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JETS (39-23-4) at HURRICANES (36-23-7)
7:30 p.m. ET; TVAS, FS-CR, TSN3, NHL.TV

Goalie Laurent Broissoit will start for the Jets, who are 3-5-1 in their past nine games and trail the Nashville Predators by one point for the Central lead. Broissoit is 1-4-1 with a 3.76 goals-against average and .886 save percentage in his past six games following a seven-game winning streak.
The Hurricanes are tied in points with the Montreal Canadiens for the first wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs in the Eastern Conference and two points behind the Pittsburgh Penguins for third place in the Metropolitan Division. Carolina, 5-0-1 in its past six games and 8-1-1 in its past 10, has allowed two goals or fewer in seven of those 10.
Goalie Petr Mrazek could start for the Hurricanes; he's 5-1-0 with a 1.68 GAA,.940 save percentage and two shutouts in his past six starts.

Players to watch

Jets forward Blake Wheeler has 13 points (six goals, seven assists) in a seven-game point streak.
Hurricanes center Sebastian Aho has eight points (five goals, three assists) in a six-game point streak, including at least one goal in four straight games.

They said it

"[The Hurricanes] have always put a lot of pucks at the net, where they would almost give you the puck back. I don't find that with this team now. It's still the same mindset. They still put everything at the net, but they are so quick on those. They're very good at it, so there's a method to that madness." -- Jets coach Paul Maurice
"They've got a pretty potent offense. They have certainly [some of] the elite players of the game, so when they're firing on all cylinders, that's trouble for everybody. Every team has high-end players. They just seem to have more of them." -- Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour

Jets projected lineup
Hurricanes projected lineup
Status report

The Jets held an optional morning skate. … Byfuglien left the road trip and returned to Winnipeg for additional treatment of his injury, Maurice said. ... The Hurricanes did not hold a morning skate.

Stat pack

Scheifele has seven points (two goals, five assists) in a four-game point streak. … Williams has 11 points (six goals, five assists) in his past 11 games. … Staal is one point shy of 500 in the NHL.