{"id":551610,"date":"2026-03-21T17:17:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T17:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/551610\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T17:17:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T17:17:15","slug":"nhl-game-preview-winnipeg-jets-at-pittsburgh-penguins-with-line-combinations-03-21-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/551610\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Game Preview: Winnipeg Jets at Pittsburgh Penguins with Line Combinations 03\/21\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>          <img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WINNIPEG-JETS-vs-PITTSBURGH-PENGUINS.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: Conrad Jack (Inside The Rink)<\/p>\n<p>Winnipeg Jets (28-29-11) at Montreal Canadiens (34-18-16)<br \/>Venue: PPG Paints Arena<br \/>Date: Today \u2013 Saturday, March 21st<br \/>Time: 12:00 pm CST<br \/>How To Watch: TSN3<br \/>Radio: 680 CJOB<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster.evyy.net\/c\/5142595\/264167\/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Winnipeg Jets News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>Winnipeg could be getting some blueline reinforcements soon, as Neal Pionk is skating in a regular jersey. He shed his non-contact jersey on Thursday, and Scott Arniel said that it\u2019s a possibility that the Jets\u2019 defender gets into game action on this three-game road trip. Winnipeg is 5-3-2 in their last 10 games played, and is looking to bounce back after a pair of losses to Nashville and Boston.<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Penguins News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh hasn\u2019t been too busy, but they have recalled Ryan Graves from a conditioning stint earlier this week. The Penguins continue to push for a playoff spot, and a win against the Jets gives them more cushion for controlling second in the Metropolitan Division. Pittsburgh is 4-3-3 in their last 10 games played and is looking to bounce back after an overtime loss to Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>Winnipeg Jets Projected Lines<\/p>\n<p>Connor \u2013 Scheifele \u2013 Iafallo<br \/>Perfetti \u2013 Lowry \u2013 Vilardi<br \/>Nyquist \u2013 Toews \u2013 Rosen<br \/>Koepke \u2013 Barron \u2013 Lambert<\/p>\n<p>Morrissey \u2013 DeMelo<br \/>Samberg \u2013 Salomonsson<br \/>Fleury \u2013 Bryson<\/p>\n<p>Hellebuyck<br \/>Comrie<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Penguins Projected Lines<\/p>\n<p>Rakell \u2013 Crosby \u2013 Rust<br \/>Chinakov \u2013 Novak \u2013 Malkin<br \/>Mantha \u2013 Kindel \u2013 Brazeau<br \/>Soderblom \u2013 Dewar \u2013 Acciari<\/p>\n<p>Wotherspoon \u2013 Karlsson<br \/>Girard \u2013 Letang<br \/>Shea \u2013 Clifton<\/p>\n<p>Silovs<br \/>Skinner<\/p>\n<p>Players To Watch:<\/p>\n<p>Winnipeg Jets<\/p>\n<p>Mark Scheifele continues to be a big impact on the Jets\u2019 lineup, and as he approaches a 100-point season, he\u2019ll push more to get that milestone and help the team.<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Penguins<\/p>\n<p>Erik Karlsson has been on a tear lately, and he\u2019ll be looking to translate that to another game as the Penguins look to beat the Jets.<\/p>\n<p>Next game<\/p>\n<p>Winnipeg Jets \u2013 March 22 vs New York Rangers<br \/>Pittsburgh Penguins \u2013 March 22 vs Carolina Hurricanes<\/p>\n<p>\tDiscover more from Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:15px\">Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/author\/cjack\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/e50dfbea4641d046ef8e16e2e54ca52abea6c285162ff2d320dc3eb277ca8c8d.png\"  class=\"avatar avatar-75 photo\" height=\"75\" width=\"75\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/author\/cjack\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Conrad Jack<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Conrad Jack is a Manitoba-based media credentialed sportswriter covering the Winnipeg Jets (NHL) and the Manitoba Moose (AHL). He also covers the NHL Draft and World Junior Championship for ITR. He also covers league-wide news in his weekly series &#8216;Saturday&#8217;s notebook&#8217; and through individual articles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo Credit: Conrad Jack (Inside The Rink) Winnipeg Jets (28-29-11) at Montreal Canadiens (34-18-16)Venue: PPG Paints ArenaDate: Today&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":551611,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[22335,49,48,11562,5239,150194,196167,448,168422,753,94990,22073,449],"class_list":["post-551610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-2025-26-nhl-season","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-erik-karlsson","tag-hockey","tag-mark-scheifele","tag-neal-pionk","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-game-preview","tag-pittsburgh-penguins","tag-ryan-graves","tag-winnipeg","tag-winnipeg-jets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=551610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/551611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=551610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=551610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=551610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}