JNGD.S8.G74 Flight Plan: Jets Wrap Up West Coast Swing With Visit to Vegas

By KB

5 years ago

The playoffs are drawing near as the Jets are wrapping up their second last road trip of the regular season with a visit to Vegas. This will be the third and final time the Jets and Golden Knights meet this year unless a conference final rematch is on the table. In the season series, Winnipeg has a 2-0 edge as they beat Vegas 4-1 in January and 6-3 in February.

Winnipeg Jets (44-25-4)
@
Vegas Golden Knights (41-27-5)

March 21, 2019 – Puck drop: 9:00 PM CST
T-Mobile Arena – Las Vegas, NV
TV: TSN 3 – Radio: TSN 1290


VS LAK 3-2 W	Last Game	VS SJS 7-3 WIN
3-2 (3 W)	Last 5 Games	4-1-0 (3 W)
MARK SCHEIFELE – 34	Goal Leader	JONATHAN MARCHESSAULT – 24
BLAKE WHEELER – 68	Assist Leader	REILLY SMITH – 33
BLAKE WHEELER – 88	Points Leader	JONATHAN MARCHESSAULT – 53
25.90% (4TH)	The Power Play	17.80% (19TH)
79.10% (23RD)	The Penalty Kill	81.80% (7TH)
LAURENT BROSSOIT (13-5-2/ .927 SV%)	Starting Goalie	MALCOLM SUBBAN (6-7-0/ .901 SV%)
W vs LAK (15-17 / .882 SV%)	Last Goalie Start	VS SJS (36/39) / (.923 SV%)
19-16-0 ON ROAD	Road v Home Record	22-10-4 AT HOME

Winnipeg is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games – from our friends at OddsShark

Golden Knights Player To Watch

#81 Jonathan Marchessault – C

Marchessault is the offensive leader for the Golden Knights as he’s first on the team in goals (24) and points (53). Marchessault has been absolutely dominant as of late with four goals in his last two games. He added two assists on Monday against San Jose to cap off a four point night. In the two games against Winnipeg, Marchessault only has one goal and will be looking to change that tonight. Always a dangerous player, Marchessault is the one that Winnipeg will have to keep their eye on.

Last Golden Knights Game

It was a frantic start to this game as the Sharks opened the scoring in the first minute of the game. The Golden Knights responded and a wild first period ended with a 3-2 lead for Vegas. The Golden Knights ran away with the game later in the third period and ended up winning 7-3.

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Golden Knights Notes

The Golden Knights appear to be locked into third place in the Pacific Division and will have to start the playoffs on the road in either Calgary or San Jose.
With Mark Stone now an important part of the lineup, the Golden Knights have rattled off nine wins in ten games since acquiring him at the trade deadline. This was a dangerous team already and they got much better by bringing in Stone.
From knightsonice.com: ‘T-Mobile Arena Voted Best Atmosphere‘

Jets Player To Watch

#29 Patrik Laine – LW

It was the last time the Jets and Golden Knights squared off that Patrik Laine ended the longest goal drought of his career. He ended up with two powerplay goals in that game, so let’s relive the moment, shall we?

With this in recent memory, Laine might need another game against Vegas to get his scoring touch back on track.

Last Jets Game

Connor Hellebuyck made 29 saves and a couple of quick goals to start the third period helped pace the Jets to a 3-0 win over the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday night.

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Jets Notes

As mentioned above, it’s the second last road trip of the season for the Jets. They return to Winnipeg for four straight games before heading on the road one final time.
It appears that Winnipeg is making noise around the NHL for more than just the Jets. A local company is taking the NHL by storm with their new protective equipment.
The defense seems to be constantly shuffling with injuries. Joe Morrow is back in the lineup while Beaulieu is sidelined with an undisclosed injury. Even though the team is holding up decently, Byfuglien and Morrissey can’t come back soon enough.

Player ratings courtesy Corsica.Hockey

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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.

Take these lines with many grains of salt because nobody has any real clue as to what the lines are going to look like in this one.

Vegas Golden Knights Lines

LW	C	RW	Forwards
JONATHAN MARCHESSAULT Rating: 78.7#14 LW	WILLIAM KARLSSON Rating: 78.7#26 C	REILLY SMITH Rating: 76.9#29 RW	FL1 Rating Rating: 78.10#15 FL1
MAX PACIORETTY Rating: 78.7#13 LW	PAUL STASTNY Rating: 77.6#34 C	MARK STONE Rating: 80.7#9 RW	FL2 Rating Rating: 79.02#2 FL2
TOMAS NOSEK Rating: 72.6#88 LW	CODY EAKIN Rating: 72.7#87 C	ALEX TUCH Rating: 77.4#22 RW	FL3 Rating Rating: 74.23#5 FL3
RYAN CARPENTER Rating: 72.2#81 LW	PIERRE-ÉDOUARD BELLEMARE Rating: 70.8#139 C	RYAN REAVES Rating: 71.3#94 RW	FL4 Rating Rating: 71.46#9 FL4

DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS		Defense
NATE SCHMIDT Rating: 77.7#11 LD	DERYK ENGELLAND Rating: 72.5#60 RD	DL1 Rating Rating: 75.09#16 DL1
BRAYDEN MCNABB Rating: 73.4#51 LD	SHEA THEODORE Rating: 78.0#9 RD	DL2 Rating Rating: 75.75#5 DL2
JON MERRILL Rating: 73.2#52 LD	COLIN MILLER Rating: 77.5#18 RD	DL3 Rating Rating: 75.37#1 DL3

GOALIES
MALCOLM SUBBAN Rating: 69.0#51 G1	MAXIME LAGACE Rating: 60.0#70 G2

Winnipeg Jets Lines

LW	C	RW	Forwards
PATRIK LAINE Rating: 78.1#18 LW	MARK SCHEIFELE Rating: 83.0#8 C	BLAKE WHEELER Rating: 80.9#7 RW	FL1 Rating Rating: 80.65#5 FL1
KYLE CONNOR Rating: 76.1#27 LW	KEVIN HAYES Rating: 75.3#51 C	NIKOLAJ EHLERS Rating: 77.3#24 RW	FL2 Rating Rating: 76.26#12 FL2
BRANDON TANEV Rating: 70.8#109 LW	ADAM LOWRY Rating: 72.2#102 C	BRYAN LITTLE Rating: 73.6#54 RW	FL3 Rating Rating: 72.23#16 FL3
MATHIEU PERREAULT Rating: 74.5#38 LW	ANDREW COPP Rating: 73.4#76 C	JACK ROSLOVIC Rating: 71.7#84 RW	FL4 Rating Rating: 73.20#1 FL4

DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS		Defense
JOE MORROW Rating: 70.8#105 LD	JACOB TROUBA Rating: 76.2#24 RD	DL1 Rating Rating: 73.53#24 DL1
DMITRY KULIKOV Rating: 70.3#115 LD	TYLER MYERS Rating: 74.2#35 RD	DL2 Rating Rating: 72.22#27 DL2
BEN CHIAROT Rating: 72.1#76 LD	SAMI NIKU Rating: 71.8#78 RD	DL3 Rating Rating: 71.96#14 DL3