Mark Scheifele will play his first game for the Winnipeg Jets in more than six weeks tonight and his coach has no plans to ease him back into the lineup.
Scheifele will resume his spot on the club's No. 1 line, centering wingers Blake Wheeler and Patrik Laine against the visiting St. Louis Blues (7 p.m., TSN3, TSN 1290), and with a normal workload that job entails. Scheifele missed 16 games with an upper-body injury.
"Just throw him into his normal role -- it's what he understands, it's how he prepares for the game," said Jets head coach Paul Maurice following the club's pre-game skate Friday morning.