Jets at Blues preview

JETS (12-7-2) at BLUES (8-10-3)
7 p.m. ET; SN360, CITY, FS-MW, NHL.TV

The Jets, who have been outscored 10-5 in two losses after going 4-0-1 in their previous five games, opened the season with a 5-1 win here on Oct. 4 before defeating the Blues 5-4 in overtime in Winnipeg on Oct. 22, coming back from two goals down.
St. Louis is 2-5-0 in its past seven games after going 4-1-0 in its previous five games.
It could be a game of backup goaltenders between Laurent Brossoit of Winnipeg and Chad Johnson of the Blues; Brossoit is 3-1-1 with a 1.65 goals-against average and .951 save percentage in five games (four starts) for the Jets this season, and Johnson is 2-4-0 with a 2.41 GAA and .916 save percentage in seven games (five starts) for St. Louis.

Players to watch

Jets forward Patrik Laine has six goals in a three-game goal-scoring streak.
Blues center Ryan O'Reilly has 21 points (11 goals, 10 assists) in his past 16 games.

They said it

"At the end of the day, we're winning a lot more than we're losing recently. The sky isn't falling. On the road, there's going to be momentum changes. ... Some people dwell on it longer than others. By puck drop tomorrow, we'll be focused on St. Louis." -- Jets forward Blake Wheeler after a 4-2 loss at the Minnesota Wild on Friday
"This is the team we're supposed to be every night and hopefully we can carry that into tomorrow." -- Blues forward Pat Maroon after a 6-2 win against the Nashville Predators on Friday

Jets projected lineup

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

Blues projected lineup

Zach Sanford -- Ryan O'Reilly -- Vladimir Tarasenko
Robby Fabbri -- Brayden Schenn -- Robert Thomas
David Perron -- Tyler Bozak -- Pat Maroon
Sammy Blais -- Ivan Barbashev -- Oskar Sundqvist
Vince Dunn -- Alex Pietrangelo
Joel Edmundson -- Colton Parayko
Jay Bouwmeester -- Jordan Schmaltz
Chad Johnson
Jake Allen
Scratched: Nikita Soshnikov
Injured: Jaden Schwartz (hand), Alexander Steen (upper body), Carl Gunnarsson (upper body), Robert Bortuzzo (lower body)

Status report

Copp was in concussion protocol following the game Friday and may not play. ... Neither team held a morning skate Saturday. ... Steen is day to day.

Stat pack

Connor has nine points (four goals, five assists) in his past seven games. ... Wheeler will play in his 800th NHL game.