The 52-21-4 Winnipeg Jets have returned home for a one-off home game vs. the red-hot St. Louis Blues (43-28-7).

St. Louis has won 12 games in a row and are 19-2-2 in their last 23 outings.

It will most definitely be a challenge for Winnipeg, which currently holds down first place across the league, as well as the Central Division.

But with Dallas, Colorado and St. Louis all coming in hot over the past month, the Jets' edge has slipped to just a point here and there. And those points are making a huge different as the season wanes out and becomes postseason play.

Connor Hellebuyck will get the start in goal for Winnipeg, while local product Joel Hofer will backstop the Blues on Monday.

Colin Miller will miss Monday's game due to illness, while Nikolaj Ehlers is considered a game-time decision due to the lower body injury he sustained two games back that forced him to miss the contest against Utah on Saturday.

Jaret Anderson-Dolan remains in the lineup, while Logan Stanley and Haydn Fleury are expected to work together as the third defensive pair in Miller and Neal Pionk's absence.

Winnipeg Jets' expected line combinations for Monday, April 7 vs. St. Louis:

Connor-Scheifele-Iafallo

Ehlers-Namestnikov-Perfetti

Niederreiter-Lowry-Appleton

Tanev-Barron-Anderson Dolan

Morrissey-DeMelo

Samberg-Schenn

Stanley-Fleury

Injured: Pionk, Vilardi, Kupari, Miller

Healthy Scratches: Gustafsson, Heinola,

Line Combinations: Jets vs. Blues