The Winnipeg Jets take on the Utah Hockey Club at the Delta Center tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
JETS (31-13-3) at UTAH (19-19-7)
9:30 p.m. ET; Utah16, TSN3, TVAS
Jets projected lineup
Kyle Connor — Mark Scheifele — Gabriel Vilardi
Nikolaj Ehlers — Adam Lowry — Alex Iafallo
Nino Niederreiter — Vladislav Namestnikov — Cole Perfetti
David Gustafsson — Rasmus Kupari — Morgan Barron
Josh Morrissey — Dylan DeMelo
Dylan Samberg — Neal Pionk
Logan Stanley — Colin Miller
Connor Hellebuyck
Eric Comrie
Scratched: Ville Heinola, Dominic Toninato, Haydn Fleury
Injured: Mason Appleton (lower body)
Status report
Namestnikov returns to the lineup after missing four games because of a lower-body injury. … Fleury is “good to go,” Jets coach Scott Arniel said, but the defenseman will not play Monday. … Appleton practiced Monday and the defenseman will “probably be a game-time decision on Wednesday [against the Colorado Avalanche],” Arniel said.
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Utah projected lineup
Clayton Keller — Logan Cooley — Nick Schmaltz
Mattias Maccelli — Barrett Hayton — Josh Doan
Jack McBain — Nick Bjugstad — Lawson Crouse
Liam O’Brien — Kevin Stenlund — Alexander Kerfoot
John Marino — Olli Maatta
Ian Cole — Michael Kesselring
Juuso Valimaki — Nick DeSimone
Connor Ingram
Karel Vejmelka
Scratched: Vladislav Kolyachonok, Michael Carcone
Injured: Mikhail Sergachev (upper body), Dylan Guenther (lower body), Sean Durzi (upper body), Robert Bortuzzo (lower body)
Status report
Sergachev, a defenseman, will miss a second straight game because of an upper-body injury. …. Bortuzzo is back skating with Utah but coach Andre Tourigny said the defenseman is not ready to play. Bortuzzo will miss his eighth straight game.
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