Jets drop pre-season opener to Wild

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The Winnipeg Jets have started off the pre-season with a 5-2 loss to the Minnesota Wild.

Defenceman Colin Miller and forward Colby Barlow scored for the home team at Canada Life Centre. Caedan Bankier, Daemon Hunt, Graeme Clarke, Jakub Lauko and Ben Jones replied for the visitors.

Jets goaltender Kaapo Kahkonen stopped 23 of 28 shots he faced, while Wild netminder Jesper Wallstedt turned aside 38 of 40 pucks.

Both teams, as expected, sat out the majority of their veterans to take a look at prospects and hopefuls.

Winnipeg returns to action on Sunday when a group of skaters travels to Edmonton to face the Oilers.