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Pavelec returns after 33 games on the injured list

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Winnipeg Jets goaltender Ondrej Pavelec (31) during practice at the MTS Centre Thursday morning. Purchase Photo Print

EDMONTON — After 33 games on the injured list, Winnipeg Jets goalie Ondrej Pavelec makes his return to the NHL tonight against the Edmonton Oilers.

It’s a late Hockey Night in Canada start at 9 p.m. CT.

Pavelec has been out since Nov. 21 and comes back to a Jets team that is eight points off the Western Conference playoff line.

At 51 points and last in the Central, the Jets have two more than the Pacific basement-dwellers in the Oilers.