MORNING LINES
The Jets skated this morning in Montreal and look like this:
WINNIPEG JETS
FORWARDS
Connor-Scheifele-Iafallo
Perfetti-Namestnikov-Ehlers
Niederreiter-Lowry-Appleton
Barron-Kupari-Gustafsson
DEFENCE
Morrissey-DeMelo
Dillon-Pionk
Samberg-Schmidt
GOAL
Brossoit
Hellebuyck
HEALTHY SCRATCHES
Stanley, Chisholm, Toninato
INJURED
Heinola (ankle), Vilardi (knee)
The Habs held an optional skate and are expected to ice the following lineup:
MONTREAL CANADIENS
FORWARDS
Caufield-Suzuki-Harvey-Pinard
Anderson-Newhook-Slafkovsky
Pearson-Monahan-Gallagher
Pezzetta-Evans-Armia
DEFENCE
Matheson-Kovacevic
Guhle-Barron
Harris-Xhekaj
GOAL
Allen
Montembeault
HEATHY SCRATCHES
Primeau, Lindstrom, Ylonen
INJURED
Savard (lower body), Wideman (back), Dach (knee), Dvorak (knee)
NOTABLE QUOTABLES
Jets D Josh Morrissey on playing at the Bell Centre on a Saturday night:
“There are a lot of great arenas in our league, but it’s a pretty cool atmosphere and the history of the Montreal Canadiens, the passion of the fan base, the way the rink is even built, it’s right up on top of you, it’s pretty special to play here and I always love it. It’s one of my favourite arenas to play in, for sure.”
Jets D Dylan DeMelo on the strengths of the Canadiens team:
“They’re highly skilled. They’re at the top of the league off the rush. They have a good record, probably better than people would give them to start the year. When you’re playing a team that’s young and a little loose, you have to be careful.”
Jets F Nino Niederreiter on scoring his first goal of the season on Thursday:
“It definitely feels good to get on the board. You want to create chances every night and you want to score a goal each and every night if you can. So there’s always a thought process of trying to do the right thing to be successful. The most important thing is to trust the process and stay with it. The chances are going to come.”
Canadiens D Johnny Kovacevic on facing his former team:
“I’m still friends with guys on that side. I want to learn from my experiences of playing against them last year and not making too much of it. In a way, it’s just another game. I know that they’re not going to have any hesitations to hit me and I’m the same way back. If anything, for a few of those guys that I’m close with, I want to play them even harder..”
WHAT WE’RE WORKING ON
Ken is in Montreal and will have his detailed game column, with post-game thoughts, analysis and soundbites, posted online at winnipegfreepress.com shortly after the final buzzer.
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