Winnipeg Jets Practice Report | Olympic Games

The Jets are feeling good after beating the first-place Stars 3-0 in Dallas, snapping a team-best five-game winning streak. They haven't won against them at all this season and it felt like a win. They're now tied with the Avalanche at 104 points in the Central, but Winnipeg holds the tiebreaker, which will make tomorrow afternoon's game worth watching.

Skate news:

According to Ken Wiebe of the Winnipeg Free Press, a number of players did not skate Laurent Brossoit, Neil Pionk, Brenden Dillon, Adam Lowry, Sean Monahan and Mason Appleton. He confirmed it Connor Hellebuyck Starts in Denver.

Niederreiter update:

Although the team hopes to have number 62 for tomorrow's match, head coach Rick Bowness has confirmed that he will not play on Saturday.

Estimated lineup Avs:

Connor-Scheifele-Vilardi
Ehlers-Monahan-Toffoli
Gustafsson-Lowry-Appleton
Barron-Namestnikov-Yafallo

Morrissey-Pionk
Dillon-DeMelo
Stanley-Samberg

Bowness said he expects to use the same lineup as Dallas did last night, but admitted in his media that a few guys were hit and that they will have an extra forward and defenseman on the ice to warm up.

Next:

The Jets will hit the Avalanche tomorrow afternoon at 3:00 PM CDT. Start your Saturday with all the latest news from the AM Papers at illegalcurve.com, available starting at 7 a.m. CST, check out the pregame report, and join us at 9 a.m. for the Illegal Curve Hockey Show. Stay tuned throughout the day for updates, then join us after the final tip-off for the Outlaw Curve Post-Game Show at around 5:40pm CST.