JNGD.S8.G66 Flight Plan: Jets Road Trip Encounters Lightning
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Stanley Cup preview anybody?
After a pretty bad February (we’ll stop short of calling it a disaster, though it kind of felt like it) the Jets have had a decent start to March with wins over Nashville at home and Columbus on the road. Tonight they’ll get a true indication of where they are at as a team with about a month left in the season as they pay a visit to the league leading Tampa Bay Lightning.
Winnipeg Jets (39-22-4 / 1st Central)
@
Tampa Bay Lightning (50-12-4 / 1st Atlantic)
March 5, 2019 – Puck drop: 6:30 PM CST
Amalie Arena – Tampa Bay, FL
TV: TSN3 – Radio: TSN 1290
 |  |  |
| 5-2 W @ CBJ | Last Game | 5-1 W vs OTT |
| 3-2-0 (2 W) | Last 5 Games | 4-1-0 (1 W) |
| MARK SCHEIFELE – 32 | Goal Leader | Brayden Point – 36 |
| BLAKE WHEELER – 63 | Assist Leader | Nikita Kucherov – 75 |
| BLAKE WHEELER – 80 | Points Leader | Nikita Kucherov – 106 |
| 24.88% (7TH) | The Power Play | 28.90% (1st) |
| 78.82% (22nd) | The Penalty Kill | 86.05% (1st) |
| Connor Hellebuyck (28-18-2 / .911 SV%) | Starting Goalie | Andrei Vasilevskiy (30-7-4 / .931 SV%) |
| W @ CBJ (40-42 / .952 SV%) | Last Goalie Start | W vs OTT (36-37 / .973 SV%) |
| 17-14-0 ON ROAD | Road v Home Record | 27-5-2 AT HOME |
Jets Player To Watch
#26 Blake Wheeler – Right Wing
What can the captain do for an encore tonight? Blake Wheeler’s hat trick helped lock up a win in Columbus on Sunday night and a fourth goal into an empty net was just icing on the cake (not to mention 100K for a Safeway Shop & Win contestant) as he earned his first four goal game of his career. He was named the NHL’s second star on Monday with five goals and eight points over the last three games played this past week.
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Last Jets Game
Blake Wheeler supplied the offensive fire power and Connor Hellebuyck made 40 saves – many of them key while the teams were tied up at 2-2 midway through the game – to help earn the Jets a second win in a row with a 5-2 win in Columbus.
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Lightning Player To Watch
#9 Tyler Johnson – Forward
The Lightning are full of star players such as Stamkos, Kucherov, Point, Hedman and Vasilevskiy so it’s little wonder that Tyler Johnson gets overlooked a lot of times as a key part of this Lighting club.
| Season | Tm | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | S | S% | TSA | ATOI | FOW | FOL | FO% | BLK | HIT | TK | GV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-13 | TBL | 14 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 27.3 | 28 | 13:04 | 72 | 49 | 59.5 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 4 |
| 2013-14 | TBL | 82 | 24 | 26 | 50 | 23 | 26 | 181 | 13.3 | 313 | 18:47 | 614 | 661 | 48.2 | 37 | 55 | 23 | 41 |
| 2014-15 | TBL | 77 | 29 | 43 | 72 | 33 | 24 | 203 | 14.3 | 333 | 17:14 | 508 | 569 | 47.2 | 35 | 63 | 24 | 30 |
| 2015-16 | TBL | 69 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 4 | 20 | 167 | 8.4 | 292 | 17:08 | 479 | 507 | 48.6 | 25 | 46 | 19 | 31 |
| 2016-17 | TBL | 66 | 19 | 26 | 45 | -5 | 28 | 130 | 14.6 | 250 | 18:49 | 583 | 539 | 52.0 | 30 | 46 | 26 | 32 |
| 2017-18 | TBL | 81 | 21 | 29 | 50 | 3 | 24 | 186 | 11.3 | 311 | 17:00 | 360 | 359 | 50.1 | 47 | 48 | 39 | 23 |
| 2018-19 | TBL | 64 | 22 | 17 | 39 | 9 | 22 | 132 | 16.7 | 218 | 16:15 | 193 | 208 | 48.1 | 24 | 40 | 12 | 23 |
| Career | 7 yrs | 453 | 132 | 168 | 300 | 70 | 148 | 1010 | 13.1 | 1745 | 17:25 | 2809 | 2892 | 49.3 | 202 | 316 | 145 | 184 |
Provided by Hockey-Reference.com: View Original Table
Last Lightning Game
The Lightning flexed their offensive muscle scored a bunch in the second to pull away from a rather scrappy Ottawa Senators club on Saturday night with the help of goals from four different defensemen.
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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.
Winnipeg Jets Lines
| LW | C | RW | Forwards |
|---|---|---|---|
 PATRIK LAINE Rating: 79.4#15 LW |  MARK SCHEIFELE Rating: 83.5#6 C |  BLAKE WHEELER Rating: 80.8#7 RW | FL1 Rating Rating: 81.24#2 FL1 |
 KYLE CONNOR Rating: 77.1#25 LW |  KEVIN HAYES Rating: 76.3#46 C |  NIKOLAJ EHLERS Rating: 77.4#23 RW | FL2 Rating Rating: 76.90#9 FL2 |
 BRANDON TANEV Rating: 71.4#103 LW |  ANDREW COPP Rating: 72.2#96 C |  BRYAN LITTLE Rating: 74.0#50 RW | FL3 Rating Rating: 72.52#13 FL3 |
 MATHIEU PERREAULT Rating: 71.9#90 LW |  PAR LINDHOLM Rating: 68.6#176 C |  JACK ROSLOVIC Rating: 69.6#112 RW | FL4 Rating Rating: 70.02#22 FL4 |
| DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS | Defense | |
|---|---|---|
 NATHAN BEAULIEU Rating: 71.1#95 LD |  JACOB TROUBA Rating: 76.8#23 RD | DL1 Rating Rating: 73.92#18 DL1 |
 DMITRY KULIKOV Rating: 69.2#122 LD |  TYLER MYERS Rating: 73.6#39 RD | DL2 Rating Rating: 71.41#26 DL2 |
 BEN CHIAROT Rating: 71.3#90 LD |  SAMI NIKU Rating: 72.4#63 RD | DL3 Rating Rating: 71.86#16 DL3 |
| GOALIES | |
|---|---|
 CONNOR HELLEBUYCK Rating: 73.8#21 G1 |  LAURENT BROSSOIT Rating: 68.1#57 G2 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Lines
| LW | C | RW | Forwards |
|---|---|---|---|
 ONDREJ PALAT Rating: 74.5#43 LW |  STEVEN STAMKOS Rating: 83.3#8 C |  YANNI GOURDE Rating: 75.1#39 RW | FL1 Rating Rating: 77.63#18 FL1 |
 TYLER JOHNSON Rating: 73.8#49 LW |  BRAYDEN POINT Rating: 83.3#7 C |  NIKITA KUCHEROV Rating: 90.3#1 RW | FL2 Rating Rating: 82.48#1 FL2 |
 ALEX KILLORN Rating: 73.3#71 LW |  ANTHONY CIRELLI Rating: 74.5#58 C |  J.T. MILLER Rating: 74.0#62 RW | FL3 Rating Rating: 73.94#5 FL3 |
 ADAM ERNE Rating: 69.8#129 LW |  CEDRIC PAQUETTE Rating: 68.9#173 C |  MATHIEU JOSEPH Rating: 71.1#88 RW | FL4 Rating Rating: 69.93#25 FL4 |
| DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS | Defense | |
|---|---|---|
 VICTOR HEDMAN Rating: 80.1#5 LD |  DAN GIRARDI Rating: 72.3#66 RD | DL1 Rating Rating: 76.18#11 DL1 |
 RYAN MCDONAGH Rating: 76.8#16 LD |  ERIK CERNAK Rating: 72.9#52 RD | DL2 Rating Rating: 74.88#8 DL2 |
 BRAYDON COBURN Rating: 71.9#75 LD |  MIKHAIL SERGACHEV Rating: 74.4#31 RD | DL3 Rating Rating: 73.18#5 DL3 |
| GOALIES | |
|---|---|
 ANDREI VASILEVSKIY Rating: 80.6#2 G1 |  LOUIS DOMINGUE Rating: 66.6#63 G2 |
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