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    Carter Brooks
    Jan 9, 2024, 18:00

    The Winnipeg Jets host the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday evening.

    The No. 1 overall Winnipeg Jets return home to Canada Life Centre on Tuesday evening to host the Columbus Blue Jackets for the first test of a four-game homestand.

    The game marks the first contest in Manitoba since its January 2 battle with the Tampa Bay Lightning, before the club left for the three-game mentors trip.

    With a clean sweep of San Jose, Anaheim and Arizona, Winnipeg will look to keep the good times rolling as the Patrik Laine-less Blue Jackets invade Canada Life Centre for the only time this season. 

    Laine is midway through the recovery process for a broken collarbone. He should be in action when the Jets visit the Jackets in late-March, in their lone stop at Nationwide Arena this season.

    Winnipeg will go with a similar look to what it has recently been rolling with on offence, as the team will make no changes up front, with the defence pairings or starting netminder. All remains in tact from Arizona.

    Winnipeg Jets expected line combinations for Tuesday, January 9 vs. Columbus:

    Ehlers-Scheifele-Vilardi

    Perfetti-Namestnikov-Iafallo

    Appleton-Lowry-Niederreiter

    Barron-Toninato-Jonsson-Fjallby

    Morrissey-DeMelo

    Dillon-Pionk

    Samberg-Schmidt

    Hellebuyck

    Injured: Connor, Gustafsson, Kupari, Heinola

    Healthy scratches: Stanley, Chisholm

    Tuesday's game can be viewed live on TSN at 7:00 PM central time.