{"id":536185,"date":"2026-03-14T16:07:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T16:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/536185\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T16:07:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T16:07:13","slug":"winnipeg-jets-vs-colorado-avalanche-pre-game-report-illegal-curve-hockey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/536185\/","title":{"rendered":"Winnipeg Jets vs Colorado Avalanche pre-game report \u2013 Illegal Curve Hockey"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amazing how much can change in a week as the Jets were feeling good after the Olympic break having taken their playoff deficit from 11 points back down to five which included a win last Saturday night. Fast forward a week and they\u2019ve lost their last two games in regulation which could have seen them significantly narrow the gap but instead finds them seven back of the final wild card spot. The reality is their strength of schedule is quite difficult for the remaining games of the schedule including three more contests against the league best Avalanche.<\/p>\n

Colorado comes into the game red-hot, which is pretty much the way they have been all season long. They sit atop the NHL with 97 points. They\u2019ve scored the most goals in the league while also giving up the fewest against which combines to give them an astronomical +86 goal differentials.<\/p>\n

Skate news:<\/p>\n

No morning skate.<\/p>\n

Jets projected lines & D pairs:<\/p>\n

Connor-Scheifele-Iafallo
Perfetti-Lowry-Vilardi
Nyquist-Toews-Ros\u00e9n
Koepke-Barron-Lambert<\/p>\n

Morrissey-DeMelo
Samberg-Salomonsson
Fleury-Bryson<\/p>\n

Hellebuyck<\/p>\n

Avalanche projected lines & D pairs:<\/p>\n

Kadri \u2013 MacKinnon \u2013 Necas
Kiviranta -Nelson -Nichushkin
Kelly -Drury-Roy
Brindley \u2013 Bardakov<\/p>\n

Toews-Makar
Manson -Burns
Kulak -Malinski
Blankenburg<\/p>\n

Blackwood\/Wedgewood<\/p>\n

Odds:<\/p>\n

The Jets will try to halt a two-game slide as they continue their homestand against the Avalanche, who arrive as the NHL\u2019s hottest team with eight wins in their last ten. With Winnipeg\u2019s playoff hopes already fragile, the urgency to collect points is only growing. Colorado has been one of the league\u2019s most dominant clubs all season, which is reflected in the betting markets where the Avalanche enter as clear favorites, leaving the Jets looking to play spoiler on home ice.\u00a0For the latest Winnipeg Jets hockey odds, visit NHL betting site Betway<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Up Next:<\/p>\n

Puck drop is at 3 PM CT. Be sure to head over to illegalcurve.com<\/a> following the game for a recap of the action. You can join us on our YouTube channel for the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show<\/a> around 5:40 PM CT as we discuss and analyze the results of the game.<\/p>\n

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