Monday's practice came after a day off for the Jets, who will have two days between games twice on the three-game road trip, which begins Tuesday night against the Anaheim Ducks.
"Energy wise it will be nice to rest. Today was a good skate, but it's one of those that you get back to the hotel and you get some rest," said Perreault. "We haven't had a whole lot of days like that this year. We're going to try and take advantage of those few days here on this road trip."
SHUFFLE UP FRONT
In the third period of the 2019 Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic, Maurice switched up his lines putting Kyle Connor with Mark Scheifele and Blake Wheeler.
It's a trio that has spent a lot of time together since the start of the 2017-18 season (over 1,100 minutes at five-on-five according to Natural Stat Trick). So it's a comfortable spot for the 22-year-old Connor.
"My game doesn't change too much. That group of forwards has played with pretty much everybody," said Connor.
"That group has been together for the past couple of years. There have been lots of line combinations and I think every one of those players is so elite and can score different ways and make plays too. It's a good group and I think you can plug anybody into that hole and they'll have success."
Since the start of the season, Connor, Nikolaj Ehlers, and Patrik Laine have all spent time on the wing with Scheifele and Wheeler.
In fact, Maurice has also put Ehlers and Laine with Mark Scheifele on occasion, with Wheeler and Connor skating with Saturday's overtime hero Bryan Little at points as well.
"We're not generating in those six players as much as we'd like to, so we'll give it a run," said Maurice. "Nothing is going to be permanent. Patrik isn't at 100 per cent so we'll watch his minutes a little bit."