Carter Brooks Winnipeg Jets Postgame Report The 37-15-5 Winnipeg Jets take on the 35-17-9 Dallas Stars from American Airlines Center on Thursday night. The game is a battle for first place in the Central Division, with both teams entering play at 79 points on the year. Sure, Winnipeg has played four fewer games, but who's counting, right? The Colorado Avalanche, which sit one point behind the Jets and Stars will have the ability to leapfrog the losing club on Tuesday night. Dallas enters the night on a two-game losing streak, while Winnipeg has won four-straight and has seven wins in its past eight showings - including Tuesday's 4-2 victory over the visiting St. Louis Blues. Thursday's game marks the start of a three-game road trip, while concluding a stretch of five-straight games against divisional opponents. Winnipeg next sees action bright and early on Saturday morning with an 11:30 AM central start in Carolina against the Hurricanes, before travelling to Buffalo for a test with the Sabres on Sunday evening. The Jets will shift back to Connor Hellebuyck in net after Laurent Brossoit picked up his ninth win of the season on Tuesday. Hellebuyck currently has 28 victories on the year. Winnipeg is expected to go with the same lineup it used on Tuesday, with the exception of Brossoit. Winnipeg Jets expected line combinations for Thursday, February 29 at Dallas: Connor-Scheifele-Vilardi Ehlers-Monahan-Iafallo Appleton-Lowry-Niederreiter Barron-Namestnikov-Perfetti Morrissey-DeMelo Pionk-Dillon Samberg-Schmidt Hellebuyck Healthy scratches: Stanley, Kupari, Gustafsson Thursday's game can be viewed live on TSN at 7:00 PM central time.
