Rating: 66.8#126 LD	CHRISTIAN JAROS Rating: 69.9#97 RD

GOALIES
ANDERS NILSSON Rating: 72.9#28 G1	FILIP GUSTAVSSON

INJURIES

Winnipeg Jets Lines

LW	C	RW
KYLE CONNOR Rating: 78.1#15 LW	MARK SCHEIFELE Rating: 84.7#5 C	BLAKE WHEELER Rating: 80.6#8 RW
PATRIK LAINE Rating: 78.7#14 LW	BRYAN LITTLE Rating: 75.3#50 C	JACK ROSLOVIC Rating: 71.9#80 RW
MATHIEU PERREAULT Rating: 72.1#109 LW	ADAM LOWRY Rating: 72.2#104 C	BRANDON TANEV Rating: 70.8#100 RW
BRENDAN LEMIEUX Rating: 73.6#49 LW	ANDREW COPP Rating: 72.6#94 C	MASON APPLETON Rating: 73.7#51 RW