WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets are in Edmonton for their second preseason game in as many days.
The Jets fell 5-2 to the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night, Colin Miller and Colby Barlow scored for Winnipeg. Kaapo Kahkonen made 23 saves in his Jets debut in net.
Scott Arniel will once again go with a younger lineup with Daniel Torgersson, Kevin He, Danny Zhilkin, Markus Loponen, Kieron Walton and Ben King seeing their first action of the preseason against the Oilers.
With training camp being all of four days old, the Jets haven't had a lot of time to work on their special teams. Last night against the Wild, Winnipeg gave up two first period power play goals and went 0-for-5 with the man advantage. With the inexperienced roster and lack of practice time, the struggles while shorthanded and on the power play is to be expected.
"It's hard, you are trying to find experienced guys and you want to use those guys in that situation. We loaded up one group with veterans (on the power play) and another group with kids," said Arniel last night.
"At the end of the day, it's the first time they saw penalty kill and power play was this morning (Saturday morning), so it's kind of learning on the jump."
Here is the lineup that will be going up against the Oilers:
Torgersson. Gustafsson. Jonsson-Fjallby
He. Toninato. Ford
Walton. Kupari. Anderson-Dolan
Loponen. Zhilkin. King
Stanley. Coghlan
Sautner. Salomonsson
Anhorn. Barteaux
Eric Comrie will get the start in goal. The Edmonton native is making his first start in a Jets jersey since May 1, 2022. Comrie made 27 saves in a 4-3 win over the Seattle Kraken.
