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Byfuglien still out, Lemieux gets season debut tonight

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Brendan Lemieux played the bulk of the 2017-18 season with the Manitoba Moose, registering 19 goals and 43 points and racking up 170 penalty minutes in 51 games. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press files)

Defenceman Dustin Byfuglien (upper-body injury) will miss his second consecutive game, but third-year pro Brendan Lemieux will make his regular-season debut when the Winnipeg Jets (3-2-0) host the Edmonton Oilers (1-2-0) at Bell MTS Place tonight.

Game time is 7 p.m.

Lemieux is expected to slot in on the club's fourth line, replacing rookie Kristian Vesalainen, with centre Jack Roslovic and right-winger Mathieu Perreault.