JNGD6 Flight Plan: Jets Look To Wear Out The Blue Jackets
The Columbus Blue Jackets are actually good.
It’s hard to think of the Jackets as one of the elite eastern conference teams after years of them being a middle-of-the-road club, but it’s a phrase we’re likely going to have to get used to. Two seasons ago the club was following up a fairly strong playoff season with a sup-.500 2015-16 campaign that ended up getting Todd Richards fired and saw John Tortorella being brought in to right the ship.
And say what you want about Torts, he certainly has helped make Columbus a winner. 50 wins last season and off to a strong start again this season.
The Jets are going to have their hands full tonight as they try to go for a fourth win in a row, but this game should prove as a good indication on whether or not the Jets themselves are actually good.
Jets Regular Season Game #6
Columbus Blue Jackets (4-1-0)
@
Winnipeg Jets (3-2-0)
October 17, 2017 – Puck drop: 7:05 PM CST – Bell MTS Place
TV: TSN3
Radio: TSN 1260
TV: TSN3
Radio: TSN 1260
Recently for the Jets…
In case you haven’t noticed, the Jets have managed to put together a tidy little three game win streak which they accomplished this past Saturday night against the Carolina Hurricanes in a 2-1 win. The last time the Jets had a three game win streak within the first five games played of the season was back in the 2012-13 season, although thanks to the lockout it didn’t actually happen until Janurary 27.
Recently for the Blue Jackets…
CBJ has picked up where they left off last season’s 50 win campaign. They have won their last three games in a row and four of the first five they’ve played this season. They rallied from a two goal deficit in the 3rd period on Saturday against the Minnesota Wild to tie things up and then win the game 47 seconds into overtime thanks to an Alex Wennberg goal.
Recently between the two teams…
The Jets and Jackets split the two game season series last year, Columbus picked up a 5-3 win in Winnipeg on December 2016. The Jets picked up their win over Columbus with a 5-4 decision back in April near the end of their season losing seven game win streak.
Winnipeg Jets Lines
Left Wing | Center | Right Wing |
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Nikolaj Ehlers | Mark Scheifele | Blake Wheeler |
Kyle Connor | Bryan Little | Patrik Laine |
Shawn Matthias | Andrew Copp | Brandon Tanev |
Marko Dano | Nicolas Petan | Joel Armia |
Defensive Pairings | |
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Josh Morrissey | Jacob Trouba |
Tobias Enstrom | Dustin Byfuglien |
Dmitry Kulikov | Tyler Myers |
Goalies | |
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Steve Mason | Connor Hellebuyck |
Columbus Blue Jackets Lines
Defensive Pairings | |
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Zach Werenski | Seth Jones |
Jack Johnson | David Savard |
Ryan Murray | Scott Harrington |
Goalies | |
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Sergei Bobrovsky | Joonas Korpisalo |
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