Jets turn up voltage on power play

By: Tim Campbell Posted: 9:10 PM CST Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015

One of the top reasons the Jets have stayed afloat through their injury crisis — five defencemen plus Evander Kane missed significant time — is their power play.

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One of the top reasons the Jets have stayed afloat through their injury crisis — five defencemen plus Evander Kane missed significant time — is their power play.

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One of the top reasons the Jets have stayed afloat through their injury crisis — five defencemen plus Evander Kane missed significant time — is their power play.

After a loss to the St. Louis Blues at home on Nov. 23, Winnipeg’s power play was 29th in the NHL at 8.4 per cent.

Since that time, in putting up a record of 14-5-5, the Jets have scored 22 power-play goals on 86 advantages, a clip of 25.6 per cent. That has moved them up all the way up to No. 17 in the league’s power-play rankings as of Saturday.

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Winnipeg Jets defenceman Jay Harrison, left, and Andrew Ladd (right) celebrate with Zach Bogosian after Bogosian's goal Friday in Chicago. — Charles Rex Arbogast / The Associated Press Winnipeg Jets defenceman Jay Harrison, left, and Andrew Ladd (right) celebrate with Zach Bogosian after Bogosian's goal Friday in Chicago.

Their 22 advantage goals in the latest span is the second-most in the NHL in that period, and the percentage the fourth-best of the 30 teams.

The Jets were one for three on the power play in their 4-2 Friday night win in Chicago.

Hell had no fury

Tonight will mark the conclusion of Winnipeg’s second stretch of schedule hell this season.

In November, the team had to play 10 games in 18 days, going 4-4-2. Twice in that span it had four games in six days, with travel to each of those games.

Now in January, the Jets faced seven games in 11 days — with travel to every game — starting with a road game in Arizona on Jan. 8. Tonight is the conclusion of this stretch. It’s again against the Coyotes and the Jets are 4-1-1 so far.

Three back-to-back games remain on the Jets’ schedule in 2014-15.

JETCETERA: The Jets’ 14 road wins this season is the highest number in the Western Conference entering Saturday’s games, and the second most in the league… Winnipeg ranks third overall in hits this season, at 1,350…The Jets still lead the NHL in times short-handed, at 189, though their penalty-killing remains in the top 10 at 83.6 per cent (ninth)… Friday’s two times short-handed was the best night the Jets have had in that department since facing just two Chicago power plays on Dec. 23… Seven short-handed-goals by the Jets were tied for the most in the NHL, with the Islanders… One area in which the Jets still need some work is faceoffs. One of the league’s worst last season, they are again in the bottom 10 so far this season, ranked 23rd with an overall percentage of 48.1. Jim Slater is the team’s best regular faceoff man, at 56.7 per cent, while Mathieu Perreault is 51.5 per cent.