GAMEDAY: Jets vs Sharks

WINNIPEG -After a much needed off day on Sunday, the Winnipeg Jets will try and carry the emotion, urgency, and pace from Saturday's win over the Edmonton Oilers into Monday's tilt with the San Jose Sharks.
They'd love it if they picked up the same final result as well.
The win over the Oilers snapped a five-game winless skid for the Jets (36-25-2), and now Adam Lowry says the challenge is bringing that type of performance to the ice every night.
No matter what challenge comes their way.
"We were coming out and kept pushing forward," Lowry said. "That's what we're looking for, not to wilt under pressure, not to wilt when things get touch, but come together and play the way we're asked to play.
"The consistency of that is going to have to be there down the stretch for us."

Lowry's words about consistency will be tested tonight against the Sharks, as Winnipeg will be going from facing the Oilers - the fourth-ranked team in the Pacific Division and currently holding down a wildcard spot - to a club in San Jose that has the fewest wins in the Western Conference (18).
"We needed a win, and we got it. We've got to keep working and move on," said Ehlers. "We need the crowd with us. We need the crowd with us for the last 20 regular-season games. We know they'll be there in the playoffs. We've got to fight."
Pierre-Luc Dubois and Mason Appleton, who have missed the last three games with lower-body and upper-body injuries respectively, are both returning to the line-up tonight.

Dubois watched every minute of the win over the Oilers, and while the competitive part of him wanted to be out there, he knew his injury needed one more day. Now, he's ready to jump back in.
"It was just one of those things where the only way for it to get better is to get off the ice and to give it some time to heal," said Dubois. "Obviously, to be back in tonight, skated a decent amount the past week or so. Yesterday was a day off, treatment day, so that was all good. Today, felt really good."
Head coach Rick Bowness had a number of decisions to make line-up wise with Dubois and Appleton coming back from injury. The line rushes in Monday's morning skate looked like this, with David Rittich looking like the probable starter in goal:
Connor-Scheifele-Niederreiter
Ehlers-Dubois-Wheeler
Barron-Lowry-Namestnikov
Maenalanen-Stenlund-Appleton
Morrissey-Pionk
Dillon-DeMelo
Samberg-Schmidt
While Dubois won't start the night with either Niederreiter or Vladislav Namestnikov - the two newest faces on the roster that Dubois has yet to play with - he's excited to work with Niederreiter on the team's top power play unit.
"I've been around them the past couple of days, getting to know them a bit," said Dubois. "It will be exciting to get out there and see what they can do. Saw a bit of Nino, saw a bit of Vlad playing against them throughout my career and then the last couple of days, seen them from up top, you get to see them a lot. Will be fun to get out there with them tonight."

Namestnikov, who made his Jets debut on Saturday, picked up an assist on Dylan DeMelo's empty netter to seal the 7-5 win over Edmonton, but his impact in the game was felt long before that.
He played on the wing with Lowry and Morgan Barron, a trio charged with slowing down Connor McDavid's line, which at times also had Leon Draisaitl on the wing. Even against that competition, that line held the edge in high danger chances at five-on-five (according to Natural Stat Trick by a 5-3 margin).
The part that stood out for Lowry was a key shot block near the end of the game with the Jets up 6-5.
"We were dead tired and handing on for dear life. It allows us to get it out of the zone," said Lowry. "That's what it takes to win. That's what it takes to get out of these slides we've been in the last little while. We need to see that from everyone."
Bowness coached Namestnikov last year in Dallas, and for five seasons in Tampa Bay from 2013-2018. He knew the type of player the Jets were getting when Namestnikov was acquired at the trade deadline. The forward's contributions went far beyond his assist and three hits in just over 14 minutes of ice time, made even more impressive by the fact he hadn't skated in a couple days.
"He's very good at all the little details of the game," Bowness said. "He's got great hockey sense, and he's got a great feel for the game. You guys don't know, but he's a tough little guy. I mean, he is tough. And you love his compete."
The Jets coach was happy with his entire team on Saturday, and now the process begins all over again.
It doesn't matter where a team is in the standings.
"Yesterday morning, we woke up in third. This morning, we wake up in eighth," said Bowness. "That's how tight it's going to be."
Every game takes the same work ethic, the same attention to detail, and the same commitment as the one before it.
Playing that way every night is a challenge, but it's what it takes to get to where the Jets want to be.
"That's how you win games," said Bowness. "You've got to pay the price to win."
Puck drop is set for 6:30 pm CT.