Time: 2030 SN/CBC
Dallas leads best-of-7 series 3-1

Stars projected lineup
Mikael Granlund -- Roope Hintz -- Mikko Rantanen
Mason Marchment -- Matt Duchene -- Tyler Seguin
Jamie Benn -- Wyatt Johnston -- Jason Robertson
Sam Steel -- Evgenii Dadonov
Thomas Harley -- Ilya Lyubushkin
Esa Lindell -- Cody Ceci
Miro Heiskanen -- Lian Bichsel
Alexander Petrovic
Jake Oettinger
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: Oskar Back, Mavrik Bourque, Colin Blackwell, Mathew Dumba, Brendan Smith
Injured: Nils Lundkvist (shoulder)

Jets projected lineup
Kyle Connor -- Mark Scheifele -- Gabriel Vilardi
Nikolaj Ehlers -- Vladislav Namestnikov -- Cole Perfetti
Nino Niederreiter -- Adam Lowry -- Mason Appleton
Brandon Tanev -- Morgan Barron -- Alex Iafallo
Josh Morrissey -- Dylan DeMelo
Dylan Samberg -- Neal Pionk
Haydn Fleury -- Luke Schenn
Connor Hellebuyck
Eric Comrie
Scratched: Dominic Toninato, David Gustafsson, Jaret Anderson-Dolan, Colin Miller, Ville Heinola
Injured: Rasmus Kupari (concussion), Logan Stanley (undisclosed)

Status report
The Stars had an optional skate but are expected to use the same lineup from Game 4. … Schenn was a late addition to the lineup in Game 4 and is expected to play again in Game 5.

Said it before but if they play like that next game it’s coming back to Winnipeg. That funny feeling has kinda returned. I’m not sure why. Prob cuz when jets win a game they dominate and it seems like they don’t wanna go home yet. 

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Fans chanting “should have kicked it” after disallowed goal is pretty classic Winnipeg hockey chant. 

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Really solid win last night.  Pretty suffocating style of play and Helly was big when he needed to be.  Please take that show on the road.

I’m still pissed about the Benn situation late in the game.  He’s a dirty POS.  That whole melee was his doing and the refs reward them with a PP.  We’ve seen some shady calls this series, but that may be the worst.  The league better look at that punch, but they probably won’t.  It was predatory and dangerous.  Giving Dallas a PP and then doing nothing after the fact, is condoning sucker punching star players.  There’s no place for it…. At least there shouldn’t be.

Don’t want to get ahead of myself here although I don’t think random fan who has been to 20 games since they returned is relevant but (that’s me) they kind of got that LA Kings first cup win vibe going. Like believe LA was down 3 1 in a couple series when they won it all. Throw in the Fetts goal in game 7 with 2 seconds left and it’s almost got that jets just refuse to lose 4 vibe. 3 sure? 4? Nope. 

Benn fined 5k for his hit on Scheif, according to the Illegal Curve guys....

34 minutes ago, Noeller said:

Benn fined 5k for his hit on Scheif, according to the Illegal Curve guys....

This league's supplementary discipline is a complete farce.

35 minutes ago, Noeller said:

Benn fined 5k for his hit on Scheif, according to the Illegal Curve guys....

Classic NHL.  $5k means absolutely nothing to these guys.  Nice message they’re sending…. You can sucker punch a guy, end up with a power play, and face no discipline.  What if Scheifele was knocked unconscious?  Would it still be a slap on the wrist?  Pathetic.

Just now, BomberBall. said:

Classic NHL.  $5k means absolutely nothing to these guys.  Nice message they’re sending…. You can sucker punch a guy, end up with a power play, and face no discipline.  What if Scheifele was knocked unconscious?  Would it still be a slap on the wrist?  Pathetic.

Yes because its against Winnipeg.

I have a coworker (Flyers fan, fwiw) who believes that Scheif has a bad reputation ever since his boarding penalty against Montreal during the bubble playoffs, and that he'll never get the benefit of the doubt ever again. 

Just pointing it out as an interesting take is all...

16 minutes ago, Noeller said:

I have a coworker (Flyers fan, fwiw) who believes that Scheif has a bad reputation ever since his boarding penalty against Montreal during the bubble playoffs, and that he'll never get the benefit of the doubt ever again. 

Just pointing it out as an interesting take is all...

Seems odd because that's his only infraction ever.   He's never done anything else like that throughout his career.   Whereas there are other jackasses out there who get away with lots and they somehow never get the attention of the league.

22 minutes ago, Noeller said:

I have a coworker (Flyers fan, fwiw) who believes that Scheif has a bad reputation ever since his boarding penalty against Montreal during the bubble playoffs, and that he'll never get the benefit of the doubt ever again. 

Just pointing it out as an interesting take is all...

1 hour ago, Noeller said:

I have a coworker (Flyers fan, fwiw) who believes that Scheif has a bad reputation ever since his boarding penalty against Montreal during the bubble playoffs, and that he'll never get the benefit of the doubt ever again. 

Just pointing it out as an interesting take is all...

No offense to anyone, but that’s an insane take.  If there’s any truth to it, it’s even more insane.  As mentioned above, he’s never done anything else in his what, 12 years in the league?  And you’re going to hold a grudge against the one thing he did 4 years ago, that you deemed suspendable?  If that’s not nonsense, then the league has some serious problems.

And I had no problem with the hit on Evans BTW.

3 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

That’s honestly cleaner than benn sucker punching a guy. 

2 minutes ago, Goalie said:

That’s honestly cleaner than benn sucker punching a guy. 

100%

2 hours ago, BomberBall. said:

No offense to anyone, but that’s an insane take.  If there’s any truth to it, it’s even more insane.  As mentioned above, he’s never done anything else in his what, 12 years in the league?  And you’re going to hold a grudge against the one thing he did 4 years ago, that you deemed suspendable?  If that’s not nonsense, then the league has some serious problems.

And I had no problem with the hit on Evans BTW.

Benn's sucker was bush league.  That guy is such a putz.

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39 minutes ago, Goalie said:

That’s honestly cleaner than benn sucker punching a guy. 

IMO ,amounts to kinda the same thing. Sheif could have pulled up there . But thats another nag that been flogged enough. Yes, What Benn did wasnt necessary ,but its the frikkin playoffs. Call **** consistent ,or not. at all.  Refs have been absolute FECAL MATTER ,on occasion.

2 minutes ago, Piggy 1 said:

IMO ,amounts to kinda the same thing. Sheif could have pulled up there . But thats another nag that been flogged enough. Yes, What Benn did wasnt necessary ,but its the frikkin playoffs. Call **** consistent ,or not. at all.  Refs have been absolute FECAL MATTER ,on occasion.

Dallas should have had the extra two on that one, no question. 

Those were new refs also they said. Like they didn’t do the previous games. They did an eastern series. 2 different rule books for sure at times. 

1 hour ago, Piggy 1 said:

IMO ,amounts to kinda the same thing. Sheif could have pulled up there . But thats another nag that been flogged enough. Yes, What Benn did wasnt necessary ,but its the frikkin playoffs. Call **** consistent ,or not. at all.  Refs have been absolute FECAL MATTER ,on occasion.

The massive difference between the two situations is Scheifele’s hit was a hockey play…. Benn’s sucker punch absolutely wasn’t.

2 hours ago, BomberBall. said:

The massive difference between the two situations is Scheifele’s hit was a hockey play…. Benn’s sucker punch absolutely wasn’t.

Hence why my comment on ,the Frikkin inconsistent calls......A frikkin crap show . Bettman has these guys well paid ......**** ,now i sound like Goalie.