NHL Game Preview: Winnipeg Jets vs Florida Panthers with Line Combinations (11/16/2024)

Vladislav Namestnikov of the Winnipeg Jets
Photo Credit: John Woods

It’s a Winnipeg Jets game day!

For game 18, the Winnipeg Jets take flight tonight to face the Florida Panthers at Amerant Bank Arena.

See how your Winnipeg Jets shape up tonight against Florida.

Tickets: purchase tickets via Ticketmaster

Details for Tonight’s Game

TV: Sportsnet
Radio: 680 CJOB & Power 97
Game 18: Winnipeg Jets (15-2-0) vs Florida Panthers (11-5-1)
Date: Saturday, November 16th, 2024
Time: 6:00 pm CST

Preview of Winnipeg Jets vs Florida Panthers

Florida Panthers Notes

Goals Per Game: 3.5
Goals Against Per Game: 3.3
Power Play Percentage: 23.1%
Penalty Kill Percentage: 80.5%

Florida Panthers Projected Lineups

Carter Verhaeghe – Aleksander Barkov – Sam Reinhart
Jesper Boqvist – Sam Bennett* – Matthew Tkachuk
Eetu Luostarinen – Anton Lundell – Evan Rodrigues
A.J. Greer – Tomas Nosek – Jonah Gadjovich

Gustav Forsling – Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola – Dmitry Kulikov
Nate Schmidt – Uvis Balinskis

*Note that Sam Bennett is a game-time decision against the Panthers game versus Winnipeg.

Projected Starting Goaltender: Sergei Bobrovsky
Games Played: 12
Wins/Loss Record: 8-3-1
Goals Against Average: 3.13
Save Percentage: 0.889%

Winnipeg Jets Notes

Goals Per Game: 4.4
Goals Against Per Game: 2.2
Power Play Percentage: 38%
Penalty Kill Percentage: 80.5%

Winnipeg Jets Projected Lineup

Kyle Connor – Mark Scheifele – Gabriel Vilardi
Cole Perfetti – Vladislav Namestnikov – Nikolaj Ehlers
Nino Niederreiter – Adam Lowry – Mason Appleton
Morgan Barron – Rasmus Kupari – Alex Iafallo

Josh Morrissey – Dylan DeMelo
Dylan Samberg – Neal Pionk
Haydn Fleury – Colin Miller

1st Power Play Unit:

Ehlers – Vilardi – Connor
Scheifele – Morrissey

2nd Power Play Unit:

Niederreiter – Namestnikov – Iafallo
Perfetti – Pionk

1st Penalty Kill Unit:

Lowry – Appleton
Samberg – DeMelo

2nd Penalty Kill Unit:

Kupari – Iafallo
Morrissey – Pionk

Projected Starting Goaltender: Connor Hellebuyck
Games Played: 13
Wins/Loss Record: 12-1-0
Goals Against Average: 2.08
Save Percentage: 0.934%


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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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