Jets play Islanders tonight

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WINNIPEG JETS (4-6-1) AT NEW YORK ISLANDERS (3-4-2)

When: Tonight, 6 p.m.

About the Jets: Have won two of their last three, the setback a 1-0 loss in Tampa to open a seven-game road trip… Kyle Wellwood now leads team with five goals in 11 games — the same total he had in 35 contests last year with San Jose… First-liners Bryan Little and Blake Wheeler still looking for their first goals of the season… After picking up points in six straight, forward Alex Burmistrov has been held off the score sheet in the last two games.

About the Islanders: The Isles are winless in five (0-3-2) since a victory over the Rangers on Oct. 15… This time last year their season tanked with a 1-17-3 collapse that stretched from Oct. 23-Dec. 16… Head coach Jack Capuano needs to get his third line going. It features Josh Bailey, Blake Comeau and veteran Brian Rolston and, combined, they have just two points… The Isles sent 2010 first-rounder Nino Niederreiter to the AHL on a conditioning assignment this week. He was having a good pre-season on a line with Matt Moulson and John Tavares before injuring his groin… Tavares leads the team in scoring with 7G and 4A in nine games.

WINNIPEG JETS

31 Ondrej Pavelec

34 Peter Mannino

50 Chris Mason

4 Zach Bogosian

5 Mark Stuart

6 Ron Hainsey**

7 Derek Meech**

8 Alexander Burmistrov

9 Evander Kane

12 Randy Jones

13 Kyle Wellwood

14 Tim Stapleton

15 Tanner Glass

16 Andrew Ladd

18 Bryan Little

19 Jim Slater

22 Chris Thorburn

23 Kenndal McArdle

26 Blake Wheeler

29 Johnny Oduya

33 Dustin Byfuglien

39 Tobias Enstrom

49 Ben Maxwell

80 Nik Antropov

 

NEW YORK ISLANDERS

20 Evgeni Nabokov

35 Al Montoya

39 Rick DiPietro

2 Mark Streit

3 Travis Hamonic

4 Mark Eaton

10 Mike Mottau

11 Brian Rolston

12 Josh Bailey

15 Pa Parenteau

16 Marty Reasoner

17 Matt Martin

21 Kyle Okposo

24 Steve Staios

26 Mat Moulson

27 Milan Jurcina

29 Jay Pandolfo

40 Michael Grabner

47 Andrew MacDonald

51 Frans Nielsen

57 Blake Comeau

91 John Tavares

(Lineups subject to change; **Injured reserve)

–Tait