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JNGD.S8.G72 Flight Plan: Jacob Trouba And The Jets Begin A Royal Roadie
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Art Middleton
Mar 18, 2019, 12:45 EDTUpdated: Mar 18, 2019, 12:27 EDT
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After going through a bit of a murder’s row of tough opponents over the last eight game and doing fairly well with a 5-3 record, the Jets now get a bit of a reprieve in hitting the road on the west coast to play the Kings tonight and the Anaheim Ducks in a couple of days. Both So-Cal teams have struggled this season and are pretty much playing out the string with an eye towards next year.

Winnipeg Jets (42-25-4 / 1st Central)
@
Los Angeles Kings (25-38-8 / 8th Pacific)

March 18, 2019 – Puck drop: 9:30 PM CST
Staples Center – Los Angeles, CA
TV: TSN 3 – Radio: TSN 1290

2-1 WIN VS CGY
Last Game
4-3 LOSS vs FLA
3-2-0 (2 W)
Last 5 Games
1-4-0 (2 L)
MARK SCHEIFELE – 33
Goal Leader
Anze Kopitar – 20
BLAKE WHEELER – 66
Assist Leader
Drew Doughty – 35
BLAKE WHEELER – 86
Points Leader
Anze Kopitar – 50
25.56% (5TH)
The Power Play
15.26% (26th)
79.36% (23rd)
The Penalty Kill
75.73% (29th)
Connor Hellebuyck
(30-20-2 / .910 SV%)
Starting Goalie
Jonathan Quick
(13-21-6 / .901 SV%)
W vs CGY  (27-28/ .964 SV%)
Last Goalie Start
 L vs FLA (31-35/ .886 SV%)
18-16-0 ON ROAD
Road v Home Record
13-19-3 AT HOME

Kings Player To Watch

#51 Austin Wagner – Left Wing

Not a lot has gone right for the Los Angeles Kings this season with all the injuries and sup-par play, but rookie Austin Wagner has been a bright light for Kings fans on a rather dim season. The 21 year old former Regina Pat has tremendous speed and despite a few ups-and-downs with the club this season – he was a healthy scratch in mid-Janurary for a handful of games along with an injury that kept him out of the lineup for three games recently – he seems like the kind of player the Kings can lean on in a rebuild should they go that route this summer.
Wagner’s NHL Career
SeasonAgeTmGPGAPTS+/-PIMSS%TSAATOIBLKHITTKGV
2018-19
21
LAK
51
10
7
17
1
12
52
19.2
95
8:46
7
116
7
15

Last Kings Game

The Kings battled back and forth with the Panthers, trading goals and leads throughout the game until Jonathan Huberdeau scored with 1:56 in the game to give Florida the win and the Kings their 15th loss in their last 17 games.

Kings Notebook

  • The Kings have a total of 235 man games lost to injury this season. Dustin Brown, Alec Martinez, Trevor Lewis, Ilya Kovalchuk and Jonathan Quick have all lost more than ten games each.
  • The Kings are 16-7-8 all time versus the Thrasher/Jets franchise including a 10-1-4 record at home. The last game between these two teams was December 18 in LA with the Kings earning a 4-1 win.
  • Jeff Carter registered his 700th career point over the weekend against the Panthers.

Jets Player To Watch

#8 Jacob Trouba – Defense

You might not realize it, but Jacob Trouba has had a near career year this season.
His six goals and 39 points this season have him sixth on team scoring and number one for Jets defensemen. Granted that last part has been helped somewhat by injuries to Dustin Byfuglien and Josh Morrissey, but the fact remains that Trouba has been a steady presence on the blue line for Winnipeg this season and even with his occasional puck carrying mistakes, he’s been paired with a brand new partner in Nathan Beaulieu since Morrissey’s injury and when you consider that neither man before Beaulieu’s debut on February 26 had played together on the same team let alone being paired up together, Trouba again has adjusted well to a sub-optimal situation in the lineup that directly involves him.
Something he’s had experience at for some time now really.
Trouba’s NHL Career
SeasonAgeTmGPGAPTS+/-PIMSS%TSAATOIBLKHITTKGV
2013-14
19
WPG
65
10
19
29
4
43
121
8.3
293
22:26
132
95
31
88
2014-15
20
WPG
65
7
15
22
2
46
133
5.3
320
23:19
120
97
28
76
2015-16
21
WPG
81
6
15
21
10
62
133
4.5
283
22:04
177
144
29
65
2016-17
22
WPG
60
8
25
33
4
54
154
5.2
323
24:58
118
107
36
62
2017-18
23
WPG
55
3
21
24
9
34
144
2.1
277
21:54
100
84
28
54
2018-19
24
WPG
71
6
33
39
10
58
137
4.4
313
22:53
144
95
39
71
Career
6 yrs
397
40
128
168
39
297
822
4.9
1809
22:54
791
622
191
416

Last Jets Game

The Jets finally topped the Flames in their third and final try, but it wasn’t without some severe nail-biting at the end as a lack-lustre third period meant Connor Hellebuyck had to be sharp to preserve a 2-1 victory over the Pacific division leaders.

Jets Notebook

  • The Jets are 13-5-2 against Pacific Division opponents this season and have won eight of their past 12 games against the Pacific Division.
  • Winnipeg is 18-16-0 on the road this season and play seven of their last 11 games in the regular season on the road. They also haven’t won two road games in a row in the calendar year of 2019.
  • Blake Wheeler had an assist on Saturday to extend his point streak to three games (1G, 3A). He’s two assists away from matching Marc Savard’s franchise record for assists in a season with 69.
  • Mark Scheifele scored in the final minute of the first period on Saturday… It was his 11th goal in the last five minutes of a period or overtime, which is tied with Patrik Laine for the team lead.
  • Connor Hellebuyck’s 30th win on Saturday made him the only goalie in Thrasher/Jets history to record 30 win seasons in two consecutive seasons.
Player ratings courtesy Corsica.Hockey
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Winnipeg Jets Lines

LWCRWForwards

PATRIK LAINE
Rating: 78.4#19 LW

MARK SCHEIFELE
Rating: 82.8#9 C

BLAKE WHEELER
Rating: 81.1#7 RW
FL1 Rating
Rating: 80.76#4 FL1

KYLE CONNOR
Rating: 76.3#28 LW

KEVIN HAYES
Rating: 75.5#49 C

NIKOLAJ EHLERS
Rating: 77.6#23 RW
FL2 Rating
Rating: 76.46#11 FL2

BRANDON TANEV
Rating: 70.9#103 LW

ADAM LOWRY
Rating: 72.2#102 C

BRYAN LITTLE
Rating: 73.6#57 RW
FL3 Rating
Rating: 72.22#16 FL3

MATHIEU PERREAULT
Rating: 73.6#52 LW

ANDREW COPP
Rating: 73.6#71 C

JACK ROSLOVIC
Rating: 71.7#90 RW
FL4 Rating
Rating: 72.97#1 FL4
DEFENSIVE PAIRINGSDefense

NATHAN BEAULIEU
Rating: 70.9#100 LD

JACOB TROUBA
Rating: 76.6#23 RD
DL1 Rating
Rating: 73.76#26 DL1

DMITRY KULIKOV
Rating: 70.2#117 LD

TYLER MYERS
Rating: 73.9#37 RD
DL2 Rating
Rating: 72.06#27 DL2

BEN CHIAROT
Rating: 71.6#85 LD

SAMI NIKU
Rating: 71.6#79 RD
DL3 Rating
Rating: 71.60#15 DL3
GOALIES

CONNOR HELLEBUYCK
Rating: 72.8#30 G1

LAURENT BROSSOIT
Rating: 68.2#56 G2

Los Angeles Kings Lines

LWCRWForwards

ALEX IAFALLO
Rating: 71.6#113 LW

ANZE KOPITAR
Rating: 77.8#31 C

DUSTIN BROWN
Rating: 75.6#40 RW
FL1 Rating
Rating: 75.00#25 FL1

CARL GRUNDSTROM
Rating: 74.4#39 LW

ADRIAN KEMPE
Rating: 71.8#86 C

TYLER TOFFOLI
Rating: 74.2#50 RW
FL2 Rating
Rating: 73.46#23 FL2

BRENDAN LEIPSIC
Rating: 70.8#104 LW

JEFF CARTER
Rating: 72.2#101 C

TREVOR LEWIS
Rating: 71.4#123 RW
FL3 Rating
Rating: 71.48#23 FL3

KYLE CLIFFORD
Rating: 71.2#98 LW

AUSTIN WAGNER
Rating: 73.4#79 C

KURTIS MACDERMID
Rating: 69.1#132 RW
FL4 Rating
Rating: 71.26#11 FL4
DEFENSIVE PAIRINGSDefense

DEREK FORBORT
Rating: 71.2#92 LD

DREW DOUGHTY
Rating: 77.4#20 RD
DL1 Rating
Rating: 74.28#19 DL1

ALEC MARTINEZ
Rating: 73.3#51 LD

MATT ROY
DL2 Rating
Rating: 73.31#19 DL2

DION PHANEUF
Rating: 70.4#110 LD

SEAN WALKER
Rating: 71.9#73 RD
DL3 Rating
Rating: 71.16#17 DL3
GOALIES

JONATHAN QUICK
Rating: 74.6#22 G1

JACK CAMPBELL
Rating: 73.4#26 G2

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