Game 80: Winnipeg Jets vs. Colorado Avalanche pregame score

Who would have thought that in 80 games the Jets and Avalanche would have identical records (49-24-6) fighting for 2nd place in the Central. Colorado has scored 52 more goals than Winnipeg this season, while the Jets have been the bane of the two teams, 48 ​​fewer than the Avalanche.

We learned this in practice yesterday Nino Niederreiter There will be no player for the Jets this afternoon as they give him a few more days to recover. We also learned that head coach Rick Bowness' plan is to play with the same lineup (other than that). Connor Hellebuyck starts) they used in their 3-0 win over the Stars, although there are some question marks as they dress the extra striker and defender to warm up.

Heating news:

Starts at 2:30pm CDT.

Jets designed lines and D pairs:

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

Morrissey-DeMelo
Dillon-Pionk
Stanley-Samberg

Hellebuyck
Brossoit

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Puck drop is at 3:00 PM CDT. After the game, visit illegalcurve.com to relive the action. A reminder to join the illegal postgame curveball show after the final buzzer between the Jets and Avalanche.