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MIKE DEAL \/ FREE PRESS FILES<\/p>\n
Winnipeg Jets\u2019 Mark Scheifele (55) and Colin Miller (6) during training camp last month.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou want to get your first game under the belt for your season. We have a lot of good D-men on this team, so we help out where we can. \u201d said Miller, who had four goals and 15 points in 60 games with the Jets last season but was a healthy scratch in the first two games of the current campaign. \u201cWhen you are on the off-side, there are some things that are better and some things that are different, taking routes. Some positives, as well as some things to adjust to.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jets head coach Scott Arniel officially called Fleury day-to-day and left the door open for him to potentially play on Monday, though that seems unlikely since the afternoon game means there won\u2019t be a morning skate to test things out.<\/p>\n
Miller is shifting over to the left side (his off side) on the third pairing with Luke Schenn, though the pairings could be fluid since the Jets won\u2019t have the last change during the next two games.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve talked about it since we went to 7 D here, we said that might be one of the ways you\u2019re going to get in,\u201d said Arniel. \u201cSo he\u2019s been doing it not just today, but for other days he\u2019s been practicing on that side. He said he\u2019s played there other times. Whenever you get down to five defencemen, a lot of those guys will end up on the off-side. That\u2019s just something that I had told him right from the very beginning when we broke camp, to make sure to work both sides because you never know when we might need it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fleury\u2019s absence also moves Logan Stanley up onto the second pairing with Neal Pionk.<\/p>\n
They were used together throughout a good chunk of the third period on Saturday afternoon with Fleury out of commission, along with various points during training camp and exhibition action.<\/p>\n
Stanley made a series of important blocked shots during the final three minutes of the 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings and finished with four in the contest.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a long, long couple minutes,\u201d said Stanley. \u201cI felt like I was doing burpees in the crease, getting up and down to take away the (shot) but it was fun to be out there at the end of the game.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, I was exhausted. Legs were gassed, and I think they were too. I think LA\u2019s guys were kind of hunched over in front a little bit too. It was a good battle.\u201d<\/p>\n
Stanley also delivered a massive body check on forward Alex Turcotte, which sparked a fight between Jeff Malott and Schenn.<\/p>\n
\u201cI looked around, and I think Schenner had a long summer and was looking for one. So he kind of big brothered me there and stepped in for me,\u201d said Stanley. \u201cActually, my dad was at the game last night, and I think he went up and said to Schenner after \u2018Thanks for looking after my son.\u2019 Yeah, it was good. It\u2019s nice of a guy like Schenner on the team who sticks up for teammates and is willing to do that job.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fleury blocked a blistering one-timer from Kings forward Adrian Kempe near the end of the second period and while he tried to test it out before the third period got underway, the pain was too high and the mobile blue-liner made his way back down the tunnel for further evaluation.<\/p>\n
With Fleury day-to-day, defenceman Kale Clague was recalled from the Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey League as an insurance policy that could jump into the lineup if needed as the road trip continues in Philadelphia against the Flyers on Thursday.<\/p>\n
In order to make room for Clague\u2019s recall, the Jets reassigned forward Brad Lambert to the Moose and he was in the AHL lineup on Sunday against the Laval Rocket.<\/p>\n
That leaves Parker Ford as the extra forward on the roster.<\/p>\n
As for the Islanders, they\u2019re off to a 0-2 start and have been led offensively by winger Kyle Palmieri, who has a goal and three points in two games after signing a contract extension last spring.<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t RUTH BONNEVILLE \/ FREE PRESS FILES <\/p>\n Haydn Fleury suffered a lower-body injury and is expected to miss Monday\u2019s game. <\/p>\n Defenceman Matthew Schaefer, the first overall pick in the 2025 NHL Draft, is off to a strong start \u2013 scoring his first NHL goal and chipping in an assist through his first two games.<\/p>\n Monday\u2019s matinee will feature an excellent matchup with workhorse goalies with Connor Hellebuyck expected to be back between the pipes for the Jets and Ilya Sorokin preparing for his third start for the Islanders.<\/p>\n Sorokin has allowed eight goals through two games, so his numbers are inflated (4.21 goals-against average and .860 save percentage.<\/p>\n Hellebuyck has allowed seven goals, but none of them have been softies.<\/p>\n Despite giving up five goals in the season opener against the Dallas Stars, Hellebuyck made a number of critical saves that allowed the Jets to rally back from a four-goal deficit and he was outstanding on Saturday, finishing with 29 saves.<\/p>\n Hellebuyck skipped Sunday\u2019s workout for maintenance, but that\u2019s normal for the reigning Hart Trophy winner.<\/p>\n After the formal portion of Sunday\u2019s skate wrapped up, defenceman Dylan Samberg joined captain Adam Lowry on the ice for some conditioning work.<\/p>\n \n\t\tWinnipeg Free Press | Newsletter\n\t<\/p>\n \t\t\tThe Warm-Up<\/p>\n Winnipeg Jets Game Days<\/p>\n On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions. Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop.<\/p>\n \t\t\tSign up for The Warm-Up<\/a><\/p>\n \t\t Samberg remains week-to-week with a wrist injury, but is the next step in his progression as it was his first time back on the ice since taking a hit from Calgary Flames forward Ryan Lomberg in an exhibition game on Sept. 27.<\/p>\n \u201cThere was just a concern about falling. Now we\u2019ve got to keep his legs sharp,\u201d said Arniel. \u201cSo, he\u2019ll start to do stuff, just conditioning more than anything.\u201d<\/p>\n The timeline for Samberg\u2019s potential return is in the six-to-eight week window, so he\u2019s probably still about a month or so away from getting back into game action.<\/p>\n ken.wiebe@freepress.mb.ca<\/p>\n X and Bluesky: @WiebesWorld<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t Ken Wiebe Ken Wiebe is a sports reporter for the Free Press, with an emphasis on the Winnipeg Jets. He has covered hockey and provided analysis in this market since 2000 for the Winnipeg Sun, The Athletic, Sportsnet.ca and TSN. Ken was a summer intern at the Free Press in 1999 and returned to the Free Press in a full-time capacity in September of 2023. Read more about Ken<\/a>.<\/p>\n Every piece of reporting Ken produces is reviewed by an editing team before it is posted online or published in print \u2014 part of the Free Press\u2018s tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism. Read more about Free Press\u2019s history and mandate<\/a>, and learn how our newsroom operates<\/a>.<\/p>\n Our newsroom depends on a growing audience of readers to power our journalism. If you are not a paid reader, please consider becoming a subscriber<\/a>.<\/p>\n Our newsroom depends on its audience of readers to power our journalism. Thank you for your support.<\/p>\n \t\t
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