Kings at Jets preview

KINGS (3-5-0) at JETS (5-5-0)
8 p.m. ET; TSN3, FS-W, NHL.TV

The Kings ended their skid with a 4-1 victory against the Calgary Flames after they were shut out in successive games by the Carolina Hurricanes (2-0) on Oct. 15 and Buffalo Sabres (3-0) on Thursday.
The Jets also eye their second straight win following three consecutive losses when they were outscored 14-5. Winnipeg is trying to build on a 1-0 victory against the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday.

Players to watch

Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck will start; he's 4-3-0 with a 2.28 goals-against average and .929 save percentage and made 28 saves in the shutout against Edmonton.
Kings center Anze Kopitar, who leads Los Angeles in scoring with nine points (three goals, six assists) in eight games, is three points shy of 900 in the NHL. He has 23 points (eight goals, 15 assists) in 22 games against Winnipeg.

They said it

"We needed that. We lost three in a row and we want to bounce back faster than that. But we showed what kind of team we are in the last game and got the two points. Now we're looking forward to the one tonight." -- Jets forward Nikolaj Ehlers
"Every single team I play against I make a rivalry on that team. Personal rivalries, I think are happening a lot more than you guys are aware of." -- Kings defenseman Drew Doughty

Kings projected lineup

Alex Iafallo -- Anze Kopitar -- Dustin Brown
Jeff Carter -- Blake Lizotte -- Tyler Toffoli
Ilya Kovalchuk -- Adrian Kempe -- Trevor Lewis
Kyle Clifford -- Michael Amadio -- Austin Wagner
Ben Hutton -- Drew Doughty
Alec Martinez -- Sean Walker
Kurtis MacDermid -- Matt Roy
Jonathan Quick
Jack Campbell
Scratched: Joakim Ryan, Nikolai Prokhorkin
Injured:Derek Forbort (back)

Jets projected lineup

Patrik Laine -- Mark Scheifele -- Blake Wheeler
Kyle Connor -- Bryan Little -- Nikolaj Ehlers
Andrew Copp -- Adam Lowry -- Jack Roslovic
Mathieu Perreault -- David Gustafsson -- Gabriel Bourque
Josh Morrissey -- Dmitry Kulikov
Neal Pionk -- Ville Heinola
Carl Dahlstrom -- Anthony Bitetto
Connor Hellebuyck
Laurent Brossoit
Scratched: Mason Appleton
Injured: Nathan Beaulieu (upper body), Mark Letestu (undisclosed), Tucker Poolman (undisclosed)
Suspended: Dustin Byfuglien

Status report

Poolman will miss his first game of the season. … Bitetto returns after missing two games with a lower body injury. … Beaulieu skated for the first time Tuesday since beginning the season on injured reserve.

Stat pack

The Jets are 10-3-0 in their past 13 home games against the Kings, outscoring Los Angeles 43-26. … Winnipeg has the NHL's worst penalty kill (7-for-18, 61.1 percent). … Quick is 1-3-0 with a 5.06 GAA and .828 save percentage in four starts this season.