Overview
- Puck drop is 6:00 p.m. CST at Canada Life Centre, with the game on TSN3.
- Winnipeg is 1-5-1 since Connor Hellebuyck’s knee injury and finished its five-game trip 1-3-1, with secondary scoring and a cooling power play cited as issues.
- Buffalo opened a six-game road swing with a 5-2 loss in Philadelphia and is 2-7-2 away from home after beating the Jets 5-1 on Monday.
- Comrie made 29 saves in Wednesday’s shootout loss in Montreal, and reports differ on whether he or Milic gets the crease tonight as the Jets visit Edmonton on Saturday.
- The Jets kept the same skaters from Montreal at morning skate, with Neal Pionk back and Elias Salomonsson and Cole Koepke in, and Haydn Fleury skated and will travel but is not expected to play.