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Jets center Morgan Barron returns to the Minnesota lineup after missing three games
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Jets center Morgan Barron returns to the Minnesota lineup after missing three games

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Jets center Morgan Barron returns to the Minnesota lineup after missing three games

While head coach Scott Arniel announced Wednesday morning that the Winnipeg Jets will be down three defensemen in Neal Pionk, Colin Miller and Haydn Fleury, all listed as week-to-week, positive news emerged Thursday morning as Morgan Barron is set to return to the Minnesota lineup against the Wild after missing three straight games, replacing Danny Zhilkin as center on the fourth line.

Arniel confirmed the news after the club’s morning skate Thursday and also noted that Elias Salomonsson will play tonight due to Pionk’s absence.

UPDATED #NHLJets Tonight’s lineup: Connor-Scheifele-Iafallo Perfetti-Toews-Vilardi Niederreiter-Lowry-Namestnikov Koepke-Barron-Pearson Morrissey-DeMelo Samberg-Salomonsson Stanley-Schenn Hellebuyck Comrie SCRATCH: Zhilkin, Phillips, Nyquist OUCH: Fleury, Pionk, Miller

Barron last appeared on January 8 against the Edmonton Oil Companies and was listed with an illness before January 9 Kings of Los Angelesalthough it was later confirmed to be an upper body injury.

While Barron has been out, the Jets have posted three straight wins and will look to continue their recent surge tonight against a Minnesota team that is currently on a two-game losing streak and looking to end their three-game homestand with two points.

Barron, 27, has seven goals and seven assists in 36 games for 14 points, although he has not found the back of the net against the Utah Mammoth. Barron’s career high is 21 (8G, 13A), set in 2022-23, and he’s expected to surpass that mark this season if he can stay healthy.
The 6-foot-1 centerman was drafted 174th overall in the sixth round by the New York Rangers in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft. In 292 NHL games, he scored 37 goals and 37 assists for 74 points.

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