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Line Combinations: Jets vs. Canucks
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The Winnipeg Jets are back on home ice Thursday evening, welcoming the Vancouver Canucks to Canada Life Centre for a 7:00 p.m. CT puck drop.
Winnipeg appears set to make several changes to its forward combinations, including a new-look second line featuring Cole Perfetti, Brayden Yager and Dawson Mercer. The Jets also continue to experiment with defenceman Tyrel Bauer at forward, while Josh Morrissey remains sidelined.
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Kyle Connor, Mark Scheifele and Gabriel Vilardi will skate together on the top line, while Perfetti and Mercer are expected to flank Yager on the second unit.
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Alex Iafallo will skate alongside captain Adam Lowry and rookie Viggo Björck on the third line, with Cole Koepke, Morgan Barron and Bauer making up the fourth unit. Nino Niederreiter and Isak Rosén were the extra forwards at Thursday's morning skate.
On defence, Dylan Samberg and Neal Pionk remain together on the top pairing, while Haydn Fleury and Dylan DeMelo will form the second unit. Mario Ferraro and Elias Salomonsson round out the defensive group.
Morrissey continues to work his way back from injury and was skating in a non-contact jersey Thursday morning. His absence leaves Winnipeg without its top defenceman for another contest.
Stuart Skinner will get the start in goal for Winnipeg.
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Winnipeg Jets' expected line combinations for Thursday, November 5 vs. Vancouver:
Connor-Scheifele-Vilardi
Perfetti-Yager-Mercer
Iafallo-Lowry-Björck
Koepke-Barron-Bauer
Samberg-Pionk
Fleury-DeMelo
Ferraro-Salomonsson
Skinner
Healthy Scratches: Niederreiter, Rosén
Injured: Morrissey
