Canucks Visit Jets Thursday in First Meeting of Season

Vancouver Canucks visit Winnipeg Jets on Thursday at 7 p.m. EST — the first meeting between the teams this NHL season — following Jake DeBrusk’s two-goal performance in Vancouver’s 5-4 loss to the Anaheim Ducks.

The Jets enter with a 5-8-3 record overall and 2-4-1 at Canada Life Centre. They are 3-3-3 in one-goal games. The Canucks are 3-13-1 overall and 2-6-1 on the road. Vancouver serves 10.9 penalty minutes per game, ranking fifth in the league.

Winnipeg has gone 1-7-2 over its last 10 games, averaging 2.1 goals and allowing 3.9 per contest. Vancouver is 1-8-1 over its last 10, scoring 2.7 goals and surrendering four per game.

Mark Scheifele leads the Jets with two goals and 12 assists. Kyle Connor has six goals and one assist over his past 10 games. For Vancouver, Jonathan Lekkerimaki has six goals and seven assists; Brock Boeser has four goals and six assists over the same span.

Injuries continue to mount. The Jets will be without Garrett Brown (lower-body), Nick Bjugstad (pectoral), Vladislav Namestnikov (undisclosed) and Josh Morrissey (upper body). The Canucks list Thatcher Demko (hip), Akil Thomas (undisclosed), Mackenzie MacEachern (undisclosed), Filip Chytil (upper body) as out, and Tom Willander as day-to-day with a lower-body injury.

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