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Game Day: Winnipeg Jets vs. Philadelphia Flyers
Photo credit: © Terrence Lee-Imagn Images
By Evan Waldner
Apr 11, 2026, 12:48 EDT
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It’s the final Saturday night of the regular season as the Winnipeg Jets return home to take on the Philadelphia Flyers for their second-final game at Canada Life Centre this season.
Every game is a must-win for Winnipeg, and that was the case Thursday when they extended their winning streak to three with a 3-2 regulation win in St. Louis to keep their playoff hopes alive. Alex Iafallo (13), Josh Morrissey (14) and Jonathan Toews (11) scored the goals for the Jets while Connor Hellebuyck made 20 saves as his club improved to 35-31-12.
Saturday night feels like an appropriate time for Mark Scheifele to hit his first 100-point season, as he sits at 99 points, just one away. Nino Niederreiter also remains one point shy of 500 in his career.
Philadelphia continues to fight for third place in the Metropolitan Division. They’re 6-4-0 in their last 10 contests and have won three of their last four games (3-1-0).
As of this morning, Winnipeg remains three points out of the final playoff spot in the West. Not only do the Jets need two points tonight, but they also need plenty to go their way on the out-of-town scoreboard. L.A. plays Edmonton, and the hope is Edmonton can pull out a regulation win, as L.A. is three points ahead and holds WC2. Nashville, who sits two points ahead, plays Minnesota, while San Jose takes on Vancouver.
Winnipeg is expected to have no lineup changes after skating with the same lines and pairings at this morning’s skate as they did last game. However, Mitchell Clinton confirmed that defenceman Elias Salomonsson hasn’t skated yet and forward Morgan Barron will miss the remainder of the regular season.
These two teams haven’t met since October when Winnipeg earned a 5-2 victory. Tonight is the final game of the two-game regular-season series.
Projected lineup:
Connor – Scheifele – Iafallo
Perfetti – Lowry – Vilardi
Koepke – Toews – Rosen
Niederreiter – Namestnikov – Lambert
Morrissey – DeMelo
Samberg – Pionk
Fleury – Bryson
Hellebuyck
Up next:
Puck drop is set for 6:00 p.m. CT on SN1.
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