Projected Lineups for the Flames vs Jets – 4/4/24

The Calgary Flames take on the Winnipeg Jets at the Canada Life Centre tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups, sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents and others.

FLAMES (34-35-5) at JETS (45-24-6)

8 p.m. ET; SNW, TSN3

Flames projected lineup

Jonathan Huberdeau — Mikael Backlund — Blake Coleman

Martin Pospisil — Nazem Kadri — Andrei Kuzmenko

Connor Zary — Yegor Sharangovich — Matt Coronato

A.J. Greer — Kevin Rooney — Dryden Hunt

MacKenzie Weegar — Daniil Miromanov

Oliver Kylington — Rasmus Andersson

Nikita Okhotiuk — Brayden Pachal

Dustin Wolf

Jacob Markstrom

Scratched: Walker Duehr, Dennis Gilbert

Injured: Andrew Mangiapane (upper body), Joel Hanley (undisclosed)

Status report

• Hanley did not make the trip and is day to day after leaving in the first period of a 5-3 loss to the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday.
• Mangiapane, a forward, could return after missing three games.
• Wolf will start after Markstrom started the past two games.

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Jets projected lineup

Nikolaj Ehlers — Mark Scheifele — Gabriel Vilardi

Kyle Connor — Sean Monahan — Cole Perfetti

Tyler Toffoli — Adam Lowry — Mason Appleton

Morgan Barron — Vladislav Namestnikov — Alex Iafallo

Josh Morrissey — Neal Pionk

Brenden Dillon — Dylan DeMelo

Dylan Samberg — Colin Miller

Connor Hellebuyck

Laurent Brossoit

Scratched: Rasmus Kupari, David Gustafsson, Logan Stanley, Nate Schmidt

Injured: Nino Niederreiter (leg laceration)

Status report

• The Jets held an optional morning skate Thursday.
• Toffoli, a forward, enters in place of Niederreiter after missing one game with an illness.
• Niederreiter will be out about a week after sustaining a deep cut to his lower leg in the third period of a 4-3 win against the Los Angeles Kings on Monday.
• Miller enters in place of Schmidt, a defenseman.
• Hellebuyck will start for the sixth time in seven games.