Can the struggling Jets regroup after a tough loss? See the projected lineups for their pivotal matchup against the Blues.
The 19-23-6 Winnipeg Jets will host the 19-22-8 St. Louis Blues from Canada Life Centre on Tuesday.
Another battle between cellar-dwelling, Central Division foes will be on tap for Jets fans, as the 31st-place Jets host the 30th-place Blues after losing to the 29th-place Blackhawks on Monday in Jonathan Toews' return to Chicago.
Photo by Jeff Curry/USA Today Monday's game certainly proved to be a measuring stick contest, to which Winnipeg showed it simply is not a 'playoff' team this time around.
It will now get ready to face St. Louis in the second half of the back-to-back, following some considerable travel between contests.
Eric Comrie will get the start in goal for Winnipeg, while it is expected that Gustav Nyquist draws back into the lineup for Cole Koepke.
Winnipeg Jets expected line combinations for Tuesday, January 20th vs St. Louis:
Connor-Scheifele-Iafallo
Perfetti-Toews-Vilardi
Niederreiter-Lowry-Namestnikov
Nyquist-Barron-Pearson
Morrissey-DeMelo
Samberg-Schenn
Phillips-Stanley
Comrie
Injured Fleury, Miller, Pionk
Healthy scratches: Salomonsson, Koepke, Zhilkin