Carolina welcomes back an old friend?
Paul Maurice brings the Winnipeg Jets to town for the the first time since taking over that bench, and they've managed to go 7-2-0 under his guidance. Oddly enough their offense sort of woke up with the trap guru in charge, and they've gotten solid enough goaltending from Pavelec to make the results stick ... unlike whatever the heck they were doing before. Which was mostly finding new and interesting ways to lose. Little, Ladd, Wheeler and Byfuglien lead the scoring for the Jets and they get decent support scoring from their second and third units. This s not a particularly big team, nor are they particularly skilled ... but they get by of late on solid team efforts.
Carolina comes into this one riding recently named player or the Month Anton Khudobin and and offense that's mostly been opportunistic of late. Lately they've either been winning or getting shut out ... with a few exceptions ... and the depth lines have been popping in some timely scoring plays. The Jets don't have a big shutdown line per se, so look for Carolina to match lines with an eye towards getting the big boys loose. Both teams have been all over the place with their special teams play, so that could be a big factor tonight. This is probably going to be the kind of game where a couple of power play markers could make a huge difference.
Paul Maurice brings the Winnipeg Jets to town for the the first time since taking over that bench, and they've managed to go 7-2-0 under his guidance. Oddly enough their offense sort of woke up with the trap guru in charge, and they've gotten solid enough goaltending from Pavelec to make the results stick ... unlike whatever the heck they were doing before. Which was mostly finding new and interesting ways to lose. Little, Ladd, Wheeler and Byfuglien lead the scoring for the Jets and they get decent support scoring from their second and third units. This s not a particularly big team, nor are they particularly skilled ... but they get by of late on solid team efforts.
Carolina comes into this one riding recently named player or the Month Anton Khudobin and and offense that's mostly been opportunistic of late. Lately they've either been winning or getting shut out ... with a few exceptions ... and the depth lines have been popping in some timely scoring plays. The Jets don't have a big shutdown line per se, so look for Carolina to match lines with an eye towards getting the big boys loose. Both teams have been all over the place with their special teams play, so that could be a big factor tonight. This is probably going to be the kind of game where a couple of power play markers could make a huge difference.
