JNGD.S8.G71 Flight Plan: Jets Look To Cool Down Red Hot Flames

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The Jets haven’t exactly had good fortune going up against division leaders lately. They’ve lost recent matches to leaders from the Metropolitan division as well as Atlantic division and tonight they take on the leaders of the Pacific who have already beaten the Jets twice this season. The good news is that the Jets are catching Calgary on the second game of a back-to-back swing and the Flames haven’t exactly handled those well this season.

Calgary Flames (44-20-1 / 1st Pacific)
@
Winnipeg Jets (41-25-4 / 1st Central)

March 16, 2019 – Puck drop: 6:00 PM CST
Bell MTS Place – Winnipeg, MB
TV: Sportsnet (West & Central) – Radio: TSN 1290


5-1 W vs NYR	Last Game	4-3 W vs BOS
3-2-0 (3 W)	Last 5 Games	2-3-0 (1 W)
Johnny Gaudreau – 34	Goal Leader	MARK SCHEIFELE – 33
Johnny Gaudreau – 57	Assist Leader	BLAKE WHEELER – 66
Johnny Gaudreau – 91	Points Leader	BLAKE WHEELER – 86
21.58% (10th)	The Power Play	25.57% (5TH)
80.00% (20th)	The Penalty Kill	79.07% (23rd)
Mike Smith (19-13-2 / .896 SV%)	Starting Goalie	CONNOR HELLEBUYCK (29-20-2 / .909 SV%)
L @ ARI (24-26/ .923 SV%)	Last Goalie Start	W vs BOS (36-39 / .923 SV%)
21-13-2 ON ROAD	Road v Home Record	23-9-4 AT HOME

The total has gone OVER in 4 of Winnipeg’s last 5 games at home – from OddsShark

Flames Player To Watch

#19- Matthew Tkachuk – Left Wing

Son-of-Keith has been a regular chip off the ‘ol block as he’s piled up the points in his third pro year setting career highs in goals (32) and points (79) with a few more weeks of the regular season left to play. He’s an annoyingly great (grate?) combination of skill, decent size and a shit-disturber’s mentality that has always wore down his opponents, but some of that is based more on his reputation from his first season where he picked up 100+ penalty minutes. Since then he’s toned down the agitation side of his play as his own skill is far to valuable to the Flames to take off the ice, a point that has been proven this past week as he had a four point night on Sunday against the Golden Knights and a five point night against the Rangers last night.

**Tkachuk’s Last Five Games**
Date	Tm		Opp		G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	S	S%	SHFT	TOI	HIT	BLK
2019-03-15	CGY		NYR	W	2	3	5	5	0	5	40.0	22	19:07	3	0
2019-03-12	CGY		NJD	W	1	0	1	-1	0	5	20.0	19	17:24	1	1
2019-03-10	CGY		VEG	W	3	1	4	3	0	3	100.0	22	15:22	2	0
2019-03-07	CGY	@	ARI	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	19	19:39	1	0
2019-03-06	CGY	@	VEG	L	0	1	1	0	4	5	0.0	22	16:29	2	0

Provided by Hockey-Reference.com: View Original Table

Flames Last Game

The Flames extended their win streak to three games as a couple of goals early in the second period broke open a rather close game and helped Calgary coast to a 5-1 win over the New York Rangers.

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Flames Notebook

The Flames are 25-13-3 against Western conference teams this season. This of course includes a 2-0-0 mark against the Jets as they’ve beaten Winnipeg both on Nov 21 by a 6-3 score, and then a month later beat the Jets 4-1 in Winnipeg.
The Calgary Flames can clinch a playoff spot tonight with a win over the Jets, or they can still clinch if the Minnesota Wild lose to the Rangers at home.
This game is the ninth of ten times the Flames will play back-to-back games this season. They are 4-4-0 in the second game of back-to-backs this season.
From our friends over at FlamesNation: Quips and Quotes: Flames beat Rangers 5-1

Jets Player to Watch

#29 – Patrik Laine – Right Wing

Suddenly Patty’s a passer! He hasn’t exactly been setting the hockey world on fire with his goal scoring – though twice in the Jets last game against the Bruins he found iron behind Tuukka Rask – but he has been showing off his passing prowess with assists in six of his last eight games played including a pair of really nice passes during that Bruins game.

**Laine’s Last Five Games**
Date	Tm		Opp		A	PTS	+/-	PIM	S	SHFT	TOI	HIT	BLK
2019-03-14	WPG		BOS	W	2	2	-1	0	1	23	17:29	1	1
2019-03-12	WPG		SJS	L	1	1	0	0	1	25	20:39	0	1
2019-03-10	WPG	@	WSH	L	0	0	-1	2	3	23	21:51	0	1
2019-03-08	WPG	@	CAR	W	1	1	1	2	2	20	17:13	1	0
2019-03-05	WPG	@	TBL	L	1	1	-1	0	3	24	18:49	1	0

Provided by Hockey-Reference.com: View Original Table

Last Jets Game

The score would likely suggest the game was closer than it really was as the Jets put together a solid sixty minute effort and rebounded from a crushing loss to San Jose by putting away a pesky Bruins side by a 4-3 score.

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Jets Notebook

The Jets “magic number” to clinch a playoff spot is 11 points, meaning a combination of points earned by the Jets or points lost by the first team not in a playoff position would go towards helping earn a second straight playoff berth.
The Jets are 12-5-2 against Pacific Division opponents this season and have won seven of the past 11 games against the Pacific Division.
The home team has won nine of the last 12 games between the Jets and Flames.
Blake Wheeler has scored 20 goals or more in six consecutive seasons, but it’s his passing that continues to impress as he has 66 which is second in the NHL. He needs two assists to match the 68 assists he had last season, which was one shy of Marc Savard’s franchise record of 69 assists in a season.

Player ratings courtesy Corsica.Hockey

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Calgary Flames Lines

LW	C	RW	Forwards
JOHNNY GAUDREAU Rating: 82.2#6 LW	SEAN MONAHAN Rating: 79.6#18 C	ELIAS LINDHOLM Rating: 78.1#29 RW	FL1 Rating Rating: 79.97#5 FL1
MATTHEW TKACHUK Rating: 79.7#11 LW	MIKAEL BACKLUND Rating: 76.2#37 C	MICHAEL FROLIK Rating: 74.7#42 RW	FL2 Rating Rating: 76.91#9 FL2
SAM BENNETT Rating: 71.7#116 LW	MARK JANKOWSKI Rating: 71.4#130 C	AUSTIN CZARNIK Rating: 72.2#105 RW	FL3 Rating Rating: 71.76#22 FL3
ANDREW MANGIAPANE Rating: 72.3#81 LW	DEREK RYAN Rating: 74.2#61 C	GARNET HATHAWAY Rating: 70.2#109 RW	FL4 Rating Rating: 72.24#5 FL4

DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS		Defense
MARK GIORDANO Rating: 80.3#5 LD	T.J. BRODIE Rating: 76.8#23 RD	DL1 Rating Rating: 78.59#5 DL1
NOAH HANIFIN Rating: 75.5#23 LD	TRAVIS HAMONIC Rating: 73.8#38 RD	DL2 Rating Rating: 74.63#12 DL2
OSCAR FANTENBERG Rating: 71.6#87 LD	RASMUS ANDERSSON Rating: 73.1#53 RD	DL3 Rating Rating: 72.33#10 DL3

GOALIES
MIKE SMITH Rating: 73.1#28 G1	DAVID RITTICH Rating: 68.5#55 G2

Winnipeg Jets Lines

LW	C	RW	Forwards
PATRIK LAINE Rating: 78.3#18 LW	MARK SCHEIFELE Rating: 82.4#10 C	BLAKE WHEELER Rating: 81.4#6 RW	FL1 Rating Rating: 80.74#4 FL1
KYLE CONNOR Rating: 76.5#27 LW	KEVIN HAYES Rating: 75.6#48 C	NIKOLAJ EHLERS Rating: 77.6#22 RW	FL2 Rating Rating: 76.55#10 FL2
BRANDON TANEV Rating: 70.7#113 LW	ADAM LOWRY Rating: 72.6#92 C	BRYAN LITTLE Rating: 73.8#54 RW	FL3 Rating Rating: 72.38#16 FL3
MATHIEU PERREAULT Rating: 74.1#46 LW	ANDREW COPP Rating: 73.7#71 C	JACK ROSLOVIC Rating: 71.8#81 RW	FL4 Rating Rating: 73.18#1 FL4

DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS		Defense
NATHAN BEAULIEU Rating: 71.4#92 LD	JACOB TROUBA Rating: 76.3#24 RD	DL1 Rating Rating: 73.86#25 DL1
DMITRY KULIKOV Rating: 70.4#113 LD	TYLER MYERS Rating: 74.0#34 RD	DL2 Rating Rating: 72.24#27 DL2
BEN CHIAROT Rating: 72.0#79 LD	SAMI NIKU Rating: 71.9#75 RD	DL3 Rating Rating: 71.92#14 DL3