Jets Look To Round Out Playoff Battles Against Rangers (Game 68)

The Winnipeg Jets are heading out for a continued stint in the Eastern Conference with their second game of the five-game road trip. They face the New York Rangers tonight at Madison Square Garden, both teams will get a good test of what the playoffs should feel like. The Jets will unfortunately be without head coach Rick Bowness, Scott Arniel will assume interim head coach duties in Bowness’ absence. See how your Winnipeg Jets shape up tonight.

Details for Tonight’s Game

TV: TSN3
Radio: 680 CJOB
Game 68: Winnipeg Jets (43-19-5) vs. New York Rangers (45-19-4)
Date: Tuesday, March 19th, 2024
Time: 6:00 pm CST

Betting Odds (Per PlayNow Manitoba)

**SUBJECT TO CHANGE BEFORE PUCK DROP**

Winnipeg Jets: +105 (2.05)
New York Rangers: -125 (1.80)
Over/Under: 5.5
Over 5.5: -110 (1.90)
Under 5.5: -110 (1.90)

New York Rangers Notes

Goals Per Game: 3.4
Goals Against Per Game: 3.7
Power Play Percentage: 25.4%
Penalty Kill Percentage: 83.4%

New York Rangers Projected Lineups

Chris Kreider – Mika Zibanejad – Jack Roslovic
Artemi Panarin – Vincent Trocheck – Alexis Lafreniere
Jonny Brodzinski – Alex Wennberg – Kaapo Kakko
Will Cuylle – Barclay Goodrow – Jimmy Vesey

K’Andre Miller – Braden Schneider
Erik Gustafsson – Adam Fox
Zac Jones – Chad Ruhwedel

Projected Starting Goaltender: Igor Shesterkin
Games Started: 45
Wins/Loss Record: 29 wins, 14 losses, 2 overtime losses
Goals Against Average: 2.59 GAA
Save Percentage: 0.912 SV%

Winnipeg Jets Notes

Goals Per Game: 3.1
Goals Against Per Game: 2.3
Power Play Percentage: 19.3%
Penalty Kill Percentage: 78.0%

Winnipeg Jets Projected Lineup

Kyle Connor – Mark Scheifele – Alex Iafallo
Nikolaj Ehlers – Sean Monahan – Tyler Toffoli
Nino Niederreiter – Adam Lowry – Mason Appleton
Morgan Barron – David Gustafsson – Vladislav Namestnikov

Josh Morrissey – Dylan DeMelo
Brendan Dillon – Neal Pionk
Dylan Samberg – Nate Schmidt

Scratched: Cole Perfetti, Rasmus Kupari, Colin Miller, Dylan Samberg

Projected Starting Goaltender: Connor Hellebuyck
Games Started: 49
Wins/Loss Record: 31 wins, 15 losses, 3 overtime losses
Goals Against Average: 2.31 GAA
Save Percentage: 0.922 SV%


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Conrad Jack

Conrad Jack is a Manitoba based sportswriter covering the Winnipeg Jets (NHL) and the Manitoba Moose (AHL). He also covers the NHL Draft and World Junior Championship for ITR. He writes the Bargain Bin blog which covers NHL News & Rumours.

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