Jets at Kraken

JETS (20-9-1) at KRAKEN (16-10-3)

Jets projected lineup
Cole Perfetti -- Mark Scheifele -- Karson Kuhlman
Kyle Connor -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Sam Gagner
Morgan Barron -- Adam Lowry -- Jansen Harkins
David Gustafsson -- Kevin Stenlund -- Axel Jonsson-Fjallby
Josh Morrissey -- Dylan DeMelo
Brenden Dillon -- Neal Pionk
Kyle Capobianco -- Dylan Samberg
David Rittich
Connor Hellebuyck
Scratched: Dominic Toninato, Ville Heinola, Michael Eyssimont
Injured: Blake Wheeler (lower body), Nate Schmidt (upper body), Nikolaj Ehlers (undisclosed), Mason Appleton (wrist), Saku Maenalanen (upper body), Logan Stanley (upper body)
Kraken projected lineup
Jaden Schwartz -- Alex Wennberg -- Oliver Bjorkstrand
Ryan Donato -- Yanni Gourde -- Andre Burakovsky
Jared McCann -- Matty Beniers -- Jordan Eberle
Daniel Sprong -- Morgan Geekie -- Brandon Tanev
Vince Dunn -- Adam Larsson
Jamie Oleksiak -- Justin Schultz
Carson Soucy -- Will Borgen
Philipp Grubauer
Martin Jones
Scratched: Cale Fleury, Eeli Tolvanen
Injured: Joonas Donskoi (upper body), Chris Driedger (lower body)
Status report
Rittich is expected to start after Hellebuyck made 22 saves in a 5-1 win at the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday. ... Oleksiak returns after serving a three-game suspension for an illegal check to the head of Washington Capitals defenseman Alexander Alexeyev on Dec. 9. … Defenseman Gustav Oloffson was reassigned by the Kraken to Coachella Valley of the American Hockey League on Saturday.