GAME DAY: Jets open home stand vs. Red Wings

In Scheifele's absence, Blake Wheeler has moved from the wing to centre the past two games. The captain recorded an assist in each game, and won 14 of the 31 face-offs he took.
"You have a little bit more responsibility in the D zone. I think that's my priority. Try to be on the right side of the puck, try to win battles down low," said Wheeler. "I feel like whenever we get the puck, we're going to create offensive chances by just doing the right thing. It has been my focus.
"Two kind of tough buildings to get thrown into the fire, but two wins, you have to be happy with it."
The Jets have won back-to-back games five times this season, and look to make it three in a row against a Red Wings team that is 4-4-2 in their last 10 games, including Sunday's 4-3 overtime win over the New York Islanders.
In the first meeting between the two teams back on Nov. 4, Brandon Tanev scored his first two NHL goals. One tied the game, the other put the Jets ahead for good in a 5-3 win.
"He's one of our faster players and relentless on the puck," Wheeler said of Tanev. "He does all those things that maybe don't show up on the stat sheet so often, but what pushes you over the top to being a really good team."

Henrik Zetterberg leads the Red Wings in points with 19, including a goal in each of his last three games. He's just one of the players Adam Lowry believes the Jets will have to keep an eye on if they want to open this quick two-game home stand on a winning note.
"You look at the Red Wings and they're a similar style more so to the Hawks," said Lowry. "Quick transition, really responsible defensively, and they have guys that can hurt you off the rush. (Gustav) Nyquist, Zetterberg, guys like that, when given the opportunity can put the puck in the net."
Puck drop is set for 7 pm CT.

LATE HITS: Maurice also had updates on a few of the other injured Jets.
Tyler Myers skated prior to morning skate for the first time since his lower body injury occurred on Nov. 11. There is no timetable as of yet for his return, but Maurice says it's not related to the defenceman's off-season surgeries.
Maurice did have a timetable for Joel Armia and Shawn Matthias, who have been out with lower body injuries since the first week of November.
"I think we're still on track for Armia mid-to-late December, Matthias late December early January," he said. "Nic Petan is still a good 10 days out, maybe two weeks. That one there is a bigger window on when he gets back feeling good."
- Mitchell Clinton, WinnipegJets.com

JETS GAME NOTES
Tonight's Game
Coming off a successful two-win weekend road trip in St. Louis and Chicago, the Winnipeg Jets begin a two-game homestand tonight against the Detroit Red Wings, who are making their one and only trip to MTS Centre this season…The Jets come into tonight's game following a 2-1 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday night….Bryan Little and Andrew Copp had the goals for Winnipeg against Chicago…The Red Wings beat the New York Islanders 4-3 in overtime on Sunday and will cap a three-game road trip tonight…In the first meeting of the season between the Jets and Red Wings on Nov. 4, Winnipeg scored four goals in the third period, including three in the last eight minutes, to win 5-3…Winnipeg finishes this homestand Thursday against the New York Rangers before road games on Saturday and Sunday against the Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers, respectively.
Home Ice Advantage
The Jets have won five of their last six games at MTS Centre, outscoring their opponents 24-12 in the six games…The Jets are 8-5-0 at home this season and have outscored their opponents 41-34 on home ice…The Jets are in a stretch of five of seven games at home.
Winning Ways
Sunday's win gave the Jets their fourth win in their last five games…Three of the four wins have been by one goal…This is the second time Winnipeg has won four of five games - the first was Nov. 8-13.
Facing the East
The Jets are 4-7-1 against Eastern Conference teams this season, including 2-3-0 against Atlantic Division teams…Winnipeg is 3-3-0 against Eastern Conference opponents at MTS Centre, with all three wins coming by one goal, including two in overtime.
The Finnisher
Patrik Laine is tied with Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby for the NHL goal scoring lead with 16 goals in 28 games…Laine also has a share of the NHL power play goal lead with seven goals…Laine leads all NHL rookies with 23 points (16g, 7a) and is the only rookie in the NHL this season to reach the 20-point mark…Laine's four multi-goal games is tied with Crosby for the league lead…Of his 16 goals, 13 have been scored at home, which leads the NHL.
Streakers
In addition to Bryan Little's three-game point streak (3g, 1a), Blake Wheeler is on a five-game point streak with six points (1g, 5a) in his last handful of games, while Dustin Byfuglien has an assist in four consecutive games.

Special Teams Notes
- Winnipeg is 7-for-7 on the penalty kill in its last two games and 17-for-20 (85%) on the penalty kill in its last five games.
- The Jets are 3-for-7 (42.9%) on the power play in the last three games, compared to 16% for the season.
- The Jets lead the NHL with 159 shots on the power play this season.

Quick Hits
- The two wins over St. Louis and Chicago last weekend marked the first time this season the Jets won consecutive games on the road.
- Despite giving up a tying goal in the third period to the Blackhawks on Sunday, the Jets remain perfect when leading after the second period with a 9-0-0 record…Winnipeg is also unbeaten in regulation when tied after two periods with 1-0-1 record.
- Winnipeg is 8-3-2 in one-goal games this season, which is tied for the third-most one-goal wins in the NHL.
- The Jets have outscored their opposition 36-27 in the third period and overtime this season…The 36 goals for leads the NHL this season.
- The Jets have been outscored 37-18 in second periods this season.