Overview
- Anaheim enters at 10-3-1 after a 4-3 overtime victory in Las Vegas, where former Jet Jacob Trouba netted the winner and Leo Carlsson posted three points.
- The Ducks rank second in the NHL with 58 goals through 14 games, averaging roughly 4.1 per outing behind a youth-driven attack.
- Winnipeg is 9-5 and trying to halt a two-game road slide after a 3-0 loss in Los Angeles and a 2-1 defeat in San Jose, with just one goal scored across those games.
- Cole Perfetti skated a second straight day in a regular jersey at an optional practice, while Dylan Samberg, Gustav Nyquist and Morgan Barron were in yellow non-contact jerseys.
- Projected Jets top line features Kyle Connor, Mark Scheifele and Gabriel Vilardi, with puck drop at 9:00 p.m. CST at Honda Center on TSN3 as Anaheim plays the second half of a back-to-back.