Jets' Scheifele set to miss Central showdown at Predators

Posted March 12, 2018 7:00 am

The Associated Press

Winnipeg Jets' Mark Scheifele (55) scores on Nashville Predators goaltender Pekka Rinne (35) as he's checked by Mattias Ekholm (14), while Jets' Kyle Connor (81) watches during the second period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. (Trevor Hagan/The Canadian Press via AP) The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - Winnipeg Jets top center Mark Scheifele remains out with an upper-body injury and is expected to miss Tuesday night's game at Nashville.

Coach Paul Maurice says he's going to be cautious with Scheifele with the playoffs a month away. Scheifele is missing his third and fourth consecutive games - Monday night at Washington and Tuesday at Nashville.

The team has not said if this is the same injury that kept him out 16 games earlier this season.

Maurice says backup goaltender Steve Mason is out two to three weeks after having a knee scoped, and defenseman Dmitry Kulikov has been sent back to Winnipeg with his upper-body injury.

The Jets are second behind Nashville in the Central Division. They're also without defensemen Jacob Trouba and Toby Enstrom and forwards Adam Lowry and Shawn Matthias. Maurice says Enstrom could play against Nashville.

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Winnipeg Jets goaltender Steve Mason (35) works in the net during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the New York Rangers in New York, Tuesday, March 6, 2018. Mason was back starting at his position for the first time since Jan. 9 after suffering a concussion. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) The Associated Press

Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck, top left, deflects a shot by New Jersey Devils left wing Patrick Maroon, center, as Jets' Dmitry Kulikov, of Russia, helps defend during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, March 8, 2018, in Newark, N.J. The Jets won 3-2. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) The Associated Press

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