10:07 pm
October 26

Jets @ Ducks

Who will WIN this matchup?

Winnipeg Jets (2-2-1)

@ Anaheim Ducks (2-3-1)

 

Starting Goalies:

Connor Hellebuyck (WPG): Unconfirmed

John Gibson (ANA): Unconfirmed

 

Current odds:

Winnipeg Jets: (-130)

Anaheim Ducks: (+110)

 

• The Winnipeg Jets begin a three-game California road trip on Tuesday night in Anaheim against a Ducks team they’ll be opposing for the third time in two weeks. The Jets opened the season with a 4-1 loss at Anaheim on Oct. 13 but evened the series against the Ducks with a 5-1 home victory on Thursday night.

• It was a few hours before the latter contest that Winnipeg found out center Mark Scheifele had tested positive for COVID-19 and would join linemate and team captain Blake Wheeler, who tested positive on Oct. 18 and was in isolation, on the sidelines. Despite missing two-thirds of their top line, the Jets still managed to score 11 goals in back-to-back home wins over Anaheim and the Saturday against the Nashville Predators (6-4).

• Kyle Connor, the lone remaining member of the first line, garnered NHL First Star of the Week honors on Monday after scoring eight points (five goals, three assists) in three games, including a pair of third-period goals on Thursday vs. the Ducks.

• Winnipeg is 0-2-1 on the road this season. The Jets also play at Los Angeles on Thursday and at San Jose on Saturday.

• Anaheim comes in off a 4-3 overtime loss at Minnesota on Saturday. The Wild’s Ryan Hartman scored the winner with 12.1 seconds remaining in OT. “This game could have gone either way,” said forward Rickard Rakell, who scored two goals for the Ducks. “So it’s a little bit disappointing because I thought everyone played a really hard game, gave them a good fight.” Anaheim coach Dallas Eakins said, “We’re past the point of, ‘Hey we played hard and got a point,’ and to be happy with that. That was last year. This year there’s just a different feeling around the team that we believe that we can, if we play the right way, that we can play with anybody and not only play with them, but win the game.”

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