The Winnipeg Jets will welcome the New York Rangers to Canada Life Centre to kick off their NHL campaign on Friday. Winnipeg had an excellent preseason where they won four games and lost just one. Their last game ended in a 5-3 win over the Calgary Flames as two goals from Pierre-Luc Dubois and a goal each from Kyle Connor, Mark Scheifele and Nikolaj Ehlers sealed the deal.

Defenseman Nate Schmidt spoke to the press after their last practice and said, “When you have this many days between your first game, you have to work this hard, you have to expect that. When you know it’s coming and guys can expect it, they have a little more fun with it. They enjoy that grind.”

On the other hand, the New York Rangers have started their season like a house on fire as they recorded two back to back wins with their last one coming in a 7-3 drubbing of the Minnesota Wild. Chris Kreider scored twice and Artemi Panarin, Adam Fox, Vincent Trochek, Filip Chytil and Kaapo Kakko scored one each as the Rangers scored a comprehensive win.

Goaltender Igor Shesterkin had an incredible game as he made 33 saves from the 36 shots he faced. In doing that, he notched the 64th win of his career and his first ever against the Minnesota Wild

Predicted Lineups

Winnipeg Jets

Mason Appleton – Morgan Barron – Kyle Connor

Pierre-Luc Dubois – Nikolaj Ehlers – Sam Gagner

David Gustafsson – Adam Lowry – Cole Perfetti

Mark Scheifele – Dominic Toninato – Blake Wheeler

Kyle Capobianco – Dylan Demelo

Brenden Dillon – Josh Morrissey

Neal Pionk – Nate Schmidt

Connor Hellebuyck

David Rittich

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New York Rangers

Ryan Carpenter – Dryden Hunt – Kaapo Kakko

Filip Chytil – Barclay Goodrow – Chris Kreider

Alexis Lafreniere – Artemi Panarin – Ryan Reaves

Vincent Trochek – Jimmy Vesey – Mika Zibanejad

Adam Fox – Zac Jones

Ryan Lindgren – K’Andre Miller

Braden Schneider – Jacob Trouba

Igor Shesterkin

Injury Report

Winnipeg Jets: No injuries

New York Rangers: Sammy Blais

Winnipeg Jets vs New York Rangers Schedule and Fixture

The match between the Winnipeg Jets and New York Rangers will take place at Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg, Canada on Friday, October 14 at 8:00 PM ET.

Where to watch Winnipeg Jets vs New York Rangers?

The match between the Winnipeg Jets and New York Rangers will be telecast live on MSG Sportsnet in the United States and on TSN3 and SNNow Premium in Canada.

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