Jets at Flames preview

JETS (12-5-2) at FLAMES (12-8-1)
10 p.m. ET; SN, NHL.TV

Rittich seeks his sixth consecutive win for the Flames, who look for their third straight victory and eighth win in 11 games (7-3-0). He's 5-0-0 with a 1.59 goals-against average, .929 save percentage and one shutout in his past five starts.
Calgary has scored two goals or fewer in four of its past six games.
Hellebuyck eyes his fifth consecutive victory for the Jets, who try for their fifth win in six games (4-1-0). He's 4-0-0 with a 2.01 GAA and .933 save percentage in his past four starts.
Winnipeg has allowed two goals or fewer in four of its past five games.

Players to watch

Jets center Mark Scheifele has nine points (five goals, four assists) in his past five games and 18 points (nine goals, nine assists) in his past 12 games.
Flames forward Matthew Tkachuk has six points (four goals, two assists) in his past three games.

They said it

"Everybody knows that we can score and they can score as well. It's going to be a good game, for sure. They're playing really well, good hockey. We've got to be ready to play our best game." -- Jets forward Patrik Laine
"They've got a lot of skill up front. They're a big, physical team, too, on the back end. We have our hands full tonight. It's going to be a big test for us and it's a big game for us." -- Flames forward Johnny Gaudreau

Jets projected lineup

Nikolaj Ehlers -- Mark Scheifele -- Blake Wheeler
Kyle Connor -- Bryan Little -- Patrik Laine
Andrew Copp -- Adam Lowry -- Brandon Tanev
Nic Petan -- Jack Roslovic -- Mathieu Perreault
Josh Morrissey -- Jacob Trouba
Ben Chiarot -- Dustin Byfuglien
Joe Morrow -- Tyler Myers
Connor Hellebuyck
Laurent Brossoit
Scratched: Brendan Lemieux, Sami Niku
Injured: Dmitry Kulikov (upper body)

Flames projected lineup

Johnny Gaudreau -- Sean Monahan -- Elias Lindholm
Matthew Tkachuk -- Mikael Backlund -- Sam Bennett
Michael Frolik -- Derek Ryan -- James Neal
Dillon Dube -- Mark Jankowski -- Garnet Hathaway
Mark Giordano -- TJ Brodie
Noah Hanifin -- Travis Hamonic
Juuso Valimaki -- Rasmus Andersson
David Rittich
Mike Smith
Scratched: Austin Czarnik, Michael Stone, Dalton Prout
Injured: None

Status report

Neither Winnipeg nor Calgary is expected to make any lineup changes from its previous game. …The Jets assigned forward Kristian Vesalainen to Manitoba of the American Hockey League on Tuesday. … The Flames loaned defenseman Dalton Prout to Stockton of the AHL on a conditioning stint on Tuesday.

Stat pack

Wheeler has 20 points (two goals, 18 assists) in his past 13 games. … Connor has nine points (four goals, five assists) in a five-game point streak. … Lindholm has 13 points (five goals, eight assists) in his past 11 games. … Monahan has six points (four goals, two assists) in his past four games.