Playoff battles ignite as Jets face Kraken. Key players return for Winnipeg, while Hellebuyck guards the net in a crucial Western Conference showdown.
The 33-31-12 Winnipeg Jets will host the 32-32-11 Seattle Kraken with both teams' playoff hopes on the line.
Entering the night, the Jets (78 points) are three up on the Kraken (75 points), and will look to pull back to within three points of either the Nashville Predators or Los Angeles Kings, who play each other on Monday and currently sit at 81 points apiece.
Photo by Stephen Brashear/USA Today Winnipeg will get Vlad Namestnikov and Nino Niederreiter back while Morgan Barron comes out of the lineup due to injury, joining Gus Nyquist and Elias Salomonsson.
Connor Hellebuyck will remain in goal for Winnipeg's' final six games of the season.
Winnipeg Jets' expected line combinations for Monday, April 6 vs. Seattle:
Connor-Scheifele-Iafallo
Perfetti-Lowry-Vilardi
Koepke-Toews-Rosen
Niederrieter-Namestnikov-Lambert
Morrissey-DeMelo
Samberg-Pionk
Fleury-Bryson
Hellebuyck