Jets cross Florida to face Panthers

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Having not played since defeating the Dallas Stars 3-1 on New Year’s Eve, Florida will be fresh against the Jets. The victory over the Stars improved the Panthers to 16-14-8 on the year, a record good enough for just sixth place in the Atlantic Division.

The Panthers struggled initially right after firing their head coach Gerard Gallant in late November, replacing him with general manager Tom Rowe. But after losing five of their first six games under Rowe, the Panthers appear to have found their footing, earning points in eight of their last 10 games (4-2-4).

Tonight marks the second game this season between Florida and Winnipeg, with the Jets earning a 4-3 shootout victory back on Dec. 15. Jaromir Jagr, who recently moved into second place in NHL scoring, passing Mark Messier with 1,891 points, paced the Panthers with two assists in the game. The 44-year-old Jagr is third in team-scoring this season with 23 points, behind forwards Aleksander Barkov (27) and Jonathan Marchessault (23).

FLORIDA PANTHERS

1 Roberto Luongo, G

34 James Reimer, G

3 Keith Yandle, D

5 Aaron Ekblad, D

7 Colton Sceviour

8 Dylan McIlrath, D

13 Mark Pysyk, D

15 Paul Thompson, RW

17 Derek MacKenzie, C

18 Reilly Smith, RW

19 Michael Matheson, D

21 Vincent Trocheck, C

22 Shawn Thornton, LW

24 Seth Griffith, C

27 Nick Bjugstad, C

36 Jussi Jokinen, LW

41 Greg McKegg

46 Jakub Kindl, D

48 Michael Sgarbossa, C

55 Jason Demers, D

62 Denis Malgin, C

68 Jaromir Jagr, RW

81 Jonathan Marchessault, C

Head coach: Tom Rowe

Assistant coaches: Dave Barr, Scott Allen

Goaltending coach: Robb Tallas

 

WINNIPEG JETS

34 Michael Hutchinson G

37 Connor Hellebuyck G

4 Paul Postma D

5 Mark Stuart D

7 Ben Chiarot D

8 Jacob Trouba D

12 Drew Stafford RW

17 Adam Lowry C

18 Bryan Little C

19 Nic Petan LW

22 Chris Thorburn RW

26 Blake Wheeler RW “C”

27 Nikolaj Ehlers RW

29 Patrik Laine RW

33 Dustin Byfuglien D “A”

39 Toby Enstrom D

40 Joel Armia RW

44 Josh Morrissey D

55 Mark Scheifele C “A”

56 Marko Dano C

85 Mathieu Perreault C

Head coach: Paul Maurice

Assistant Coaches: Charlie Huddy, Jamie Kompon, Todd Woodcroft

Goaltending coach: Wade Flaherty

 

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