Goalie Laurent Brossoit starts in goal for the Jets, who are 10-2-0 in the past 12 games, and have scored at least four goals in six of their past seven. Brossoit is 7-1-1 with a .930 save percentage. No. 1 goalie Connor Hellebuyck play the past three games. Goalie Jacob Markstrom starts for the Canucks, who are 6-1-1 in their past eight games after going 1-10-2 in its previous 13. Markstrom has a .942 save percentage during a personal six-game win streak.
Players to watch
Jets center Mark Scheifele has 16 points (five goals, 11 assists) in his past seven games, and has recorded multiple points in six of those games. Canucks center Bo Horvat has six points (three goals, three assists) in the past five games.
They said it
"A completely different team than we saw last time. I think they had seven guys out and we had pretty good control of that game start to finish. Whenever Vancouver has been healthy, and this goes back to the start of last year, I have liked their game." -- Jets coach Paul Maurice on a 6-3 win in Vancouver on Nov. 19 "It seems like he gets overshadowed a little bit the last few years obviously with (Henrik and Daniel Sedin) being here for so long. To become the leader in games played says a lot about his longevity and to have that mark you have to be a good player too." -- Canucks coach Travis Green on Alexander Edler, who will play his 782nd game, passing Harold Snepts for the Vancouver record for games played by a defenseman
Maurice said Copp, who will miss his 10th straight game, and Lowry, who will miss his second, should return after the Christmas break. … Stecher will miss a second game and hasn't skated since getting injured against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday.
Stat pack
Wheeler has 22 points (two goals, 20 assists) his past 14 games. Ehlers scored a hat trick in a 5-3 win against the San Jose Sharks on Thursday and has 10 points (six goals, four assists) his past seven games. … Pettersson has 14 points (four goals, 10 assists) his past nine games.
