Flames at Jets preview

FLAMES (36-34-10) at JETS (50-20-10)
8 p.m. ET; TSN3, SNW, NHL.TV

Winnipeg is three points behind the Nashville Predators, who play the Washington Capitals on Thursday. Nashville will clinch first place with a win in any fashion. Each team has two games remaining.
Connor Hellebuyck will start for the Jets. With a win, he will tie Tom Barrasso (Pittsburgh Penguins, 1992-93) for the most victories in a season by a United States-born goalie with 43.
Goalie Jon Gillies will make his third start in the past four games for Calgary, which has been eliminated from Stanley Cup Playoff contention. The Flames are 1-8-0 in their past nine games and have allowed four goals or more in seven of those.

Players to watch

Flames forward Johnny Gaudreau has one assist in his past six games after having eight points (three goals, five assists) in his previous six.
Jets forward Kyle Connor has 14 points (eight goals, six assists) in his past 11 games.

They said it

"I think our battle level can go up. I think last game it wasn't high enough. It feels like we're getting a lot of shots, a lot of opportunities but we got to dig down and grind and get goals at the end of the day." -- Flames defenseman Mark Giordano
"We've still got to battle hard, play the full 60 minutes as hard as we can. We got to play the same game that we would play if we would be in the playoff hunt. It can't change your game even though we're in the playoffs already. We just got to play as well as we can, that's the key." -- Jets forward Patrik Laine

Flames projected lineup

Johnny Gaudreau -- Nicholas Shore -- Micheal Ferland
Sam Bennett -- Mikael Backlund -- Spencer Foo
Michael Frolik -- Mark Jankowski -- Troy Brouwer
Tanner Glass -- Curtis Lazar -- Garnet Hathaway
Mark Giordano -- Dougie Hamilton
Brett Kulak -- Michael Stone
Matt Bartkowski -- Rasmus Andersson
Jon Gillies
Mike Smith
Scratched:Matt Stajan, Chris Stewart
Injured: Sean Monahan (wrist, hip), Kris Versteeg (hip), Matthew Tkachuk (upper body), Marek Hrivik (upper body), TJ Brodie (upper body), Travis Hamonic (upper body)

Jets projected lineup

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

Status report

Hamonic took part in the morning skate but will not play. … Tanev will be a healthy scratch.

Stat pack

Gillies has allowed 13 goals in his previous three starts. ... Wheeler has 13 points (four goals, nine assists) in his past 10 games. Scheifele has 22 points (eight goals, 14 assists) in his past 19 games.