Lance Bouma: Out for three months

On top of that, they’ve had a few pretty significant injuries to deal with in the early going.

Downtown businesses are hoping to bring more people to the Exchange District by screening the Jets home opener against the Calgary Flames at The Cube Friday night.

The Calgary Flames aren’t putting a timetable on Lance Bouma’s recovery from a broken fibula. He had successful surgery on Wednesday that saw a plate and six screws put in his leg to fix the break. “It’s indefinite at this point”, Flames GM Brad Treliving said.

The Flames also recalled Markus Granlund from their American Hockey League team in Stockton, Calif. Granlund had a goal and two assists in the Stockton Heat’s first game of the season.

The Winnipeg Jets opened their season with four straight road games and didn’t disappoint, riding their high-octane offence to a 3-1-0 start.

Bennett acknowledged moving from wing to centre has been an adjustment.

The game starts at 7 p.m. on Friday and KidSport Winnipeg will be on hand running a 50/50 draw where half the proceeds will go towards the charity. The goaltending duo of Jonas Hiller (.897 save percentage) and Karri Ramo (.886) has struggled, with Hiller making 24 saves against St. Louis. He had three goals and an assist in 11 playoff games.

“It’s more important right now to be focusing on my defensive play”. Tonight is their home opener and they’ll be met with a very appreciative crowd.

The Winnipeg Jets are off to a solid start with a 3-1-0 record following a surprisingly easy 4-1 victory at MSG versus the New York Rangers. Little is one of three Jets (Mark Scheifele and Blake Wheeler) to score multiple goals.

There were lots of questions as to whether a few of Winnipeg’s young talent would make the team out of training camp and then make an impact.

The 25-year-old from Provost, Alta., who scored a career-high 16 goals and 34 points for Calgary last season, is expected to be sidelined at least three months.

“He’s (19) years old”.