Jets fall under .500 for the first time this season
The Winnipeg Jets are not a very good hockey team right now. As a matter of fact, they could be the NHL's worst club.
They are currently in the midst of a stretch that has seen them lose seven of their last eight games played, including their last six in a row.
Having started out the season so well, it has been all downhill since.
Connor Hellebuyck is gone, but on the night that he picked up his first win for the New Jersey Devils, his former Winnipeg Jets lost 5-1 to the visiting Florida Panthers at home.
Brady Tkachuk got four points. Matthew collected three. Paul Maurice got another win at Canada Life Centre. The Jets walked out of their last game at home for a while with another loss.
Captain Adam Lowry scored the lone goal for Winnipeg, which now heads out on the road for four-straight games against teams from the Eastern Conference in Tampa Bay, Florida again, Montreal again and Carolina.
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PHOTOS:
The extended photo library from Tuesday's game vs. Florida is courtesy of Danny Truong:
QUOTEABLE:
Adam Lowry on his team's performance:
“Unfortunately, we didn’t use it as a good reset. The first period, just mental errors. Reads, assignments, penalty kill. We give up three goals in three minutes and obviously, you have to give them credit. They did some right things, but we kind of fed all of that offence for them and kind of continue that in the second and the third. A lot of shooting ourselves in the foot right now."
Dylan DeMelo on his club's (lack of) special teams:
“I don't think we did ourselves any favours, some tough penalties. Some tough penalties, some in the O-zone there, and obviously we're not trying to take penalties there, we're trying to get stick and trying to turn the puck over. It’s unfortunate, we obviously have to be a little better with that, and they made us pay, there's no doubt about it."
WHAT’S NEXT:
Winnipeg now hits the road for a critical four-game road trip to which the Jets take on Tampa Bay, Florida and Montreal again, as well as Carolina. It is safe to say the team will make its way back to Winnipeg with a new outlook on life for next week's battle with Vancouver.
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