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JGD 59: Stars at Jets
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Mack Irwin
Feb 14, 2017, 14:30 ESTUpdated: Invalid DateTime
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The Jets take on the Dallas Stars at the MTS Centre tonight, in a game that should be more intriguing than it is. 
Both the Jets and the Stars entered the season with grand aspirations — a return to the playoffs for the Jets, another shot at Cup contention for the Stars — that have since crashed down to earth. According to hockeyviz.com, the Stars have a 12% chance of making the playoffs, while the Jets trail even that at 5%. So the stakes are, um, not high tonight.
On the bright side, this game could still be entertaining! The Jets and Stars are 30th and 29th in the league for goals against; tonight’s game could easily feature a goal scored from beyond the blue line, a challenge to Darryl Sittler’s record of 10 points scored in one game, or an own goal.
No way to know without watching! Puck drop is at 7pm CT, and you can watch tonight’s game on TSN3.

JETS

LWCRW
 
Nikolaj Ehlers
 
Bryan Little
 
Blake Wheeler
 
Andrew Copp
 
Mark Scheifele
 
Patrik Laine
 
Joel Armia
 
Adam Lowry
 
Shawn Matthias
 
Mathieu Perreault
 
Nicolas Petan
 
Drew Stafford
 
Ben Chiarot
 
Dustin Byfuglien
 
Josh Morrissey
 
Jacob Trouba
 
Mark Stuart
 
Paul Postma
 
Connor Hellebuyck
 
Michael Hutchinson
  • Nothing all that surprising from the Jets lineup. 
  • Stafford, Perreault, and Petan continue to make up one of the league’s least traditional fourth lines, Copp is riding shotgun with Scheifele and Laine (think his agent is happy about that?), and the third pairing of Postma/Stuart is… ooft.

STARS

LWCRW
 
Jamie Benn
 
Cody Eakin
 
Patrick Eaves
 
Antoine Roussel
 
Radek Faksa
 
Tyler Seguin
 
Lauri Korpikoski
 
Devin Shore
 
Patrick Sharp
 
Curtis McKenzie
 
Adam Cracknell
 
Brett Ritchie
 
Esa Lindell
 
John Klingberg
 
Dan Hamhuis
 
Jordie Benn
 
Jamie Oleksiak
 
Stephen Johns
 
Kari Lehtonen
 
Antti Niemi
  • If you’re playing Tyler Seguin as your second-line right winger you might be overthinking things?
  • The Stars have the only tandem in the NHL that can make Jets fans feel good about their netminders. Sad!
The Stars and the Jets will begin tonight’s game tied with 54 points. Watch to see who makes it to 56!

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