Jets vs Maple Leafs

The Winnipeg Jets head to Toronto on Thursday for the second half of a back-to-back hoping to survive a tough matchup against an explosive Maple Leafs...

Over 6.5 goals (-127): The Maple Leafs have hit the over in 57.1% of their games this season and Winnipeg shouldn’t derail that trend. Mikheyev anytime goal (+300): Mikheyev has finally found his footing as a scorer this year with 14 tallies in 37 games, and he recently became the beneficiary of William Nylander’s demotion to the third line. Not only is Connor the Jets’ leader in goals and points by a wide margin (15 and 20, respectively), he logs enormous minutes for a forward — 22:26 per night since Dave Lowry took over behind the bench. Back Toronto on the puck line. Best bet: Maple Leafs -1.5 (-101) - Maple Leafs -1.5 (-101)

The Winnipeg Jets head to Toronto to take on the Maple Leafs and if this game is anything like the last time these sides played, it should be fun to watch.

The Jets walked away with a 6-3 win, but suspensions and fines were distributed to some players after the game. Those two wins have also come against some of the top teams in the Eastern Conference the Florida Panthers and Boston Bruins. Toronto currently sits in third place in the Atlantic Division. This has put them in the hunt for a Western Conference Wild Card playoff spot.

After leaving Boston with a great win marred by injuries, the Maple Leafs lineup will be juggled tonight as they enter what could be a chippy revenge game ...

We really liked the game he played for us earlier [in the year] and he’s done a great job [with theMarlies]. I know he’s had some injuries as of late that he’s battled through. All of our games have been more physical of late, and I think part of that it’s just our team has been very purposeful in being more physical and being more engaged in that sense. For him to not be available because of a play like that is tough to take. I think it’s going to be a physical game — we’re hoping so. Whatever [the opposition] brings — not just for tonight but for the rest of the season and through playoffs — we need to be ready to compete and play within whatever the game is going to provide and be comfortable with that. Fittingly, Simmonds will draw back into the lineup tonight as Sheldon Keefe prepares for a physical Winnipeg team that may look to make this game as combative as possible. Both are huge losses at this point in the season with Winnipeg in a do-or-die situation when it comes to a playoff spot — hockeyviz.com has them at a mere 22.6% chance of making the post-season. It’s two important points for us and we need them, so we’re prepared to win. As we forecast ahead here, we don’t have another day off until Wednesday, so today was a good day for him to take off. We’re happy to hear that it doesn’t look like it’s going to hold him out too long. The Leafs‘ last game against the Jets, a 6-3 loss back on December 5th, saw Jack Campbell back up in the second half of a back-to-back, with rookie Joseph Woll left in net for all six goals against. Keefe confirmed that Ilya Lyubushkin has a head injury but shouldn’t miss too much time, while Justin Holl will play tonight after leaving Saturday’s game as a precaution.

Meanwhile Ilya Lyubushkin is out with a head injury, putting Carl Dahlström into the lineup alongside Timothy Liljegren on the third pair. Jake Muzzin is still ...

Only Ondřej Kaše is out (placed on LTIR) at forward so the forward group is pretty much intact. Meanwhile Ilya Lyubushkin is out with a head injury, putting Carl Dahlström into the lineup alongside Timothy Liljegren on the third pair. Petr Mrázek is out for the season with a groin injury, leaving Erik Källgren back in charge of the Leafs net with Hutchinson his backup.