Winnipeg Jets Notebook

By: Tim Campbell Posted: 3:00 AM CST Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015

Doing things right again THE quick turn from six-game losing streak (0-4-2) to unbeaten in regulation in three (1-0-2) brings the Winnipeg Jets to tonight's divisional game at the MTS Centre against the Minnesota Wild (7 p.m., TSN3, TSN1290).

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Doing things right again

THE quick turn from six-game losing streak (0-4-2) to unbeaten in regulation in three (1-0-2) brings the Winnipeg Jets to tonight’s divisional game at the MTS Centre against the Minnesota Wild (7 p.m., TSN3, TSN1290).

Asked Monday if he thinks his team has recovered its game, Jets coach Paul Maurice said he thought that was the case early last week.

Since then, the Jets have overtime losses to Vancouver and Chicago and Sunday’s 5-3 home win over Colorado.

WAYNE GLOWACKI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Winnipeg Jets head coach Paul Maurice raises the volume during a drill at the team's practice in the MTS Centre Monday in preparation for Tuesday night's games against the Minnesota Wild. — WAYNE GLOWACKI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Winnipeg Jets head coach Paul Maurice raises the volume during a drill at the team's practice in the MTS Centre Monday in preparation for Tuesday night's games against the Minnesota Wild.

“We still think the Vancouver game was the best of the three in terms of the level we had gotten to,” the coach said. “I was comfortable. So yes, probably from a perspective outside our room. But the Vancouver game did it for me, as long as we got back to it the next game and we did against Chicago.

“Then we did it again. Aside from building that confidence, the last three have been pretty darn good.”

The Jets bring a 10-5-3 record against Central opponents into tonight’s game.”

Minnesota, having won five in a row heading into Monday’s home date against Vancouver, were eight points back of the Jets having played four fewer games.

“We’re hitting all the teams that are fighting for their lives and we’re in a group of teams that are not far enough off anybody to ever get comfortable, so there will be lots of heat in that game tomorrow,” Maurice said.

Jets right-winger Blake Wheeler said Monday the team’s funk after the all-star break has dissipated.

“I think we’re getting closer to our game,” Wheeler said. “Starting in Vancouver, we played a really solid game and it just didn’t go our way. We were just one good bounce away against Chicago, too, so I think we’re starting to re-create some of the good feelings we had in our room before and starting to play a little more our style.”

JETCETERA: Adam Lowry, who missed Sunday’s contest due to illness, was back at practice Monday and is expected to be back in action tonight… The same applies for Bryan Little, Michael Frolik and Mathieu Perreault, who all skipped Monday’s short workout for maintenance reasons… Dustin Byfuglien, who had three points Sunday, played just 18 minutes 20 seconds, his lowest total since Nov. 26, back when he was also a forward, 32 games ago.

tim.campbell@freepress.mb.ca