#  Winnipeg Jets vs. Arizona Coyotes gameday: Perreault out, Scheifele in 

**Winnipeg Jets (21-24-3) vs Arizona (23-19-5)**

**7 p.m., MTS Centre**

**TV: TSN 3 RADIO: TSN 1290**

**THE BIG MATCHUP**

**All the Jets vs Coyotes goalie**

From top to bottom, the Jets have lost their goal-scoring mojo, thanks to a meagre one-goal-per-game output of late. At this point it doesn't matter if they get one of those off-the-clock, off-the-advertising sign, off-the-usher goals – as long as it counts. The return of Mark Scheifele can't hurt. But expecting him to save the day isn't realistic, either.

  * One player returns, another heads for sick bay. Just as the Jets welcome centre Mark Scheifele back into the fold comes news Mathieu Perreault will miss Tuesday's game against Arizona. Head coach Paul Maurice said Monday he's “hopeful” Perreault will be available immediately after the all-star break. Winnipeg's next game is next Tuesday at home, against Dallas.
  * Centre Bryan Little left practice early, Monday, although Maurice was vague about his status. “If he loosens up he's fine for (Tuesday),” Maurice said. “If not, we'll see.” If not, a Jets lineup having trouble scoring would be even less potent.
  * Maurice says captain Andrew Ladd hasn't let his uncertain contract status affect him. “Not in terms of personality. He had a little bit of a slow start... got back up to playing well. The last three games he's played like everybody else. But in terms of how he moves around the room and how he works, no.”
  * The Jets coach downplayed the possibility of losing players like Ladd and Dustin Byfuglien if the Jets don't get back into playoff contention before the Feb. 29 trade deadline. “I'm very aware of what happens to teams that are on the outside closing to the deadline,” Maurice said. “But look at the movement over the last two, three years. It's not like it was five or six years ago, where eight, nine guys moved off teams and everybody was buying.”
  * It appears Manitoba Moose rookie goalie Eric Comrie will take Connor Hellebuyck's place at the AHL all-star game. No official announcement has been made, but Moose defenceman Brenden Kichton, Comrie's roommate, let the cat out of the bag on his Twitter account.
  * Comrie could soon get a break, courtesy of Jets veteran Ondrej Pavelec. The Jets are considering sending Pavelec to the Moose for a few games as he completes his recovery from a knee injury.
  * Quote of the day came from Maurice, asked about the five days off players get for the all-star break. “The really good pros do something every day,” the coach said. “There will be some guys on every team in the NHL that are going to stretch on the way out of bed in the morning and that'll be as hard as their heart-rate gets up.”



**JETS GAMEDAY LINES**

Andrew Ladd-Bryan Little-Drew Stafford

Nikolaj Ehlers-Mark Scheifele-Blake Wheeler

Chris Thorburn-Alex Burmistrov-Joel Armia

Matt Halischuk-Andrew Copp-Anthony Peluso

**Defence**

Jacob Trouba-Dustin Byfuglien

Toby Enstrom-Tyler Myers

Mark Stuart-Ben Chiarot

**Goalies**

Connor Hellebuyck

Michael Hutchinson

**Extras**

D Adam Pardy

D Paul Postma

F Patrice Cormier

**COYOTES GAMEDAY LINES**

Tobias Rieder-Antoine Vermette-Mikkel Boedker

Max Domi-Martin Hanzal-Viktor Tikhonov

Jordan Martinook-Brad Richardson-Shane Doan

Kyle Chipchura-Boyd Gordon-Anthony Duclair

**Defence**

Oliver Ekman-Larsson-Connor Murphy

Jarred Tinordi-Zbynek Michalek

Kevin Connauton-Michael Stone

**Goalies**

Louis Domingue

Anders Lindback

**SICK BAY**

**JETS**

F Mathieu Perreault (lower body)

C Adam Lowry (upper body)

G Ondrej Pavelec (knee)

D Grant Clitsome (back)

**COYOTES**

F Joe Vitale (fractured orbital bone)

G Mike Smith (lower body)

D Nicklas Grossman (illness)

D Dylan Reese (Achilles)