There were few surprises coming out of the morning skates of the Carolina Hurricanes and Winnipeg Jets at MTS Centre in Winnipeg. For the Canes, the lines that we saw last Friday against the Capitals are largely intact (via Michael Smith):
Jeff Skinner - Victor Rask - Lee Stempniak
Joakim Nordstrom - Jordan Staal - Andrej Nestrasil
Sebastian Aho - Elias Lindholm - Teuvo Teravainen
Bryan Bickell - Jay McClement - Victor Stalberg
Justin Faulk - Jaccob Slavin
Ron Hainaut - Brett Pesce
Noah Hanifin - Klas Dahlbeck
Cam Ward
Eddie Lack
Scratches: Martin Frk, Phil Di Giuseppe, Roland McKeown
For the Jets, it’s a very young lineup from coach Paul Maurice, featuring another Finn making a highly-anticipated debut tonight (via Ken Wiebe):
Nikolaj Ehlers - Mark Scheifele - Blake Wheeler
Shawn Matthias - Bryan Little - Drew Stafford
Kyle Connor - Mathieu Perreault - Patrik Laine
Chris Tanev - Adam Lowry - Joel Armia
Josh Morrissey - Dustin Byfuglien
Toby Enstrom - Tyler Myers
Paul Postma - Ben Chiarot
Connor Hellebuyck
Michael Hutchinson
Scratches: Mark Stuart, Alexander Burmistrov, Chris Thorburn