Overview
- Puck drop is just after 7:00 p.m. CT at Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg.
- Coming off a 4-3 overtime win in Minnesota, the Jets are projected to start Hellebuyck, with Eric Comrie backing up.
- Chicago opens a six-game trip at 5-3-2 after a 7-3 win over Ottawa in which Connor Bedard recorded his first NHL hat trick.
- Jonathan Toews meets his former team for the first time since 2023 and has two goals and three assists in 10 games with Winnipeg.
- Captain Adam Lowry is nearing a return and could be sent to the AHL Moose on a conditioning assignment, while Cole Perfetti (ankle) and Dylan Samberg (wrist) remain out.