The team's top power play unit will also see some changes. Pionk's return sees him move to the point with Scheifele, Connor, and Dubois, with Copp in the slot.
"I'm not used to having a righty on the other side, so it is a little different," Copp said. "The biggest thing for me, is when we do break out the puck, is to get zone entries and we've been pretty good at that and then just support the puck all over the ice and then creating that chaos in front of the net and finishing on those chances."
As for Pionk, he still sees a right-handed player on his right - this time it's Scheifele - and a lefty on his left in Connor.
"I was working on it a bit with Scheif today," said Pionk. "It's still the same hands, as far as a righty on my right and a lefty on my left. Obviously Scheif's got a little bit different look with Copper in the middle versus a righty shot in the middle. As long as we talk off the ice and work on the ice to build that chemistry, I think it will work out alright."
Maurice is confident as well. Putting Scheifele on his strong side in the right circle was a look the Jets were considering as a next move after a couple other tweaks were made in the past 10 games.
"Part of the conversation with Blake and Mark was because it's new, if Blake didn't get comfortable - he scored a goal there, so we thought he was pretty comfortable - but had he not been comfortable, we would have given Mark that opportunity," Maurice said. "It's a different body mechanic, and Mark does that mechanic easily well."
All the new lines and special teams units will get their first chance to work together on Tuesday against the Buffalo Sabres, as the Jets begin a three-game home stand.
Winnipeg is 3-1-1 in December, and want to keep it rolling against Buffalo - who is winless in their last seven.
"Any team can beat anybody at any given time," said Pionk, who is expected to return to the line-up against the Sabres. "We have to be ready for any team that comes into this building."
ICE CHIPS
The Jets will go with 11 forwards and seven defencemen against Buffalo, as a call-up from the Manitoba Moose isn't as simple as it sounds right now.
"We had a positive test with the Moose," said Maurice. "So because of that - and Neal Pionk was good to go - so because of that, we want to make sure that we get everybody tested a bunch of times throughout the Moose, so that we're not bringing in somebody that we're not sure of."