The Winnipeg Jets (27-26-6) return to MTS Centre following a 4-3 shoot out win over the Minnesota Wild last night to host the Boston Bruins (35-18-2).
TSN 1290's coverage begins with Hustler & Lawless live from the Exchange Restaurant at 4pm ct. Rick Ralph hosts the official Jets pregame show at 6pm ct. Dennis Beyak, Shane Hnidy and I will have the play-by-play at 7pm ct.
Ondrej Pavelec starts in goal for the Jets while Tuukka Rask counters for Boston. This is Rask's 100th NHL game.
Jets Projected Lines:
Ladd-Little-Wheeler
Kane-Burmistrov-Wellwood
Glass-Slater-Thorburn
Stapleton-Antropov-Miettinen
Enstrom-Byfuglien
Stuart-Jones
Oduya-Hainsey
Bruins Projected Lines:
Lucic-Krejci-Pouliot
Marchand-Bergeron-Seguin
Paille-Kelly-Caron
Campbell-Hennessy-Thornton
Chara-Boychuk
Seidenberg-Corvo
Ference-McQuaid
Tonight is the start to an eight-game homestand for the Jets.
Boston is 2-1 against Winnipeg this season outscoring them 10-7.
Zach Bogosian will miss his second consecutive game with an upper-body injury for Winnipeg.
The Bruins will be without Rich Peverley for the next 4-to-6 weeks with a MCL sprain.
Jim Slater enters tonight's game one goal shy of TSN analyst Ray Ferraro (who is in the building tonight) for eighth on the Atlanta/Winnipeg franchise list.
The Jets are 0/7 on the power play in their last three games.