Morning Skate Report: Jets vs Flames

WINNIPEG -With two wins so far, the Winnipeg Jets will try for their third consecutive victory on a four-game home stand as they host the Calgary Flames tonight at Canada Life Centre.
The Jets (37-32-11) have outscored their opponents 8-1 through the first two games of the home stand, with Eric Comrie making 35 saves to earn his first career NHL shutout on Wednesday.
One of the people who might have been happiest for Comrie is Josh Morrissey.
"It's amazing. He's one of my closest friends. I've played with him at every level. Under 15, 16, 17, 18, World Juniors, AHL, World Championship, NHL, so pretty much anywhere together," Morrissey said.
"We know the type of person he is, but I think he has the game to play in the NHL and be a contributing player. For Coms, it's nice that he had the stability. Every player wants that.
"He brings energy every day. He's a tremendous pro, and certainly a great friend."

Comrie will get the night off tonight, as Connor Hellebuyck - who made 30 saves on 31 shots in the 4-1 win over Colorado on Sunday - will get his 66th start of the season. That will leave him one shy of his career high of 67 games played in 2017-18, and one back of Nashville's Juuse Saros for the most starts in the league this season.
That will be the only change to the Jets line-up, though. Interim head coach Dave Lowry didn't speak to media Friday morning (as Morrissey and Pierre-Luc Dubois held extended media sessions reflecting on the season), but based on the fact Logan Stanley and Adam Brooks stayed on the ice for extra work, it would appear the Jets line-up will stay the same:
Connor-Dubois-Harkins
Ehlers-Stastny-Wheeler
Sanford-Lowry-Appleton
Barron-Toninato-Svechnikov
Morrissey-DeMelo
Samberg-Pionk
Dillon-Schmidt
Today's morning skate is the last one of the season, as the Jets play a matinee affair against the Seattle Kraken on Sunday. However, it was anything but routine. Mark Scheifele - who hasn't skated with the group since suffering an upper-body injury against Ottawa on April 10 - wore a non-contact jersey during Friday's session.
"It felt good to see him out there," said Pierre-Luc Dubois, adding Cole Perfetti - also in a non-contact jersey today - into the mix.
"Even though the season is ending, it's good to see these guys getting back to full health."
Seeing Scheifele was a bit of a boost for the Jets, who are still coming to grips with missing the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time since the 2016-17 season.
"For us this year, I think with the team we had - I'm not going to come out here and say we were going to win the Stanley Cup - but you never know," said Dubois. "We were one of those teams that at the start of the year we felt like we did have a chance to win the Cup. You never know when it's going to be your year. We have a lot of talent, a lot of the pieces to make a run for it and get as far as we could.
"To not make the playoffs, and be eliminated with six games left, it's frustrating and very disappointing."
Some inspiration could come from the other end of the rink tonight, as the Flames (50-20-11) were in a similar spot last season after finishing outside of the playoff picture.
This season, powered by 40-goal seasons by Elias Lindholm, Johnny Gaudreau, and Matthew Tkachuk, along with stellar goaltending by Jacob Markstrom and Dan Vladar, find themselves at the top of the Pacific Division.
The off-season is always unpredictable when it comes to changes, but from the outside, Morrissey sees some things the Jets can take from Calgary's success this season.
"If you watch them play this year, they play the game the right way. They play a game that you don't get anything easy against them," said Morrissey. "They're committed to defence and they play hard every single night. I'm not going to comment on what they did exactly because I'm not there, I don't know, but it's more the template of you play the right way, it's possible when you have a good group, a veteran group to make an adjustment and changes to your game, and have immediate success."
The Flames dropped a 3-2 overtime decision to the Minnesota Wild last night at Xcel Energy Center, and tonight's game wraps up their regular season and a three-game Central Division road trip that saw them earn an overtime victory in Nashville earlier this week.
Calgary has allowed an average of 2.51 goals-against per game, the third fewest in the NHL. That might make Kyle Connor's charge toward 50 goals a bit more difficult, as the speedy forward sits at 46 with two games to go.
But Dubois has seen a lot from Connor this year, and wouldn't be surprised if he found a way to get it done.
"It's been really fun to play with him and be around him, and to see him finally get the credit I think he deserves," said Dubois. "I think he's one of the most underrated players in the league. A lot of people, maybe just hear about our games or see the stat sheet, they don't necessarily watch the games. For him to finally get the recognition he deserves is nice."
Puck drop is set for 7 pm CT.