Overview
- The Jets recalled Parker Ford and Danil Zhilkin from the AHL’s Manitoba Moose on emergency conditions to replace three injured forwards.
- Vladislav Namestnikov and Nino Niederreiter are out with lower-body injuries, and Morgan Barron remains unavailable with a concussion.
- Emergency recalls are used when a team cannot dress the usual 12 forwards for a game, which signals a short bench up front.
- Ford, 25, has one assist in 11 NHL games this season and 21 points in 45 games for Manitoba after starting the year as an extra forward in Winnipeg.
- Zhilkin, 22, played four NHL games in January after being drafted 77th overall in 2022, and the call-ups also support a four-game road trip as Winnipeg evaluates prospects with 10 games left and a playoff spot unlikely.