Fresh off 8-goal game, Blackhawks visit Jets
The Winnipeg Jets 記録，記録的な／記録するd their fourth three-game winning streak of the season with a victory over the Chicago Blackhawks before 落ちるing short in each of their last two 遠出s.
The Jets 目的（とする） to get 支援する on 跡をつける Sunday when they 直面する off against the Blackhawks in the fifth contest of their season-high-tying six-game homestand.
Captain Blake Wheeler 得点する／非難する／２０d to 点火（する） a four-goal third period in Winnipeg's 5-2 victory over Chicago last Sunday. Wheeler 追加するd a goal and 補助装置 five nights later, although the Jets dropped their second straight 決定／判定勝ち（する） with a 3-2 後退 to San Jose.
Winnipeg coach Paul Maurice told reporters Saturday that he is toying with the idea of moving Wheeler from 中心 to his more 伝統的な wing position. The 33-year-old shuffled to 中心 on Nov. 8 in the wake of the 傷害 to Bryan Little, whose season （機の）カム to an end with a perforated eardrum.
"There's a 確かな energy 燃やすd for him at 中心 ice," Maurice said of Wheeler. "You spend more (energy) 特に with the style of game that he plays. Your wings get in on the forecheck 特に if you change 味方するs. Wings are far more important on the forecheck.
"At 中心, you've got to be 患者 in the 防御の zone bringing the puck up the ice, so you're slowing your game 負かす／撃墜する a little bit so you're getting your 出口 and into the 入り口. So you 行方不明になる that size on the 塀で囲むs." (Wheeler is 6-foot-5, 225 続けざまに猛撃するs.)
Kyle Connor 得点する／非難する／２０d a 最高潮の場面-reel goal on Friday to 上げる his team-主要な total to 29 一致するs. The 23-year-old has nine points (four goals, five 補助装置s) in the past five games 全体にわたる and four (two goals, two 補助装置s) in four games against Chicago this season.
Patrik Laine 爆発するd for nine goals in nine games before 存在 held off the scoresheet in 連続した contests.
Laine told reporters Saturday that he thinks his team is 圧力（をかける）ing to create 適切な時期s on 罪／違反.
"I think we're just skating with the ment ality that we've got to make plays. Like (Friday) night, I think we would just turn the puck over too many times," the 21-year-old Laine said. "We should just get it 深い and play in their end. But now we're trying to make plays at the blueline and in the 中立の zone, and that's not the way we need to play."
While Winnipeg sits three points out of the final two wild-card 位置／汚点／見つけ出すs in the Western 会議／協議会, Chicago received a much-needed 誘発する on Saturday as it snapped a five-game skid with an 8-4 victory at Calgary. The season-high goal total matched the sum total of the Blackhawks' previous five contests.
Patrick Kane collected a goal and two 補助装置s to give him 25 points (six goals, 19 補助装置s) in his last 18 games. The former Hart トロフィー 受取人 has 記録，記録的な／記録するd six points (one goal, five 補助装置s) versus the Jets, 最高潮の場面d by his four-point 成果／努力 (one goal, three 補助装置s) in the Blackhawks' 4-1 勝利，勝つ at Winnipeg on Dec. 19.
Captain Jonathan Toews matched Kane with a three-point 業績／成果 on Saturday. The 31-year-old is starting to heat up, with five points (two goals, three 補助装置s) in his last four games after 存在 held off the scoresheet in each of his previous four.
"It's nice to see all four lines get on the 罪／違反 tonight. I think that helps everyone's 信用／信任," Toews said. "So we'll stick with playing the 権利 way, doing the things that we know we have to do and playing with energy."
--Field Level マスコミ
