Scheifele was on the ice for Monday’s practice but is not quite ready to play tomorrow. Scheifele appears to be on track to play Friday vs. St. Louis. Monitor the Jets’ No.1 centre’s status as the week progresses.
Lowry missed Saturday’s game with a re-aggravated upper-body injury and won’t be ready to play on Tuesday. Lowry is among a handful of Jets forwards that won’t be available, so a call-up should be coming up from Manitoba (AHL).
Niederreiter has missed the last eight games but will draw back in tonight vs.the Golden Knights. Injuries have limited Niederreiter to just 31 of a possible 50 games this season, but he has played well when healthy, scoring at a 34-goal, 16-assist (50 points) per 82-game pace. Niederreiter will start on the second line with Eric Staal and Tyler Ennis.
Lowry has missed the last eight games with an upper-body injury but will likely play on Tuesday. Lowry has picked up eight goals and six assists (14 points) in 33 games so far in 2017-18. He was playing on the top PP when he was hurt but there is no word whether or not he will retain that spot tonight.
Lowry has missed the last eight games with an upper-body injury but will likely play on Tuesday. Lowry has picked up eight goals and six assists (14 points) in 33 games so far in 2017-18.
Lowry will miss his third straight game with an upper-body injury, meaning that Jack Roslovic will remain in the lineup and on the top power-play unit. This is a tough time for Lowry to get hurt because he was seeing his largest usage of the season with Mark Scheifele sidelined, however it doesn’t look like Lowry will miss too much time.
Lowry is still dealing with an upper-body injury that forced him out of the lineup on Sunday. With Lowry out, Jack Roslovic will remain in the lineup for the second consecutive game.
Niederreiter is expected to miss his fifth straight game with an ankle injury but he will likely play on Thursday as long as he makes it through Wednesday’s practice unscathed. This will be a huge boon for the Wild, who are getting Zach Parise (back) in the lineup for the first time this season on Tuesday.
Fleury has been a healthy scratch for six of the last seven games, but will draw back in on a pairing with Justin Faulk vs. the Capitals. Fleury has five assists, a minus-1 rating a six PIMS in 30 games this season.
Scheifele left yesterday’s game after crushing hard into the corner and left the ice in a lot of pain. Head coach Paul Maurice said that the Jets will have an update on Scheifele on Thursday but the initial prognosis doesn’t appear to be positive.
Niederreiter was injured prior to the Christmas break and will miss his second straight game tonight. There’s no word on how long Niederreiter will be out, so consider him day-to-day.