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Red Wings Shuffle Defense: Johansson Gets Expanded Role
Yahoo Sportsupdated 2m agofirst covered Sep 21, 8:15 AM ET Read the original ↗ Detroit is making a bold statement about its defensive future by giving Albert Johansson a bigger piece of the action while reshuffling Ben Chiarot's responsibilities. The move signals the organization's confidence in its younger talent and could have ripple effects on how the Wings approach their blue line depth. How these changes gel in the early season will tell us plenty about where this team's ceiling really sits.
Chiarot, Compher, McLellan Address Training Camp
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Gabe Chiarot's Blueprint: Craftsmanship and Grit in Blue
NHL.comupdated 12m agofirst covered Sep 9, 6:30 PM ET Read the original ↗ Gabe Chiarot is approaching his time with the Blues as a master craftsman, believing that meticulous attention to detail and relentless work ethic can turn heads in a crowded defensive corps. The veteran defenseman understands that in today's NHL, it's not just about talent - it's about the small decisions, the positioning, the consistency that separates good players from great ones.
Chiarot Lands in Arizona: Veteran Defenseman Signs with Coyotes
Pro Hockey Newsupdated 1h agofirst covered Aug 28, 11:00 AM ET Read the original ↗ Ben Chiarot has found his new home, inking a deal with the Arizona Coyotes and adding veteran experience to their blue line. The defenseman brings a physical presence and playoff pedigree to a franchise looking to build credibility in the Western Conference. This signing represents another piece of Arizona's puzzle as they continue constructing a competitive roster.
3 potential free-agent destinations for Byfuglien
Veteran defenseman Dustin Byfuglien is officially a free agent after he and the Winnipeg Jets resolved their lengthy dispute by having his contract terminated Friday. Whether or not the 35-year-old is looking to continue playing in the NHL remains to be seen. If he is, Byfuglien will likely garner a fair amount of interest from teams looking to bolster the back end for 2020-21.
Canadiens sign defenceman Ben Chiarot to three-year contract
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Dustin Byfuglien, Ben Chiarot, Blake Wheeler, Kyle Connor, Mark Scheifele
Winnipeg Jets’ Dustin Byfuglien (33), Ben Chiarot (7), Blake Wheeler (26) and Kyle Connor (81) celebrate with Mark Scheifele (55) after Scheifele scored a goal against the St. Louis Blues during the third period in Game 4 of an NHL first-round hockey playoff series Tuesday, April 16, 2019, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
5 Keys: Jets at Blues, Game 4
JETS at BLUES 9:30 p.m. ET; CNBC, TVAS, SN, FS-MW St. Louis leads best-of-7 series 2-1 [RELATED: Complete Jets vs. Blues series coverage] The Winnipeg Jets can even their Western Conference First Round series against the St. Louis Blues in Game 4 at Enterprise Center on Tuesday. The Jets won Game 3, 6-3, after losing the first two games. The road team has won each of the first three games of the series. Here are 5 keys for Game 3: 1. Stepping up in goal It's been a challenging series for the goalies.
Jets vs. Blues playoff preview
Winnipeg Jets vs. St. Louis Blues Jets: 47-30-5, 99 points, second in Central Blues: 45-28-9, 99 points, third in Central Season series: WPG 3-1-0; STL 1-2-1 The skinny The Western Conference First Round between the Winnipeg Jets and St. Louis Blues is about trending. Video: Previewing the Blues vs. Jets First Round matchup The Jets, who reached the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the second straight season, led the Central Division with 68 points on Feb. 1, but finished 14-14-3.
Kings at Jets preview
Jack Campbell will make his second straight start for the Los Angeles Kings when they visit the Winnipeg Jets at Bell MTS Place on Tuesday. Campbell made 36 saves in a 4-2 win against the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday filling in for goalie Jonathan Quick, who is not on the Kings' four-game road trip and is day-to-day with a lower-body injury sustained in practice on Saturday.
Maple Leafs at Jets preview
Center Auston Matthews and forward Patrik Laine will go head to head for the fifth time in the NHL when the Toronto Maple Leafs play the Winnipeg Jets at Bell MTS Place on Wednesday. Matthews' 16 points (10 goals, 16 assists) are tied with Colorado Avalanche forward Mikko Rantanen and Boston Bruins center Patrice Bergeron for the NHL lead. The No. 1 pick in the 2016 NHL Draft has eight points (one goal, seven assists) and is plus-1 against Laine and the Jets.
Blues at Jets preview
The Winnipeg Jets will look to extend their point streak to five games when they play the St. Louis Blues at Bell MTS Place on Monday. The Jets, who are 3-0-1 in their past four games, won the first game between the two teams, 5-1 at St. Louis on Oct. 4. Goalie Connor Hellebuyck will get the start for Winnipeg. The Blues will be without defenseman Robert Bortuzzo (lower body), who flew back to St. Louis for a second opinion.
Jets at Avalanche preview
JETS (46-30-4) at AVALANCHE (37-29-14) 9 p.m. ET; ALT, TSN3, NHL.TV The Game The Colorado Avalanche will clinch a Stanley Cup Playoff berth with a point against the Winnipeg Jets at Pepsi Center on Thursday. The Avalanche, 7-0-2 in their past nine games, are four points ahead of the Arizona Coyotes for the second wild card into the playoffs from the Western Conference and three points behind the Dallas Stars, who hold the first wild card.
Oilers at Jets preview
OILERS (17-12-2) at JETS (19-9-2) 8 p.m. ET; TSN3, SNW, NHL.TV The Game The Edmonton Oilers will try to extend their longest winning streak of the season to five games when they play the Winnipeg Jets at Bell MTS Place on Thursday. The Oilers are 7-1-0 in their past eight games and 8-2-1 under coach Ken Hitchcock, who replaced Todd McLellan on Nov. 20.
Lightning at Jets preview
LIGHTNING (25-7-1) at JETS (21-9-2) 7 p.m. ET; TVAS, SN, SUN, NHL.TV The Game The Tampa Bay Lightning and Winnipeg Jets each will look to extend winning streaks when they play at Bell MTS Place on Sunday. The Lightning are looking to match a Tampa Bay record with its ninth straight win, which was set Feb. 18-March 5, 2016. Their eight-game winning streak is the longest active streak in the NHL. Winnipeg will try for a season-high fifth straight win.
Jets at Blues preview
Ryan O'Reilly, Tyler Bozak and Pat Maroon each will debut for the St. Louis Blues against the Winnipeg Jets at Enterprise Center on Thursday. O'Reilly, a center, was acquired in a trade with the Buffalo Sabres on July 1, Bozak, a center, signed a three-year, $15 million contract (average annual value $5 million) on July 1 and Maroon, a forward and St. Louis native, signed a one year, $1.75 million contract on July 10.
Canucks at Jets preview
The Vancouver Canucks will look to extend their winning streak to four games when they play the Winnipeg Jets at Bell MTS Place on Thursday. The Canucks have outscored their opponents 10-5 during that span. Goalie Anders Nilsson gets the start. He is 3-0-0 with a 1.67 goals-against average and .943 save percentage in three games. Jets defenseman Dustin Byfuglien returns after missing two games with an upper-body injury.
Avalanche at Jets preview
The Colorado Avalanche will try to end a four-game losing streak when they visit the Winnipeg Jets at Bell MTS Place on Friday. A five-game losing streak would be longest for the Avalanche since a seven-game streak (0-7-0) from March 18-29, 2017. Forward Tyson Jost, who has missed four games with a head injury will return to the Colorado lineup. The Jets play their first game since losing 4-2 against the Florida Panthers at the NHL Global Series in Helsinki on Nov. 2.
Jets at Wild preview
JETS (46-29-4) at WILD (36-34-9) 8 p.m. ET; FS-N+, TSN3, NHL.TV The Game The Minnesota Wild look to avoid being eliminated from Stanley Cup Playoff contention when they play the Winnipeg Jets at Xcel Energy Center on Tuesday.
Sabres at Jets preview
SABRES (10-6-2) at JETS (11-5-1) 8 p.m. ET; TSN3, MSG-B, NHL.TV The Game Blake Wheeler will look to extend his point streak to 12 games when the Winnipeg Jets host the Buffalo Sabres at Bell MTS Place on Friday. The Jets forward has 20 points (two goals, 18 assists) in an 11-game point streak, which is tied for the longest in his NHL career.
Jets at Flyers preview
JETS (31-15-2) at FLYERS (19-23-6) 7 p.m. ET; NBCSN, NBCSP, TSN3, NHL.TV The Game The Philadelphia Flyers will go for their season-high fourth straight win when they play the Winnipeg Jets at Wells Fargo Center on Monday. The Flyers have outscored opponents 16-9 during their winning streak, which comes after they went 1-7-2 in their previous 10 games. Winnipeg is 6-2-0 in its previous eight games while scoring at least four goals in six of the eight.
Capitals at Jets preview
CAPITALS (8-6-3) at JETS (10-5-1) 8 p.m. ET; TVAS, SN, NBCSWA+, NHL.TV The Game Alex Ovechkin and Patrik Laine, the top two goal scorers in the NHL since the 2016-17 season, will meet when the Washington Capitals visit the Winnipeg Jets at Bell MTS Place on Wednesday. Ovechkin, the Capitals captain, has 12 goals this season and ranks first with 94 in the past three seasons. Laine has eight goals this season and 88 since entering the NHL in 2016-17.
Flames at Jets preview
FLAMES (22-12-3) at JETS (24-10-2) 8 p.m. ET; TSN3, SNW, NHL.TV The Game Forwards Adam Lowry and Andrew Copp will return to the lineup for the Winnipeg Jets when they face the Calgary Flames at Bell MTS Place on Thursday. Lowry missed two games with an upper-body injury while Copp missed 10 with a concussion. The Jets have won two straight and 11 of their past 13 (11-2-0). Goalie Connor Hellebuyck starts for the Jets. He is one win shy of 100 for his NHL career (99-50-15).
Penguins at Jets preview
PENGUINS (9-8-5) at JETS (13-7-2) 8 p.m. ET; TSN3, ATTSN-PT, NHL.TV The Game Patrik Laine can become the fourth-youngest player in NHL history to score 100 regular-season goals when the Winnipeg Jets host the Pittsburgh Penguins at Bell MTS Place on Tuesday. Laine (20 years, 222 days) is coming off a five-goal game in an 8-4 win at the St, Louis Blues on Sunday. Wayne Gretzky (20 years, 40 days) is the youngest player to score 100 NHL goals (on March 7, 1981).
Why a Gardiner-for-Myers trade would make sense for Leafs, Jets
Pure hockey trades rarely happen in today's NHL, but if Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Kyle Dubas and Winnipeg Jets GM Kevin Cheveldayoff sat down and talked shop, they just might be able to pull off a blockbuster deal that could help both teams next season. Myers and Gardiner were chosen five picks apart in the first round of the 2008 NHL Draft, both are 28 years old, and both are heading into the final year of their contracts.
Bruins at Jets preview
The Boston Bruins will look to move into first place in the Atlantic Division when they visit the Winnipeg Jets at Bell MTS Place on Tuesday. Boston, which clinched a playoff berth March 21, is two points behind the Tampa Bay Lightning with two games in hand. The Bruins have won two straight, are 10-2-2 in their past 14 games and have allowed two goals or fewer in four of their past five games.
Predators at Jets preview
The Winnipeg Jets can clinch a berth into the Stanley Cup Playoffs with a win against the Nashville Predators at Bell MTS Place on Sunday. The Jets, winners of four straight and eight points ahead of the Minnesota Wild for second in the Central Division, can also clinch with one point against Nashville and if the Edmonton Oilers defeat the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday.
Stars at Jets preview
Centers Mark Scheifele and Adam Lowry will return for the Winnipeg Jets when they host the Dallas Stars at Bell MTS Place on Sunday. Scheifele has missed five games with an upper-body injury sustained March 6. Lowry has missed 19 games with an upper-body injury sustained Feb. 1. The Jets are in second place in the Central Division, 10 points behind the Nashville Predators and five points ahead of the Minnesota Wild.
Blackhawks at Jets preview
Patrik Laine will look to set the NHL record for points in consecutive games by a teenager when the Winnipeg Jets play the Chicago Blackhawks at Bell MTS Place on Thursday. Laine has 23 points (16 goals, seven assists) in his 13-game point streak, which is tied with Nathan MacKinnon of the Colorado Avalanche, who had 18 points (five goals, 13 assists) as an 18-year-old from Jan. 25-March 6, 2014. Defenseman Jacob Trouba is likely to return for Winnipeg, which has lost three games in a row (0-2-1).
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Senators at Jets preview
Winnipeg Jets forward Kyle Connor is day to day with an undisclosed injury and will miss the game against the Ottawa Senators at Bell MTS Place on Sunday. Jets coach Paul Maurice said Connor was probably injured by a blocked shot in a 7-4 win against the Vegas Golden Knights on Friday. Connor has five points (three goals, two assists) in his past three games. Goalie Mike Condon will start for the Senators.
Golden Knights at Jets preview
The Vegas Golden Knights will try to end a two-game losing streak when they face the Winnipeg Jets at Bell MTS Place on Friday. It's the second of back-to-back games for Vegas, which lost 4-2 to the Minnesota Wild at Xcel Energy Center on Thursday. Goaltender Maxime Lagace is expected to start after Malcolm Subban played against the Wild. The Jets will try to rebound from a 3-2 overtime loss at the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday.
Jets at Wild preview
Goaltender Alex Stalock will make his second start in three games for the Minnesota Wild when they visit the Winnipeg Jets at Bell MTS Place on Monday. Stalock is 2-2-1 in six appearances this season and is 3-1-0 with a 0.99 goals-against average and a .955 save percentage with two shutouts in six games (four starts) against the Jets. Minnesota is 6-2-1 in its past nine games, but was defeated by the St. Louis Blues, 6-3 on Saturday.
Jets sign defenceman Ben Chiarot to two-year extension
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Jets' defensive depth being put to the test
WINNIPEG - Mark Stuart looks like he could be a game-time decision and rookie pro Nelson Nogier is on call if he can't play. Julian Melchiori currently finds himself on the top pairing and Brian Strait played his first NHL game in nearly 12 months on Sunday, holding his own in nearly 16 minutes of action. That, ladies and gentleman, sums up the state of the Winnipeg Jets defence corps these days.
Jets' defensive depth being put to the test
Mark Stuart looks like he could be a game-time decision and rookie pro Nelson Nogier is on call if he can't play. Julian Melchiori currently finds himself on the top pairing and Brian Strait played his first NHL game in nearly 12 months on Sunday, holding his own in nearly 16 minutes of action. That, ladies and gentleman, sums up the state of the Winnipeg Jets defence corps these days.
GAME DAY: Jets look to gain ground on Blues
WINNIPEG - What better way to make up ground than to beat the team you're chasing in the biggest game of the season? That's the mindset the Winnipeg Jets have to bring into tonight's matchup with the St. Louis Blues, a team they've gotten the better of in all three meetings this year. In order to make it four, and to pull within that much of a playoff spot (then three back of the Blues), it goes without saying that they have to be at their best. "It's a big one," captain Blake Wheeler said.
Preview: Jets at Penguins
The Winnipeg Jets will be without defenseman Toby Enstrom, who underwent surgery Thursday to repair a lower-body injury. Enstrom, who didn't play in a 5-2 win against the Dallas Stars on Tuesday, is expected to return in 2-3 weeks, coach Paul Maurice said. Goalie Ondrej Pavelec traveled with the Jets but will not play. Pavelec, who has missed three games since sustaining a lower-body injury against the Minnesota Wild on Feb. 7, was placed on injured reserve Tuesday.
Preview: Stars at Jets
Dallas Stars forward Jason Spezza will return to the lineup Tuesday after missing the past five games because of an upper-body injury. "It's hard to watch when you realize the importance of the games and the position we're in," Spezza said. "It's been tough." The Stars are six points behind the Los Angeles Kings for the second wild card spot into the Stanley Cup Playoffs in the Western Conference with a game in hand on the Winnipeg Jets, who also are six points out.
Stafford scores twice, leads Jets over Predators - WSMV Channel 4
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Drew Stafford scored a pair of power-play goals to lead the Winnipeg Jets to a 4-1 win over the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night. Ben Chiarot and Alexander Burmistrov also scored and Connor Hellebuyck made 43 saves for the Jets. Hellebuyck turned aside 17 shots in the first, 12 in the second and 14 in the third. Colin Wilson had the lone goal for Nashville, which has lost three of four.
Winnipeg Jets' mid-season report praises coach, goalies
With an 8-2 shellacking over the Florida Panthers Tuesday night at MTS Centre, the Winnipeg Jets are officially three games into the second half of the season, making it no time like the present to issue a mid-season report card. With a record of 22-14-9 so far this season, the Jets currently sit fourth place in the Central Division with 52 points and hang onto the first wild card spot in the Western Conference.
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