The Columbus Blue Jackets look to sweep their season series with the Winnipeg Jets from Nationwide Arena.
The former team of Patrik Laine and Jack Roslovic will surely help motivate the Jackets' forwards this evening in front of the faithful.
Winnipeg has had an impressive season thus far, having elite seasons from Joshua Morrissey and Connor Hellybuck.
The Winnipeg Jets are coming into tonight off a recent evening with the Seattle Kraken, which resulted in a shootout victory
The Blue Jackets are coming into tonight off a recent Valentine Day date with the New Jersey Devils, with a regulation loss in the dying seconds.
Winnipeg continues to be a strong contender out in the west, with elite seasons from home grown talent in Joshua Morrissey and Connor Hellybuck. They sit comfortably in second place with next to no noise around them, coaching has been sound. Nobody knows who they’re truly after at the deadline, and how they will be in the postseason. They could easily be in the second round in this conference.
Columbus continues to sit Vladislav Gavrikov to protect the asset. Last reported value was a first, a third, and fourth round draft picks for his services
Projected Lineups
Winnipeg Jets
Kyle Connor—Pierre-Luc Dubois—Cole Perfetti Nikolaj Ehlers—Mark Schiefele—Blake Wheeler Morgan Barron—Adam Lowry—Mason Appleton Saku Malaenen—Kevin Stenlund—Karson Kuhulman
Josh Morrissey—Neal Pionk Brendan Dillon—Dylan DeMelo Dylan Samberg—Nate Schmidt
David Rittich Connor Hellybuck
Scratched — Sam Gagner
Injured —
Columbus Blue Jackets
Johnny Gaudreau—Boone Jenner—Kirill Marchenko Kent Johnson—Cole Sillinger—Patrik Laine Liam Foudy—Jack Roslovic—Emil Bemstrom Eric Robinson—Sean Kuraly—Mathieu Olivier
Tim Breni—Erik Gudbranson Gavin Bayreuther—Adam Boqvist Nick Blankenburg—Andrew Peeke
Elvis Merzlikins Joonas Korpisalo
Scratched — Lane Pederson, Vladislav Gavrikov Injured — Zach Werenski, Jakub Voracek, Jake Bean, Gustav Nyquist, Yegor Chinakov, Justin Danforth, Carson Meyer
Players to Watch
Winnipeg — Pierre-Luc Dubois — most likely the last game covered here with him as a member of the Winnipeg Jets, I fully expect him a new uniform come opening night in October.
Columbus — Patrik Laine — former players of an organization always come back and bite
Predicted Final Score
WPG — 5 CBJ — 4
Thoughts? More to come...