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The Jets forward leads the team with 12 goals and 28 points. At 24, Scheifele is on track to produce his best offensive season. He scored 12, 15, 29 and 32 goals in his first four NHL seasons and is on pace to approach 40 this year. Scheifele, fromKitchener, Ontario, is playing with linemates Blake Wheeler and Kyle Connor, and each player had a goal and two assists in Winnipeg’s 7-2 triumph over visiting Minnesota on Monday. The 6-foot-3, 210-poundsScheifele seems to be the Jets’ catalyst.
NOTEBOOK:
Jets(15-6-3):Wheeler played in his 500th game for the /Atlanta Thrashers franchise in Monday’s win over Minnesota. … The Jets have won 15 of 24 games, the quickest to 15 wins in franchise history, and their plus-16 mark in goals for/against is second best in the Western Conference. They have won four straight games and seven of their last eight at home. Winnipeg is 7-4-2 on the road. … The Jets are sixth in NHL scoring (3.29) and seventh in goals against (2.67). … Winnipeg recently added 22-year-old goalie Eric Comrie, the younger brother of former Denver Pioneers star forward Paul Comrie. Eric Comrie considered DU before going the major-junior route to the NHL. Comrie, who might play against the Avs, made his NHL debut April 6 at Columbus and had a 35-save win.
Avalanche (11-9-2): Captain Gabe Landeskog will begin to serve his four-game suspension for the cross check to the head of Calgary forward Matthew Tkachuk in Saturday’s 3-2 loss to the visiting Flames. Landeskog will miss the remainder of Colorado’s five-game homestand. … will start in net, his first action since taking the 5-2 loss at Nashville on Nov 18. Varlamov missed the last four games because of illness. He will be backed up by Jonathan Bernier, who went 2-1-1 in Varlamov’s absence. Forward Colin Wilson (groin/hip) is questionable. Defenseman Anton Lindholm is expected to be cleared to play after missing nine games with a broken jaw. … Forward Vladislav Kamenev (arm) and defenseman Patrik Nemeth (lower body) remain out long-term.
