GAMEDAY: Rangers at Jets | Winnipeg Jets

WINNIPEG – The Winnipeg Jets will entertain the New York Rangers at Canada Life Center tonight as they proceed their eight recreation homestand.

The Jets suffered their first regulation loss in seven video games in a 4-1 loss to the Anaheim Ducks in a recreation that noticed them register simply 13 photographs. They are 3-1 thus far on this homestand.

“Yeah, I would say any time you can get six wins in eight games, that’s a pretty successful span of hockey. Obviously, this time of year is really hard,” mentioned Cole Perfetti.

“Wins don’t come easy, so any time we can get two points it’s huge. Obviously last night didn’t go the way we wanted, but we’ve had a pretty good start coming out of the break. We’ve just got to keep this going.”
Winnipeg had been taking part in a few of their greatest hockey of the season earlier than Tuesday evening and that is what made it so irritating for the gamers that they could not generate something offensively towards the Ducks.

“Obviously we didn’t play our best game, and we know we have better than that. We’ve had a good stretch here of playing some good hockey, so we’ve just got to get back to that. Shots, it is what it is,” mentioned Gus Nyquist.

“There’s a lot of teams in this league that their system is just throwing pucks on net and you end up with 40 shots. But how dangerous are some? But for sure, walking away with 13 shots, I think it was 13, it’s not enough and something we have to change for next game.”

Seattle additionally misplaced on Tuesday evening which implies the Jets may very well be sitting right here this morning simply three factors out of a playoff spot as a substitute of 5. Moneypuck.com has their playoff odds at 8.5%, however the Kraken’s loss means they did not lose any floor both.

“Yeah, I guess that’s a positive. But in saying that, those are the games you’ve got to win to catch up. Obviously, we’re not further from it, but we’re not closer either,” Nyquist mentioned.

“And there’s a time limit on those games. We’ve got only so many games left. So, we’ll flush that one out and get ready for tomorrow.”

The Jets will get one other membership that’s having a season that nobody predicted when the Rangers make their solely journey to Manitoba. The Rangers sit in final place within the Eastern Conference however have gained their final two video games together with a 4-0 win over the Calgary Flames on Tuesday.

“So, there’s no quit in their locker room, they’re playing for their pride and everything,” mentioned Perfetti.

“It’s going to be a hard game. They’ve been pretty decent on the road. Just got to stick to our game, play our game, like we have been the last few, and we’ll be alright.”

Make certain to look at the Jets pregame present “The Check In” at 12:30 CT with Sara and Jamie.