OTTAWA – Friday, Winnipeg Jets coach Claude Noel said Ondrej Pavelec was battling flu-like symptoms but wouldn’t confirm Al Montoya as the starting goaltender. If Pavelec is still ill, look for Montoya to make his third start of the season Saturday against the Ottawa Senators. The Jets' backup goaltender sports a 4.33 goals-against average and .806 save percentage.
Here are the projected lineups for the Winnipeg Jets and Ottawa Senators on Saturday afternoon. Due to the 2 p.m. start, neither team held practices on Saturday.
JETS
Evander Kane – Olli Jokinen – Nik Antropov
Andrew Ladd – Bryan Little – Blake Wheeler
Alexei Ponikarovsky – Alexander Burmistrov – Kyle Wellwood
James Wright – Jim Slater – Chris Thorburn
Injuries: Antti Miettinen, Zach Bogosian, Dustin Byfuglien, Ondrej Pavelec
Scratches: Anthony Peluso
SENATORS
Mika Zibanejad – Kyle Turris – Daniel Alfredsson
Milan Michalek – Zack Smith – Jakob Silfverberg
Colin Greening – Peter Regin – Chris Neil
Kaspars Daugavins – Stephane Da Costa – Erik Condra
Chris Phillips – Patrick Wiercioch
Scratches: Jim O’Brien, Andre Benoit
Injuries: Guillaume Latendresse, Jared Cowen