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JGD 38: Jets Square Off Against Streaking Blue Jackets

By Sammi Silber

Dec 29, 2016, 17:30 ESTUpdated:

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After an impressive win Tuesday against Chicago, the Winnipeg Jets are looking for their third straight win. Unfortunately, to keep their streak going, they’ll have to defeat the Columbus Blue Jackets, who are going for their 14th straight win.

Of course, just when things are looking up… they have one of their toughest matchups to date… Anyway, let’s stop thinking about that and get into projected lineups, eh?

Lineup:

Winnipeg (17-17-3)

Lines courtesy of dailyfaceoff.com

LW	C	RW
Nikolaj Ehlers	Mark Scheifele	Patrik Laine
Mathieu Perreault	Bryan Little	Blake Wheeler
Marko Dano	Nicolas Petan	Drew Stafford
Shawn Matthias	Adam Lowry	Joel Armia

Defensive Pairings
Josh Morrissey	Dustin Byfuglien
Tobias Enstrom	Jacob Trouba
Ben Chiarot	Paul Postma

Goalies
Connor Hellebuyck	Michael Hutchinson

Columbus (24-5-4)

LW	C	RW
Brandon Saad	Alexander Wennberg	Nick Foligno
Boone Jenner	Brandon Dubinsky	Cam Atkinson
Matt Calvert	William Karlsson	Josh Anderson
Scott Hartnell	Lukas Sedlak	Sam Gagner

Defensive Pairings
Zach Werenski	Seth Jones
Jack Johnson	David Savard
Ryan Murray	Markus Nutivaara

Goalies
Sergei Bobrovsky	Curtis McElhinney

Game Prediction: Columbus and Winnipeg split the 2015-16 season series, but Columbus has turned things around to the point where they hold one of the top records in the NHL right now. Given the Jets just hit the .500 mark, I’d say Columbus takes this one for their 14th straight victory. They win 6-2.

Obvious Prediction: Cam Atkinson has points in four of his last five games, and Alexander Wennberg is riding a three-game point streak. Expect one of them to leave with another goal or helper under their belt.

Not So Obvious Prediction: Winnipeg and Columbus will remain tied through the first period. Then, halfway through the second, Columbus gets things going and takes over offensively. Though Winnipeg strikes once in the second, they only manage one more goal in their not-so-great third period (not out of the ordinary).