GAME DAY: Jets begin back-to-back set tonight in St. Louis

"It feels good," said Scheifele, who has three goals and five assists since he returned from an upper-body injury two weeks ago against the Blues. "It definitely feels weird getting back on the plane and staying in a hotel after being in your own bed for over a month. It feels good and hopefully we can have a good road game tonight."

Winnipeg starts a three-game run against Central Division opponents tonight with their tilt in St. Louis. Saturday will see them in Dallas, and next Tuesday they will host Nashville. The Jets are 9-6-2 against division opponents this season, but are 4-5-1 in their last 10.
With a win tonight, the Jets would be nine points ahead of the Blues in the standings and will still hold a game in hand. Jets head coach Paul Maurice is expecting a real battle between the Central Division clubs through the stretch drive.
"Veteran teams that will wind themselves up and we're going to get their best," said Maurice. "I think you're going to see this kind of push over the last five weeks. It's going to be that (type of) intensity, that playoff game every night."

Of the 10 consecutive games the Jets played at home, the 5-2 loss to the Blues on Feb. 9 stands out as the one that stung the most. St. Louis came into that game having played the night before at home, and the Jets couldn't take advantage.
"We know these guys come hard and they caught us kind of flat last time at home," admitted defenceman Ben Chiarot. "I think we can expect a pretty good effort from our guys tonight."
The pre-game skate featured no line rushes and was also missing the presence of Dustin Byfuglien and Connor Hellebuyck, who are both good to go this evening. Hellebuyck had mentioned after the loss to the Kings that he might go back to his old routine of skating the day before a game, and then taking the morning skate off on game day.
Based on Tuesday's game against Los Angeles the lines should look like this:
Connor-Scheifele-Wheeler
Perreault-Little-Roslovic
Ehlers-Copp-Laine
Petan-Hendricks-Armia
Morrissey-Myers
Enstrom-Byfuglien
Chiarot-Kulikov

Winnipeg is now four points back of Nashville for top spot in the Central with both teams having played 60 games. Meanwhile, the Blues are sitting in the final wild card spot in the Western Conference, one point ahead of the Kings. The division remains one of the most competitive of the four in the NHL with only seven points separating second and fifth place.
"We've had a really good home record. It's a different animal now," said Maurice. "Matchups are important, but all of these (Central) teams have two or three really good, powerful lines and a checking line that can grind. There are not a lot of holes here to exploit in terms of getting the match-up."
Puck drop is set for 7 pm CT.
- Jamie Thomas, WinnipegJets.com
JETS GAME NOTES
Tonight's Game
The Winnipeg Jets play the first of back-to-back road games tonight against the St. Louis Blues…The Jets lost 4-3 to the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday night to finish a team record 10-game homestand with a 6-3-1 record…The Jets head to Dallas following tonight's game to play the back half of the road trip tomorrow night against the Stars…Winnipeg is back at Bell MTS Place on Tuesday for another divisional matchup against the Nashville Predators.
Jets vs. Blues Notes
- The Jets have won seven of the last nine games against the Blues, including all five games last season.
- Winnipeg has outscored St. Louis 27-18 in the nine games.
- Two of Winnipeg's last four wins against St. Louis have been a shutout.
- The Jets are 10-10-3 against St. Louis since the franchise relocated to Winnipeg in 2011.
- The Jets are 7-for-24 (29.2%) on the power play in their last seven games against the Blues.
- Winnipeg is 14-for-16 (87.5%) on the penalty kill in their last six games against St. Louis.
Back on the Road
Tonight is Winnipeg's first road game since Jan. 25 at Anaheim - a span of 28 days…The Jets are 12-10-7 on the road this season and have points in three consecutive road games (2-0-1)…Eight of Winnipeg's next 10 games are on the road…Nikolaj Ehlers leads the Jets in scoring on the road with 23 points (13G, 10A) in 29 games.
Back-to-Back
This weekend is the seventh back-to-back set for the Jets this season…Winnipeg plays nine back-to-backs this season, which is the least number of back-to-backs in the NHL…The Jets are 2-3-1 in the first game of back-to-backs and 3-2-1 in the second game…Last season the Jets had 13 back-to-back sets, going 6-6-1 in the first game and 6-5-2 in the second game for an overall record of 12-11-3.
Against the Central
The Jets are 9-6-2 against their Central Division foes this season and 28-14-4 dating back to last season…However, the Jets are 4-5-1 in their last 10 games against the Central…Winnipeg's next three games are against Central Division teams…Blake Wheeler leads the NHL in points against Central Division teams with 24 points (7G, 17A) in 17 games.
Wingman Wheeler
Captain Blake Wheeler had a goal and an assist on Tuesday against the Kings to extend his point streak to six games (3G, 8A)…Wheeler's assist gives him 52 assists on the season, which is second in the NHL and matches his career high of 52 assists he accomplished during the 2015-16 season…Wheeler has an assist in six consecutive games (8A), which is the longest assist streak by a member of the Jets this season…He is on pace for 71 assists this season, which would break Marc Savard's franchise record of 69 assists set during the 2005-06 season.
Power Patty
Patrik Laine, who has a goal and an assist in three consecutive games, tallied his NHL-leading 16th power play goal on Tuesday…He's tied with Sidney Crosby (2005-06) for the eighth-most power play goals in a season by a teenager…Laine is eight power play goals away from tying Steven Stamkos' single-season record for most power play goals by a teenager of 24, which he did during the 2009-10 season…Stamkos is the last teenager to lead the NHL in power play goals in a season…Including his rookie season, Laine has 25 power play goals as a teenager, which is tied with Dale Hawerchuk (1981-1983) for the sixth-most in NHL history.
Closing in on Wins Record
Goaltender Connor Hellebuyck reached 31 wins with Sunday's win over Colorado, improving to 31-8-8 on the season…He joins Tampa Bay's Andrei Vasilevskiy as the only two goaltenders in the NHL to reach 30 wins this season…Hellebuyck is also just the second goaltender in franchise history to post 30 or more wins in a season, joining Kari Lehtonen, who had a franchise record 34 wins during the 2006-07 season…Hellebuyck is the fifth Michigan-born goaltender to post 30 wins in an NHL season, joining Ryan Miller, Tim Thomas, John Vanbiesbrouck and Brent Johnson…Miller holds the single-season wins record by a Michigan-born goaltender with 41 wins set during the 2009-10 season.
Homestand Leaders
Blake Wheeler (3G, 12A) led the Jets during the 10-game homestand with 15 points in 10 games…Dustin Byfuglien (2G, 9A) had 11 points…Toby Enstrom and Jack Roslovic paced the Jets with a plus-seven rating in the 10 games.
Jets vs. Blues All-Time Records
Overall: 15-17-5
At Bell MTS Place: 5-5-2
At Scottrade Center: 7-8-2