Injuries shake up Winnipeg's lineup as the Jets face San Jose, seeking a crucial win to end their road trip.
The 23-26-9 Winnipeg Jets hit the ice for a test against the 27-25-4 San Jose Sharks at 3:00 PM central time in California on Sunday afternoon.
The matinee affair marks the ending of a three-game road trip through the Western Conference's Pacific Division, to which both game thus far have ended in overtime.
Photo by David Gonzales/USA TodayThe Jets beat Vancouver on a Cole Perfetti game-winner, before dropping a contest they held two separate two-goal leads in overtime to the Ducks on Friday.
Coming out of the Olympic break nursing a ton of injuries, Winnipeg's lineup will once again look significantly different on Sunday afternoon.
With Nino Niederreiter and Vlad Namestnikov out due to recent injuries, Walker Duehr will make his Jets debut after a recall from Manitoba.
On the back-end, Elias Salomonsson, who scored his first career goal vs. the Ducks and has played strongly during his recall, will remain in the fold, while fellow Moose call-up, Ville Heinola, will draw out in favour of Haydn Fleury who will return to the lineup after his activation off the team's injured reserve following a lengthy stay after a hard collision with the end boards on January 6.
Connor Hellebuyck will likely get the nod in goal for Winnipeg, which now begins a month that sees 10 home dates and games roughly every second day.
Winnipeg Jets expected line combinations for Sunday, March, 1:
Connor-Scheifele-Vilardi
Perfetti-Lowry-Iafallo
Nyquist-Toews-Duehr
Koepke-Barron-Pearson
Stanley-DeMelo
Samberg-Salomonsson
Fleury-Schenn
Hellebuyck
Injured: Morrissey, Pionk, Niederreiter, Namestnikov
Healthy scratches: Heinola