The Winnipeg Jets will once again be without Nikolaj Ehlers and Cole Perfetti for Game 4 of their first round playoff matchup with the No. 1 seed Vegas Golden Knights. In addition, the Jets will also be down their No. 1 defenceman, as Josh Morrissey will miss the remainder of the round with a right knee injury suffered in his first shift of Game 3 on Saturday afternoon.
Trailing two-games-to-one thanks to a double overtime home loss on a Michael Amadio game-winner, Winnipeg will look to knot the best-of-seven series back up at twos against Vegas on Monday night.
Facing off in an 8:30 PM central puck drop, the Jets will be without Morrisey, Ehlers and Perfetti, while Logan Stanley and Axel Jonsson-Fjallby draw into the lineup for their first postseason games of the year.
Nino Niederreiter has shifted up to the top line alongside Kyle Connor and Pierre-Luc Dubois, while Mark Scheifele has been pulled back to the centre ice position on the second line with Blake Wheeler and Vladislav Namestnikov on his wings.
Connor Hellebuyck will once again get the start in goal for Winnipeg, while David Gustafsson will come out of the lineup as Jonsson-Fjallby makes his Jets playoff debut.
Goaltender Arvid Holm was also called up on an emergency loan from the Manitoba Moose, as regular backup David Rittich is out with a lower-body injury.
Expected lines for April 24 vs. Vegas:
Connor - Dubois - Niederreiter
Namestnikov - Scheifele - Wheeler
Barron - Lowry - Appleton
Maenalanen - Stenlund - Jonsson-Fjallby
Pionk - Dillon
DeMelo - Samberg
Schmidt - Stanley
Hellebuyck
Scratches: Ehlers, Perfetti, Morrissey, Gustafsson, Kuhlman, Capobianco