Jets Byfuglien, Myers could be in lineup against Sharks Tuesday

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While there was some more bad news to add to the list — defencemen Paul Postma is going to be out several weeks — the Winnipeg Jets have some optimism that some key players will be returning to the lineup as soon as Tuesday’s game at the MTS Centre against the San Jose Sharks.

Defenceman Tyler Myers, who missed Saturday’s 2-1 win in Tampa, said today’s he’s ready to go Tuesday night. Myers missed just one game after crashing into the goalpost and the boards mid-way through last Thursday’s game in Sunrise, Fla.

Defenceman Dustin Byfuglien, who missed all four games of the recent road trip, was also back into regular practice today and without declaring it, Jets coach Paul Maurice left open the strong possibility that Byfuglien plays on Tuesday.

As well, defenceman Toby Enstrom, though taking today off along with Andrew Ladd, will be in uniform on Tuesday.

In Saturday’s game, Enstrom was plastered into the boards from behind from a jumping by Nikita Kucherov and had to leave the game to have his face stitched up.

After the game, Lightning coach Jon Cooper suggested that Enstrom was responsible for his own injury on the play, and the NHL’s department of player saftey appears to agree with him, since it has issued no notice of hearing for further discipline.

Maurice was asked after today’s practice if he agreed with Cooper’s assessment.

“You really shouldn’t bang your face off the dasher after you get run from behind. We’ll talk to him about it,” Maurice said, his sarcasm meter running in the red zone.

Jets centre Bryan Little, though he did skate with other injured players today, isn’t likely to be a player Tuesday. He, like Byfuglien, has missed four games.

Postma, Maurice said, was injured in Saturday’s second period but managed to play through the pain to finish the game. He wouldn’t say what the problem was but that the best-case scenario was missing a couple of weeks.

Tuesday’s game at the MTS Centre is the first of three for the Jets at home this week.

 

tim.campbell@freepress.mb.ca