It turns out Josh Morrissey isn't ready to go after all, as the Winnipeg Jets' top defenseman will be held out of Tuesday's contest versus the Pittsburgh Penguins for precautionary reasons, head coach Paul Maurice announced, according to The Athletic's Ken Wiebe.
Morrissey was a late scratch for Sunday's game after suffering an upper-body injury in warmups. On Monday, Morrissey was deemed good to go for the club's next game, but he apparently didn't feel well following practice, according to Mitchell Clinton of JetsTV.
The Jets will also be without blue-liner Dmitry Kulikov, who was given a personal leave from the team on Tuesday. Defensemen Sami Niku and Nelson Rogier have been recalled from the AHL's Manitoba Moose to help fill out Winnipeg's incredibly thin back end.
The Winnipeg Jets won't have a single defenseman that was in their top 8 on a minutes basis last season in tonight's lineup.
— Dimitri Filipovic (@DimFilipovic) October 8, 2019
Puck drop will go at 7 p.m. ET in Pittsburgh.
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