The Winnipeg Jets continue their five-game road trip tonight as they head to Raleigh, North Carolina, to take on the Carolina Hurricanes at Lenovo Center, looking to snap their three-game losing skid.

Winnipeg opened the trip with a 4-3 regulation loss in Washington against the Capitals Wednesday night. Gabriel Vilardi scored twice, including the 100th goal of his NHL career, while Mark Scheifele added his 12th and Eric Comrie turned aside 30 shots. Still, it wasn’t enough, even with the first line producing six points.

The Canes faced the New York Rangers on Wednesday, marking the start of a seven-game homestand. Carolina outshot New York 38-18, but a strong performance from Igor Shesterkin led the Rangers to a 4-2 win. Frederik Andersen made 14 saves, while former Jet Nikolaj Ehlers picked up an assist on Shayne Gostisbehere’s goal.

This afternoon’s game wraps up the season series between the two clubs. They last met in Winnipeg a week ago, when Carolina edged the Jets 4-3 in regulation.

Winnipeg has found itself in plenty of tight games through the quarter mark of the season. They’ve lost five one-goal games in regulation, and a big reason is the lack of depth scoring. The top line and the first pairing led by Josh Morrissey continue to carry the offence, but the bottom nine needs to get going, as the Jets are missing out on crucial points without secondary contributions. There’s still lots of season left, but they can’t wait to get all the lines rolling.

Goaltender Thomas Milic will make his NHL debut between the pipes this afternoon after Comrie started the last four games.

Connor – Scheifele – Vilardi

Pearson – Namestnikov – Perfetti

Niederreiter – Lowry – Iafallo

Barron – Toews – Nyquist

Morrissey – DeMelo

Samberg – Salomonsson

Stanley – Miller

Milic

Comrie

Puck drop is at 4:00 p.m. CST and you can watch on TSN3.