Ducks at Jets preview

DUCKS (38-24-12) at JETS (44-19-10)
8 p.m. ET; TSN3, FS-W, NHL.TV

Laine, who left with a bruised left foot after blocking a shot during the second period of a 2-1 overtime win against the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday, took part in the morning skate and told coach Paul Maurice he wants to play. Maurice said no determination will be made until team doctors examine him. Laine is second in the NHL with 43 goals, one behind Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals.
A win would give the Jets 100 points, surpassing the 99 they had in 2014-15. Winnipeg has won three in a row and is eight points ahead of the Minnesota Wild for second in the Central Division.
The Ducks have won four straight games and hold the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Western Conference. They are one point behind the Los Angeles Kings for third place in the Pacific Division. Anaheim is tied in points with the Colorado Avalanche for the first wild card, but Colorado holds the tiebreaker with five more regulation/overtime wins.

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Players to watch

Ducks forward Ryan Getzlaf has one goal and four assists in a three-game point streak. He has 21 points (four goals, 17 assists) in his past 14 games.
Jets forward Paul Stastny has 10 points (three goals, seven goals) in his past 10 games.

They said it

"I think the biggest thing is we're focusing on each game, one at a time. We're not looking ahead to see the end result, only the team we're playing. The last 10, 20 games, we've done a pretty good job of that." -- Ducks defenseman Brandon Montour
"If it's hurting before the game it's not smart to play. I mean, if it feels good and it's not hurting then we're going to talk with the coach [about] what he thinks and what's smart, but I don't know now." -- Jets forward Patrik Laine

Ducks projected lineup

Rickard Rakell -- Ryan Getzlaf -- Corey Perry
Andrew Cogliano -- Ryan Kesler -- Jakob Silfverberg
Nick Ritchie -- Adam Henrique -- Ondrej Kase
Jason Chimera -- Derek Grant -- Chris Kelly
Cam Fowler -- Brandon Montour
Marcus Pettersson -- Hampus Lindholm
Francois Beauchemin -- Korbinian Holzer
John Gibson
Ryan Miller
Scratched:JT Brown, Antoine Vermette, Andy Welinski
Injured: Patrick Eaves (illness), Kevin Bieksa (hand), Josh Manson (upper body)

Jets projected lineup

Kyle Connor -- Mark Scheifele -- Blake Wheeler
Nikolaj Ehlers -- Paul Stastny -- Patrik Laine
Mathieu Perreault -- Andrew Copp -- Bryan Little
Brandon Tanev -- Adam Lowry -- Joel Armia
Josh Morrissey -- Tyler Myers
Toby Enstrom -- Dustin Byfuglien
Ben Chiarot -- Joe Morrow
Connor Hellebuyck
Eric Comrie
Scratched:Shawn Matthias, Tucker Poolman, Marko Dano, Jack Roslovic
Injured: Steve Mason (lower body), Dmitry Kulikov (lower body), Matt Hendricks (lower body), Michael Hutchinson (concussion), Jacob Trouba (upper body)

Status report

Manson skated Friday but will not play. … Hellebuyck will start after Comrie played against Los Angeles.

Stat pack

Rakell has one goal and three assists in a three-game point streak. ... Wheeler has one goal and four assists in a four-game point streak.