The Winnipeg Jets may not have any hope left at a playoff spot, but a spot in the NHL Draft Lottery is now up for grabs for the 2024-25 Presidents’ Trophy winners.
On Monday night, the Jets were eliminated from the Stanley Cup Playoffs, but just 20-some-odd hours later they will return to work in Utah for a test against the postseason-bound Mammoth.
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Currently sitting tied for 24th in the league with St. Louis and Florida, the Jets have the eighth best odds of landing the No. 1 overall selection at this year’s NHL Draft Lottery set for May 5.
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With two games left to play, valuable drafting odds remain up in the air. The Jets can climb as high as 86 points with two more wins, or remain at 82 points, which would effectively be Winnipeg’s second-worst season on record since returning to Manitoba.
Being the second half of a back-to-back, the Jets did not skate on Tuesday, so the forward lines and defence groupings will remain a mystery until closer to puck drop.
The goaltender of record for Winnipeg will be Eric Comrie, as Connor Hellebuyck will get his first night off in months. It is expected that the team will ice a similar lineup to that of the group of 18 players that suited up on Monday in Vegas.
Winnipeg Jets expected line combinations for Tuesday, April 14 at Utah:
Connor-Scheifele-Vilardi
Perfetti-Lowry-Lambert
Koepke-Toews-Rosén
Niederreiter-Yager-Chibrikov
Nyquist
Morrissey-DeMelo
Samberg-Miller
Fleury-Bryson
Heinola
Hellebuyck
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