Jets at Canucks preview

JETS (11-5-2) at CANUCKS (10-10-2)
10 p.m. ET; SNP, TSN3, NHL.TV

Forward Sam Gagner, who was loaned to Toronto of the American Hockey League on Oct. 1, will make his season debut for the Canucks. He had 15 points (seven goals, eight assists) in 15 AHL games, and has 433 points (152 goals, 281 assists) in 770 NHL games.
Vancouver is 0-4-1 in its past five games after going 4-0-1 in the previous five.
Goalie Connor Hellebuyck starts for Winnipeg, which begins a four-game road trip after going 3-0-1 on a homestand that ended with a 2-1 shootout loss to the Buffalo Sabres on Friday.

Players to watch

Jets forward Blake Wheeler has 20 points (two goals, 18 assists) in his past 12 games.
Canucks center Bo Horvat has seven points (three goals, four assists) in his past six games, and is two assists from 100 in the NHL.

They said it

"The NHL is where you want to be. I went down and played as hard as I can and tried to get better and felt I did so it's exciting to get the call." -- Canucks forward Sam Gagner, who will make his season debut
"Blake Wheeler. He is a pretty phenomenal player when he has the puck on his stick." -- Jets center Mark Scheifele on what makes their No. 1-ranked power play (33.3 percent) effective

Jets projected lineup

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

Canucks projected lineup

Brendan Leipsic -- Bo Horvat -- Sam Gagner
Nikolay Goldobin -- Elias Pettersson -- Loui Eriksson
Antoine Roussel -- Adam Gaudette -- Jake Virtanen
Tim Schaller -- Markus Granlund -- Tyler Motte
Ben Hutton -- Erik Gudbranson
Derrick Pouliot -- Chris Tanev
Michael Del Zotto -- Troy Stecher
Jacob Markstrom
Richard Bachman
Scratched: Brendan Gaunce, Alex Biega, Darren Archibald
Injured:Brock Boeser (groin), Brandon Sutter (shoulder), Jay Beagle (arm), Sven Baertschi (concussion), Alexander Edler (knee), Anders Nilsson (finger)

Status report

Vesalainen was recalled from Manitoba of the AHL on Friday after eight points (three goals, five assists) in eight games. … Roussel (undisclosed) left practice early Sunday but skated Monday and Green anticipated he will play. ... Boeser skated Monday for the first time since he was placed on injured reserve Nov. 8 but there is no timeline for his return.

Stat pack

Connor has five points (three goals, two assists) in a four-game point streak. ... Lowry will play his 300th NHL game. … Pettersson scored against the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday, his first point in five games after 17 points (10 goals, seven assists) in his first 11 games. ... Motte will play his 100th NHL game.