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The Winnipeg Jets (3-3-0, 6 points, 3rd Central) are on the road Thursday with a visit to the Motor City and Little Caesars Arena to play the Detroit Red Wings (5-1-1, 11 points, 2nd Atlantic). Winnipeg defeated the St Louis Blues 4-2 on Tuesday night for their second straight win. The Detroit Red Wings were defeated by the Seattle Kraken 5-4 in overtime on Tuesday night, snapping a 5-game winning streak for the Red Wings. Winnipeg will play without Ville Heinola and Gabriel Vilardi. Detroit will play without Robby Fabbri and Matt Luff.
The Winnipeg Jets are allowing an average of 3.83 goals per game which is 29th in the NHL. Winnipeg allows an average of only 28.5 shots per game which is 8th best but the Jets struggle when short-handed, holding opponents scoreless only 72.4% of the time on the penalty kill. Winnipeg's No. 1 goalie Connor Hellebuyck is 3-2-0 with a 3.72 goals against average and .881 save percentage which is too high for NHL standards.
Winnipeg is scoring an average of 3.33 goals per game which is 11th best in the NHL. The Jets are taking an average of 32.5 shots per game which is also 11th best. Winnipeg's power play is 17th, scoring 16.7% of the time with the man advantage which includes four goals in 24 power plays. Mark Scheifele is the team leader in goals scored with four and in points with seven, while Josh Morrissey is l eading the Jets in assists with five. Kyle Connor has also scored four goals and is second to Scheifele in points with six.
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