Game 29 : Hot Team In A Cold Town

[FrostyWinnipeg]

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Stats: 20-5-5 @ 14-13-1
Streaks: W1 @ L1
Last Ten: 8-0-2 @ 3-6-1

Stars projected lineup
Jamie Benn -- Wyatt Johnston -- Mikko Rantanen
Jason Robertson -- Roope Hintz -- Matt Duchene
Oskar Back -- Justin Hryckowian -- Mavrik Bourque
Sam Steel -- Radek Faksa -- Colin Blackwell
Esa Lindell -- Miro Heiskanen
Thomas Harley -- Nils Lundkvist
Kyle Capobianco -- Alex Petrovic
Casey DeSmith
Jake Oettinger
Scratched: Nathan Bastian, Vladislav Kolyachonok
Injured: Tyler Seguin (ACL), Adam Erne (lower body), Lian Bichsel (lower body), Ilya Lybushkin (undisclosed)

Jets projected lineup
Kyle Connor -- Mark Scheifele -- Alex Iafallo
Cole Perfetti -- Vladislav Namestnikov -- Tanner Pearson
Nino Niederreiter -- Adam Lowry -- Gabriel Vilardi
Jonathan Toews -- Morgan Barron -- Cole Koepke
Josh Morrissey -- Dylan DeMelo
Dylan Samberg -- Neal Pionk
Logan Stanley -- Luke Schenn
Eric Comrie
Domenic DiVincentiis
Scratched: Gustav Nyquist, Colin Miller, Elias Salomonsson
Injured: Haydn Fleury (concussion, illness), Connor Hellebuyck (knee)

Status report
Harley, a defenseman, will return after missing 12 games with a lower-body injury. … Lybushkin, a defenseman, did not travel and is day to day. … The Jets recalled DiVincentiis from Manitoba of the American Hockey League and reassigned goalie Thomas Milic to the AHL on Monday. … Fleury, a defenseman, skated with his teammates for the first time on Tuesday since being injured on Nov. 11 but is not expected to play.

Edited 3 hours ago by FrostyWinnipeg

[BomberBall.]

That is a bizarre line shuffle.

[HardCoreBlue]

[Tracker]

1 hour ago, BomberBall. said:

That is a bizarre line shuffle.

What's to lose?

[HardCoreBlue]

3 minutes ago, Tracker said:

What's to lose?

That third line is not going to win ‘fastest skating line by NHL standards’ award.

[BomberBall.]

16 minutes ago, Tracker said:

What's to lose?

I understand the desire to shuffle, but I don’t understand those moves.  Pearson on the 2nd?  Vilardi on the 3rd?  Namestnikov still on the 2nd?  He is overvalued IMO.

At the very least, switch Pearson and Vilardi.  Pearson is not a 2nd liner and Vilardi is not a checker.