Game Day: Winnipeg Jets vs. Vegas Golden Knights
A five-game homestand begins for the Winnipeg Jets tonight as they watch the Vegas Golden Knights to Canada Life Center for the first time this season, looking to snap a nine-match winless skid.
Winnipeg’s ninth straight loss came Saturday in Ottawa against the Senators. Adam Lowry opened the scoring with his third of the season in the first period, but Ottawa responded with three unanswered goals to take a 3–1 lead in the second. Kyle Connor pulled the Jets within one with his 19th of the year in the third, but a late squeaker from Claude Giroux slid past Connor Hellebuyck to seal a 4-2 win for the Senators. Hellebuyck made 23 saves as Winnipeg fell to 15-21-4 on the season.
Vegas has been dealing with problems of its own lately, dropping five straight games, most recently a 3-2 overtime loss Sunday in Chicago against the Blackhawks. The Golden Knights led by two thanks to Brandon Saad’s second and captain Mark Stone’s 12th, but Tyler Bertuzzi completed his hat trick with the overtime winner for Chicago. Akira Schmid stopped 17 shots as Vegas fell to 11-17-12, although they still sit in first place in the Pacific Division, tied with Edmonton on 46 points.
These two Western Conference rivals will meet twice more this season, again in Winnipeg on March 24 and April 13 in Vegas.
The Jets will be without defenseman Logan Stanley tonight after he was handed a one-game suspension for harassing Senators captain Brady Tkachuk.
Connor – Scheifele – Iafallo
Perfetti–Toews–Vilardi
Barron–Lowry–Niederreiter
Nyquist – alternate – Pearson
Morrissey-DeMelo
Samberg – Pionk
Fleury-Schenn
Hellebuyck
Comrie
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Puck drop is at 7:00 PM CST on TSN3.
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