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OT included. After a four-game losing streak in which the Jets gave up 19 goals, Coach Paul Maurice summoned Andrej Pavelec from the minors to rescue his team. Since that call-up the Jets are 2-0 with victories over Arizona and St. Louis. They were outshot by the Blues 39-27 and while they outshot Arizona 39-33, they still gave up three goals and plenty more scoring chances. Winnipeg caught two reeling teams at the right time but that is not the case here with the Ducks. Winnipeg has been schizophrenic this season with some impressive wins but too many grating losses for us to ignore. They are a weak-minded team that can come apart quickly and one that the Ducks should be able to impose their will on. There’s a reason that the Jets are paying Andrej Pavelec 4 million a year to play in the minors and it’s not because he’s good. Pavelec now makes his third straight start. 

The Ducks are coming off a 5-3 loss to the Wild in a game they only allowed 25 shots on net. Anaheim has now allowed 26 shots on net or less in six of its past 10 games. Since the calendar turned to 2017, the Ducks are 7-2-1 and have picked up 15 out of possible 20 points. Prior to that 5-3 loss to Minnesota, they had outscored the opposition 22-11 in nine games so the five goals surrendered to the Wild was a complete anomaly. Jonathan Bernier gets this call, which is perfect because we get a better number to work with. The Ducks are a consistently strong team that are well-structured and very difficult to beat while the Jets are an erratic group with poor goaltending and poor coaching that cannot be trusted whatsoever, especially after a couple of wins when it appears that they are moving forward. This is the two-steps back game. 

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