Addition of Buff makes Jets’ big line really big
Will likely play with Wheeler, Scheifele
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SAN JOSE, Calif. — Left-winger Evander Kane, knocked out of Thursday’s season opener by an early-game collision with teammate Mark Scheifele, is unlikely to play this weekend for the Winnipeg Jets.
Coach Paul Maurice said Friday after the team’s short practice at SAP Center he had no update to give reporters on Kane.
“No I can’t,” the coach said. “We have to wait for all the tests to come back.”
About the weekend, Maurice said: “I don’t know, but my expectation is no. I would not list him as day-to-day right now.”
Team spokesmen said later the club would not be making any more statements Friday on Kane’s condition, so the next chance for any information is likely to come at the game-day skate prior to this evening’s contest against the San Jose Sharks.
In Kane’s absence in Thursday’s 6-2 victory in Arizona Maurice used a jumble of lines and linemates, but one combination he used more than once had Dustin Byfuglien moving into Kane’s spot with Scheifele and Blake Wheeler.
Byfuglien had a goal and was plus-three and Wheeler had two goals and an assist.
In Byfuglien’s place on the third line with Mathieu Perreault and Adam Lowry, it looked in practice like it will be Matt Halischuk, but the coach would not confirm that.
Also Friday, winger Michael Frolik skipped practice. The coach called it a maintenance day.
Maurice also said Ondrej Pavelec will start in goal after winning Thursday’s game with 26 saves.
On adding Byfuglien to the Scheifele-Wheeler duo, Maurice was more than enthusiastic after Friday’s practice.
“With Evander there, they look a certain way… You’ve got great speed. You wonder how much speed does one line need?
“Buff is a lot quicker than he looks. He’s just so big sometimes you don’t realize how fast he’s moving down the wall.
“Buff really has the ability to hang onto the puck. Mark’s good at that, too, but Buff can really hang onto it. So it buys the guys a little bit more time to get into holes and to move off people. (With Byfuglien) it’s a big line. So I like that line a lot.”
tim.campbell@freepress.mb.ca
