BOTTOM LINE: The Winnipeg Jets will look to keep a three-game win streak alive when they take on the Montreal Canadiens. Montreal is 24-20-5 overall and 13-8-4 in home games. The Canadiens rank fifth in the league serving 9.9 penalty minutes per game.
Try as they might, the Flames couldn't contain the Jets' top guns. Kyle Connor, Gabe Vilardi and Mark Scheifele combined for four goals, as Winnipeg forced Calgary to settle for a weekend split, by taking a 5-2 decision Sunday at Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg.
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Winnipeg Jets first-rounder did not get off to a great start with Oshawa after being traded, but he's starting to heat up at the perfect time.
The Jets don't have a premium prospect or depth in quantity but have a very respectable top eight or nine prospects.
Welcome to Instant Reaction, where we give you our instant reaction to tonight’s Calgary Flames game and ask our readers to do the same in the comments section below!
Jonathan Toews has recently hinted that he is considering an NHL comeback, and now rumors have begun swirling linking the Winnipeg Jets to the forward.
It wasn’t the trade deadline, Jonathan Toews, Winnipeg’s many pending free agents, its top prospects, systems, or chance to win the Stanley Cup. It was about an affable, polarizing, 6-foot-7 defenceman named Logan Stanley who has become a third-pairing fixture despite many readers’ opinions that he doesn’t deserve the role.
Former Winnipeg Jets forward Sam Gagner has signed a professional tryout with the Ottawa Senators' AHL team. ROSTER UPDATE: Veteran forward Sam Gagner has agreed to a professional tryout with the Belleville Sens. Read more 📰 https://t.co/ZVUd4s9OAE pic.twitter.com/sMYb8jZ120
Raised in the booming metropolis of Altona, Man., Ken Wiebe grew up wanting to play in the NHL, but after realizing his hands were more adept at typing than scoring, he shifted his attention to cover his favourite sport as a writer.
Well, Comrie finally got the support he need on Sunday when Winnipeg scored five goals and beat the Calgary Flames 5-2 before 14,491 witnesses at Canada Life Centre. Comrie’s teammates had expressed how badly they felt for him during that dry spell and celebrated his victory.