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BOTTOM LINE: The Winnipeg Jets and the Buffalo Sabres hit the ice in a non-conference matchup. Winnipeg has gone 6-5-0 in home games and 13-12-1 overall. The Jets have a 3-5-0 record in one-goal games.
Since Nov. 4, the Jets are 4-9-1, the worst record in the NHL by points percentage. Adam Vingan analyzes why the reigning Presidents’ Trophy winners have gone into such a harsh slide.
To do it, the Jets (13-11-0) will have to get by the Buffalo Sabres, the fourth stop on a five-game road trip for Winnipeg. The Sabres (10-11-4) are last in the Eastern Conference, but they’re most recent outing – a 3-2 shootout win over the surging Minnesota Wild - proves one thing:
The Winnipeg Jets dropped their Monday night contest to the Buffalo Sabres 5-1 in an effort that felt like pre-Rick Bowness era levels of embarrassing.