{"id":934105,"date":"2026-10-15T15:50:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T15:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/934105\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T15:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T15:50:09","slug":"jets-gameday-preview-winnipeg-looks-to-build-momentum-against-central-division-foe-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/934105\/","title":{"rendered":"Jets Gameday Preview: Winnipeg looks to build momentum against Central Division foe Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jets Gameday Preview: Winnipeg looks to build momentum against Central Division foe Chicago<\/p>\n<p>The <a class=\"text-accent\" href=\"https:\/\/jetsnation.ca\/winnipeg-jets-player-stats\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Winnipeg Jets<\/a> visit the Chicago Blackhawks at the United Center on Thursday, October 15, with both teams coming off wins on Tuesday. Winnipeg beat Minnesota 5-2, while Chicago defeated Pittsburgh 5\u20133. The Jets got the result they wanted, but head coach Scott Arniel\u2019s assessment of their first-period execution left something to clean up before their next outing.<\/p>\n<p>Josh Morrissey is day-to-day with an upper-body injury. Chicago forward Andrew Mangiapane is out with a lower-body injury.<\/p>\n<p>Tale of the Tape<\/p>\n<p>Kyle Connor and Mark Scheifele each had a goal and an assist against Minnesota, while Neal Pionk recorded two assists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur detail or our execution getting out of our zone in the first wasn\u2019t very good,\u201d <a class=\"text-accent\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/12101482\/top-line-carries-winnipeg-jets-to-5-2-win-over-wild\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Arniel said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He credited a quicker second period with getting Minnesota \u201ccaught for a couple of long shifts, extended shifts in their end,\u201d wearing down the Wild\u2019s defence. That is a more useful part of Tuesday\u2019s win for the Jets to carry forward, with cleaner exits giving them a chance to spend longer stretches attacking, rather than working to get the puck back.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"text-accent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/news\/minnesota-wild-winnipeg-jets-game-recap-october-13-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Minnesota head coach John Hynes<\/a> also saw more than scoring from Winnipeg\u2019s top line. He described the group as \u201cplaying in sync right now\u201d and praised their competitiveness on pucks and responsibility when called upon to defend. The production obviously matters, but that work without the puck gives the Jets something else to build on against Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>Arniel also praised Pionk\u2019s contribution. The coach pointed to his move onto the top power play unit against Minnesota and his vision on Scheifele\u2019s goal as examples of the offence Winnipeg needed from its blue line.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou saw that vision on Schife\u2019s goal, the play that he made there,\u201d Arniel said. \u201cBut we need everybody to have that sorta offensive flair.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chicago had plenty of production to lean on in its win over Pittsburgh. Teuvo Ter\u00e4v\u00e4inen scored twice and added an assist, Tyler Bertuzzi had a goal and an assist, and Anton Frondell collected two assists.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"text-accent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/news\/pittsburgh-penguins-chicago-blackhawks-game-recap-october-13-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Penguins head coach Dan Muse<\/a> felt Pittsburgh played \u201ca little bit into the type of game that I think they want to play in terms of making it a track meet.\u201d He connected missed opportunities to possess the puck and come up the ice together with spending more time defending.<\/p>\n<p>For Winnipeg, that is another reason to pay attention to puck management. Making Chicago defend would be preferable to trading chances after hurried exits.<\/p>\n<p>Up next:<\/p>\n<p>Puck drop is scheduled for Thursday, October 15, at 7:00 p.m. CDT (8:00 p.m. EDT) at the United Center in Chicago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jets Gameday Preview: Winnipeg looks to build momentum against Central Division foe Chicago The Winnipeg Jets visit the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":934106,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-934105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934105","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=934105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/934106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=934105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=934105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=934105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}