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Mark Scheifele and Josh Morrissey were noticeable at the Winnipeg Jets’ optional skate on Tuesday, but not in a really great way. The two injured stars were wearing non-contact yellow jerseys and are questionable to play in Wednesday’s second-round playoff opener against the Dallas Stars — the first time the teams will meet in the NHL post-season.“We’ll go day to day here,” said Jets head coach Scott Arniel. “We’ll see where they’re at for (Wednesday).Scheifele was injured in Game 5 against the St. Louis Blues, a series the Jets won with a thrilling 4-3 double-overtime victory on Sunday.The top-line centre has been skating and participated in Tuesday’s practice in a limited way.Arniel was including defenceman Logan Stanley in his status update, who was also wearing a yellow jersey. He and veteran blueliner Morrissey were both injured in Game 7 and only skated ahead of the practice. 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Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. Sign up for breaking National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy. Forward Jason Robertson, who led the Stars with 35 goals, missed the first round because of a lower-body injury suffered in the team’s final regular-season game.He had a full practice with the Stars on Tuesday in Dallas. Head coach Pete DeBoer told reporters “he’s close” to returning to game action.It was a similar progress report for defenceman Miro Heiskanen, who had knee surgery in early February but is also practising.“We don’t have to play him 26 minutes and that wouldn’t be the plan,” DeBoer said of Heiskanen.The Jets earned home-ice advantage throughout the playoffs after finishing first in the league with a Presidents’ Trophy-winning 116 regular-season points. Game 2 is Friday. 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So that’s what we’re prepared for this series.” 1:34 Fans react after Winnipeg Jets incredible Game 7 OT win Trending Now Canadian government ‘fact check’ dismisses Trump administration claims about border World War III imminent, many Americans and Europeans fear: poll Winnipeg’s series against St. Louis finished with 623 combined hits. The Jets dished out 322 of them. 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They can do things, obviously, defensively well.“So I think that it’s a different sort of look to what we just saw. But yeah, we know these guys. They’ve been hot on our tail all year long, so it’s a great matchup.”DeBoer has said Winnipeg’s defensive strength will be a focus.Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck claimed a second straight William M. Jennings Trophy this season as the goaltender who played a minimum of 25 games for the team that allowed the fewest goals against (2.32 average) in the league.Hellebuyck finished the St. Louis series with a subpar .830 save percentage and 3.85 goals-against average. Dallas netminder Jake Oettinger had a .911 save percentage and 2.85 goals-against average against Colorado. 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