Time: 2040 SN/CBC
Dallas leads best-of-7 series 1-0

Stars projected lineup
Mikael Granlund -- Roope Hintz -- Mikko Rantanen
Jamie Benn -- Matt Duchene -- Tyler Seguin
Mason Marchment-- Wyatt Johnston -- Jason Robertson
Oskar Back -- Sam Steel -- Evgenii Dadonov
Thomas Harley -- Ilya Lyubushkin
Esa Lindell -- Cody Ceci
Lian Bichsel -- Alexander Petrovic
Jake Oettinger
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: Mavrik Bourque, Colin Blackwell, Mathew Dumba, Brendan Smith
Injured: Miro Heiskanen (knee), Nils Lundkvist (shoulder)

Jets projected lineup
Kyle Connor -- Mark Scheifele -- Gabriel Vilardi
Nikolaj Ehlers -- Vladislav Namestnikov -- Cole Perfetti
Nino Niederreiter -- Adam Lowry -- Mason Appleton
Brandon Tanev -- Morgan Barron -- Alex Iafallo
Josh Morrissey -- Dylan DeMelo
Dylan Samberg -- Neal Pionk
Haydn Fleury -- Colin Miller
Connor Hellebuyck
Eric Comrie
Scratched: Dominic Toninato, David Gustafsson, Jaret Anderson-Dolan, Luke Schenn, Ville Heinola
Injured: Rasmus Kupari (concussion), Logan Stanley (undisclosed)

Status report
The Stars, who held an optional morning skate, will dress the same lineup they used in a 3-2 win in Game 1 on Wednesday. ... Schenn, a defenseman, will be a scratch for the first time this postseason.

2 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Time: 2040 SN/CBC
Dallas leads best-of-7 series 1-0

Stars projected lineup
Mikael Granlund -- Roope Hintz -- Mikko Rantanen
Jamie Benn -- Matt Duchene -- Tyler Seguin
Mason Marchment-- Wyatt Johnston -- Jason Robertson
Oskar Back -- Sam Steel -- Evgenii Dadonov
Thomas Harley -- Ilya Lyubushkin
Esa Lindell -- Cody Ceci
Lian Bichsel -- Alexander Petrovic
Jake Oettinger
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: Mavrik Bourque, Colin Blackwell, Mathew Dumba, Brendan Smith
Injured: Miro Heiskanen (knee), Nils Lundkvist (shoulder)

Jets projected lineup
Kyle Connor -- Mark Scheifele -- Gabriel Vilardi
Nikolaj Ehlers -- Vladislav Namestnikov -- Cole Perfetti
Nino Niederreiter -- Adam Lowry -- Mason Appleton
Brandon Tanev -- Morgan Barron -- Alex Iafallo
Josh Morrissey -- Dylan DeMelo
Dylan Samberg -- Neal Pionk
Haydn Fleury -- Colin Miller
Connor Hellebuyck
Eric Comrie
Scratched: Dominic Toninato, David Gustafsson, Jaret Anderson-Dolan, Luke Schenn, Ville Heinola
Injured: Rasmus Kupari (concussion), Logan Stanley (undisclosed)

Status report
The Stars, who held an optional morning skate, will dress the same lineup they used in a 3-2 win in Game 1 on Wednesday. ... Schenn, a defenseman, will be a scratch for the first time this postseason.

Full roster, no excuses. Lesssss go.

Schenn be slow AF so no problem with miller and fleury who played well together. Fleury in my opinion was an unsung hero in game 7. Lines appear optimized. 

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The crowd appeared to be not as inspired game one, but I expect it completely different crowd tonight. Nice and loud. Hopefully the boys come out flying and that the power play finally gets its act together. 

We need this one tonight. And ideally a split in Dallas.

At the game tonight.  They are handing out KFC buckets. 
 

Morrissey is....IN

 

Also I got myself some KFC for lunch today to spread good vibes

Edited May 10, 2025May 10 by iHeart

Double minor... Huge opportunity 

well here's one I don't get to post often enough

 

Vilardi puts us on the board

Some puck luck and we're up 2.   Keep.it rolling

FIGHT!!!!

and people are going to be talking about THAT save til the next game

Edited May 10, 2025May 10 by iHeart

Jets are playing pretty well for the most part.  Only negatives are the face offs and they allowed too many high danger chances in the 2nd….. But Bucky has been outstanding.

Sounds like at least one of the announcers is cheering for Dallas... After the hit that put Lowry into the bench, he said "hopefully that's a spark for the Dallas bench" or something to that effect.   You'd think the Canadian broadcaster would lean more towards a Canadian team. 

3 Stars: 🥇37 🥈 27 🥉 17

 

 

Edited May 10, 2025May 10 by FrostyWinnipeg

What a great performance! Top to bottom. Vezinabuck with some outstanding saves and the decision to put Fleury and Miller was a stroke of genius. 

Jets eliminated Rantanen and played him hard all night.  Dallas barely had any offense.  

On to game 3 and let's hope we can continue to push the pace.  This is Winnipeg Jets hockey.

It almost appears they have found their game and that’s bad news for Dallas. Jets keep playing like this and we will see Dallas just once more in Winnipeg this season. Cuz they can win in Dallas and I believe last game at the Dallas Arena ( is it reunion arena??) Helle shut them out. 

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Helle is on his game and the O has found their groove

Nice to see big saves being made after miscues on D. Against St. Louis, those were in the net

Was absolute bedlam in the Hargraves Market last night. What an experience....

10 hours ago, captaincanuck12 said:

What a great performance! Top to bottom. Vezinabuck with some outstanding saves and the decision to put Fleury and Miller was a stroke of genius. 

Jets eliminated Rantanen and played him hard all night.  Dallas barely had any offense.  

On to game 3 and let's hope we can continue to push the pace.  This is Winnipeg Jets hockey.

Very similar to the first game where Ottienger shut us down on our grade A chances, Helle returned the favour this game.

If we can get back into that groove of season play where it was one game at a time, one shift at a time, keep to your assignments, ratchet up the intensity, we will be very tough to deal with.

3 minutes ago, HardCoreBlue said:

Very similar to the first game where Ottienger shut us down on our grade A chances, Helle returned the favour this game.

If we can get back into that groove of season play where it was one game at a time, one shift at a time, keep to your assignments, ratchet up the intensity, we will be very tough to deal with.

Oh and stay healthy as possible please and thank you.

How I feel watching the Jets play up to their potential (finally!) in the playoffs: