Three Surprises from the Winnipeg Jets so far this Season
1. The Jets Penalty Kill
Last season the Jets had an average penalty kill compared to the rest of the NHL. In the 2021 season, the team had an 80.5% success rate and was ranked twelfth-best in the league and had a 79.2% in their eight games during the postseason, but this year has been a completely different story for the Jets.
This season, the Jets currently have the third-worst penalty kill in the NHL and their success rate is 70.6%. Winnipeg has been shorthanded 85 times and has gotten scored on 25 times.
This is a surprising stat for the Jets. Currently, their kill is ten percentage points worse than all of last year.
The Jets have some formidable penalty killers that include the likes of Adam Lowry, Andrew Copp, and Paul Stastny on forward and Brenden Dillon, Logan Stanley, Neal Pionk, and Dylan DeMelo on defense.
There is also plenty of time for the Jets to change this poor statistic and it will be interesting to see if and how the penalty kill changes now that Dave Lowry is the head coach. Oddly enough, the Jets have been perfect on the kill since Lowry took the helm, successfully killing all five penalties they have taken in the two games.
Winnipeg Jets Fans: What do you think is the biggest surprise of the season for the Winnipeg Jets? Leave your comments below!
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