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Mason builds a brick wall, barely beatable by Kings in Jets 2-1 win

By: Jason Bell

LOS ANGELES – Steve Mason continues to resemble the goalie the desperately wanted, wooed and, ultimately, won over in the summer.

The 29-year-old netminder, making his first start in five games and just his sixth of the season, stopped 38 shots as the visiting Jets knocked off the 2-1 Wednesday night.

Rebounding from a 5-3 defeat to the Nashville Predators on Monday, Winnipeg upped its record to 13-5-3 and retain the second spot in both the Central Division and the Western Conference. The Kings (12-8-2) have dropped six of their last seven.

Winnipeg hasn't lost back-to-back contests in regulation time since starting the 2017-18 NHL season with losses to the Toronto Maple Leafs and Flames.

Mason looked every bit the elite netminder the Jets were banking on back on July 1 when they signed him to a two-year deal worth US$4.1 million per season. Now 2-3-1 this season, he denied the Kings on several quality scoring chances in the first period, a harbinger of things to come in the second and third periods when he was nearly unbeatable.

"I think early on I was able to feel the puck, so that was good for me. After being off for a week and a half, to feel the puck early on and start feeling good about the game and feel a bit of a rhythm was important, and push that through to the rest of the game as well," said Mason.

Though he's practised and prepared the usual way, there's no way to replicate the feel of genuine game action, he said, adding that's been the most difficult thing to overcome as Connor Hellebuyck has received the lion's share of the starts since the second week of October.

"You might think you feel good, but as soon as a game rolls around everything happens that much faster. So, it is a mental grind to tell yourself you put the work in and just to focus on stopping the puck," he said. "It's not fun sitting out but you make the most of it when you can."

Jets centre hit the scoresheet with just eight seconds left in the first period, while Patrik Laine beefed up the lead on a power-play with only 59 seconds left in the second.

Up 2-0, the Jets were guilty of three offensive-zone stick infractions in the third period and L.A. converted on one of their power-play chances. Tyler Toffoli tipped in a point shot by Oscar Fantenberg at 5:26 of the final frame with in the box for high-sticking.

Mason's stops on Kings Anze Kopitar from in tight with just under three minutes left and from the slot with 29 seconds remaining were game-savers.

He's allowed just four goals in his last three starts (2-0-1) after earlier defeats to Toronto, Calgary and Columbus — games in which the guys in front of him weren't sharp.

Jets head coach Paul Maurice said the recent body of work by Mason, a bona fide starter in Columbus and Philadelphia and a former Calder Trophy winner as the NHL's rookie of the year (2009), is no great revelation to anyone in the organization.

"I think he's been here. I don't think we gave him any help. He tried to play that game in the first two (against the Leafs and Flames) and we just didn't allow that to happen," Maurice said. "Since then, he's been really good. We need that now. Our schedule this month is our toughest month of the year. We need our goalies to both play well, and they have.

"We haven't given the young man a lot of run support. We haven't scored a lot of goals when he's been in and he's played really well."

Tanev was sporting the wounds of a warrior afterward as he walked with a limp in the dressing room, with an ice bag taped to his arm – visible reminders of several blocked shots on two critical kills in the final period.

"For a guy who doesn't block a lot of shots, it hurts me as well seeing that. But it's huge for us," said winger Nikolaj Ehlers, who set up Laine's 11th of the season. "That one at the end from Tanev, if that goes to the net it might go in. They did really well. They can keep doing it."

Outshot for the 15th time this season, the Jets had a couple of glaring defensive gaffes, including an ill-advised pinch by Jacob Trouba in the first period that gave the Kings a two-on- one break that was snuffed out by Mason. Trouba bobbled the puck a couple of times but major damage was averted on strong recoveries by his blue-line partner, Josh Morrissey.

Trouba's minutes were reduced, as Maurice paired up Morrissey with Byfuglien at different times in the game.

"We just wanted to change up the matchup," the coach said, cracking a coy smile. "Jake Trouba is transitioning with Josh Morrissey to play against the other team’s best. You saw it in the last two games. That's not an easy assignment and some nights it's there for you and some nights it's not.

"We just felt at the 10-minute mark of the first period it didn't look like it was going easy for him, and you can't play against Kopitar and not be on your A-game so we made the adjustment."

Though he wasn't rewarded with a goal, rookie left-winger Kyle Connor was a factor in the offensive zone, creating a number of chances, and continues to demonstrate his worthiness on the top line with and Blake Wheeler.

As for the one-game Lowry family feud, son Adam got in the first swipe against dad Dave, an assistant coach with the Kings. He notched his third goal of the year on a back-hand effort after Andrew Copp carried the puck from deep in his own end to the high slot.

"I couldn't have asked for anything more, score a goal and win the game," said Adam. "Any time you can score going into the intermission, it tends to carry over to the next period."

Mason was credited with the second assist on the game-opener, tying him with his puck- stopping partner, Hellebuyck, who also has a helper this year.

L.A. goalie Jonathan Quick, meanwhile, did everything and more to maintain a slim deficit for the Kings through the better part of two periods. But he was helpless on Laine's power-play tally. Possessing the puck below the goal line, the Danish-born Ehlers feigned a move behind the net and deftly flipped a pass in the other direction to Laine.

Quick made 25 saves for the hosts.

Winnipeg has split the first two games of its four-game swing to Tennessee and California. The Jets play a rare mid-week afternoon game Friday – the day after American Thanksgiving – against the and then return to the ice Saturday night in San Jose against the Sharks. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/jets/second-line-going-back-to-basics- 459484613.html

Second line going back to basics

By: Jason Bell

LOS ANGELES — No one’s more perplexed and perturbed than Bryan Little by the absence of production from the Winnipeg Jets’ second line.

The 30-year-old centre had just a pair of goals in 20 games, while it was seven games and counting without a goal for Nikolaj Ehlers. Patrik Laine had scored in five straight contests earlier this month but had just a tip-in tally in his past four heading into the clash with the Los Angeles Kings here Wednesday night.

Little said it’s been an adjustment playing between two guys with loads of offensive flair who do their best work darting in and out of their own lanes.

He’d become accustomed to playing the bulk of his career with more conventional wingers such as Blake Wheeler and Andrew Ladd, who went north-south along the wall.

"For the last I don’t know how many years I’ve been used to being with kind of up-and-down- the-ice players," said Little. "For (Ehlers and Laine), they try to use as much of the ice as they can. You have to learn from how they like to play. Ehlers like to wind things up and he’s pretty unstoppable when he gets going, but it’s tougher to read guys like that.

"I’m starting to get the feeling of it. We all have to read off each other.."

Little said the trio has done a lot of talking about getting back to the basics.

"For us, it’s doing the little things right. The big thing is communication on the ice, working together on the forecheck, creating turnovers," he said.

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He hasn’t been in the cage much this season, but the timing for Steve Mason’s return there was right on Wednesday night.

The 29-year-old Oakville, Ont., native, got the nod from Jets head coach Paul Maurice to face the Kings, exactly 11 days after his solid performance in a 4-1 triumph over the — five games ago.

Connor Hellebuyck’s game wasn’t totally off key in Nashville in a 5-3 defeat Monday to the Predators, but he wasn’t nearly as crisp as he’d been during a personal 7-1-1 stretch.

Mason, the de-facto No. 1 following training camp after signing July 1 as a free agent, was 1-3-1 prior to the game against the Kings, sporting a 3.76 goals-against average and .892 save percentage — numbers weakened by Winnipeg’s lopsided defeats to Toronto and Calgary in starting the 2017-18 season.

He was sound in a 2-1 loss to Columbus on Oct. 27, stopping 25 shots by the Blue Jackets, and blocked 29 of 30 in Phoenix Nov. 11.

"We’ve liked the way he’s trended. He deserved to get back in after his last game," Maurice said.

The Jets play the Anaheim Ducks on Friday afternoon and then close out the four-game swing Saturday night against the . Winnipeg returns home to play the Monday night and then gets back on a plane bound for Denver to face the Wednesday night.

"Having two fresh goalies for the next two or three weeks is going to be really important," Maurice said.

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While Dallas Stars head coach Ken Hitchcock might be willing to divulge the extent of his players’ injuries, Winnipeg’s bench boss says "no way" to that.

Earlier this week, Hitchcock said he’s dispensing with the preferred terminology such as "upper- body" and "lower-body" to describe injuries, suggesting members of the media will figure it out and report it to the masses anyway.

On Wednesday, Maurice said he won’t be bucking the trend.

"I have no problem with the long-term (injuries) when I know a guy’s not coming back until he’s 100 per cent. But if you look at the maintenance lists on every team... somebody’s dealing with something. Half your team is. I’m not telling anybody that stuff."

Only defenceman Toby Enstrom (lower body) is hurt right now for Winnipeg and likely won’t return for at least another seven weeks.

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At the quarter mark of the season, the Jets were soaring higher than they have since the franchise’s relocation.

Winnipeg (12-5-3) had its best-ever record through 20 games since coming to the Manitoba capital in 2011, while equalling a franchise record for most wins set by the Atlanta Thrashers during the 2006-07 season.

Since moving north, only once have the Jets had a losing record in their first 20 games, going 8- 9-3 in that inaugural 2011-12 campaign. Three seasons ago, the club took off with a 10-7-3 mark and qualified for the NHL . https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/jets/lowry-vs-lowry-in-la-la-land- 459449213.html

Lowry vs. Lowry in La La Land

By: Jason Bell

LOS ANGELES — Adam Lowry had dinner with his folks Tuesday night and then took on his dad in an NHL hockey game Wednesday.

Not a typical 24 hours for any family, let alone the Lowrys.

Indeed, the Winnipeg Jets' battle with the Los Angeles Kings at Staples Center was a special one for the Lowry clan. While Adam was the middle man on the third line for the visitors, his father, Dave, stood behind the Kings' bench as an assistant to head coach John Stevens.

Talk about the ultimate ‘take your kid to work’ day.

Dave, who joined the L.A. organization at the end of May, played 1,084 NHL regular-season games and 111 more in the post-season with five teams and reached the final with the in 1996. He was also a head coach in the for six seasons.

Adam, who enjoyed some home cooking on the Jets' off day with his dad and his mom, Elaine, said there was some hockey talk shared around the table but the conversation really didn't turn to the impending Western Conference matchup.

"It was nice to get the day off and see my parents' new neighbourhood and spend some time with them. It's not too often the last few years... I haven't seen them much during hockey seasons," said Adam, who had two goals and an assist in 11 games heading into game. He missed nine contests with an upper-body injury suffered Oct. 12 in Vancouver.

"We talked about where my game's at and things like that, just how he's enjoying it down here. They're really enjoying L.A. and all the activities that come with living in a nice climate. But no, we didn't really talk too much about the game. I think we'll both just enjoy battling against each other... hopefully, we get this one.

"I might shoot a puck at him, make sure he's awake on the bench."

In fact, he deposited a puck behind Kings’ goalie Jonathan Quick with just eight seconds left in the first period to give the Jets a 1-0 lead.

The father-son duo has knocked heads once before.

Back in 2012-13, Adam was in his final WHL season with the , while Dave was behind the bench with the Victoria Cougars. Father knew best that night as the Cougars eked out a 2-1 triumph, although Adam — the Jets' third-round pick (67th overall) in the 2011 NHL Draft — scored the lone goal for Swift Current.

"It's just a unique opportunity. We're happy to see him back in the NHL. He's worked a long time and worked hard to get back here. I'm very happy for him and the Kings are off to a great start," said Adam, on his dad's return to the show.

Heading into Wednesday's game, the Kings (12-7-2) led the Pacific Division and were tied with Nashville for third spot in the Western Conference, just a point back of Winnipeg.

"It's exciting. It's the top league in the world and it's always great to see people doing well at different things. It was always his dream to get to the NHL as a coach and it's nice to see him being able to accomplish that," Adam said.

Dave, 52, who was an assistant coach with the for three seasons (2009-12), said it's been a thrill watching his son develop into a reliable, responsible centre within the Winnipeg organization.

"I know he takes a lot of pride in the role that he plays," said Dave, who catches as much Jets action on the tube as he can. "He gets hard matchups and he plays heavy minutes against some very good players and it's something that he really relishes."

The Wednesday night encounter was one the family had circled on the calendar.

"When we took the job here we knew this day would come. It's a moment you look forward to and we'll enjoy it," said Dave. "To be perfectly honest, we'll treat it as another game. He's going to play his game. Obviously, as a dad you're proud but you just want to make sure your focus is your hockey team and you're on the right side at the end of the night."

Dave completed his playing career following the 2003-04 season with the Calgary Flames. The next winter, during the NHL lockout, he coached Adam's peewee squad, the Bow Valley Flames, his first gig as a bench boss.

Adam jokes he was instrumental in kick-starting hs father's next career — and Dave doesn't argue.

"It was a year where hockey was coming to an end from a playing standpoint and it gave me an opportunity to really connect. And I was fortunate that they let me be one of the guest coaches for a year," he said.

The couple has three other children, Sarah, Joel and Tessa. Interestingly, 26-year-old Joel was drafted by the Kings in the fifth round (140th overall) the very same summer as Adam, 24. He's now with the Manchester Monarchs of the ECHL.

Dave said he's always tried to be a regular hockey dad, offering positive advice to his kids — even with a pair at the pro level.

"One of the challenges when you have kids that are in a profession that you're also in, it's sometimes hard. I always told them to make sure you're playing for the right reasons and you're playing for yourself and you're playing because you love the game," he said. "Don't think you have to play because it was something that as a family you grew up in. Do it for the right reasons and make sure you enjoy it."

Being the child of an NHLer was a sweet gig, Adam said, although sometimes dad's unique choice of employment threw a kid's world right out of whack.

"There are certain things that go on that you don't really understand. I remember, I think I was four or five at the time, my dad got traded on my brother's birthday — Florida to San Jose. You find out you're moving on that day," he said, smiling. "It's weird things like that that stick out.

"It was awesome. He played for so long. You get the opportunity to appreciate it more the older you get. When you're younger, it's cool, your dad's kind of your super hero, regardless of what he does. The older you get, you start figuring it out (pro hockey) is maybe something that you want to do."

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Kings get ‘Mase’d by Jets

By Ken Wiebe

LOS ANGELES – Go ahead and call the Winnipeg Jets opportunistic if you like.

The shoe most definitely fit on Wednesday, when they used goals in the final minute of both the first and second periods to earn a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings at Staples Center.

With the win, the Jets improved to 13-5-3 on the season and are 1-1 on this four-game road trip, which continues on Friday with a matinee game against the Anaheim Ducks.

As has been the case on most nights this season, a strong effort between the pipes was on display, only this time it was veteran Steve Mason keeping the Jets in the game when facing some early chances.

Starting for the first time in five games, Mason needed to be on his game, since Jonathan Quick was using his quick reflexes at the other end of the rink to keep up his end of the bargain in this ’s duel.

“You can (feed off each other) a little bit, but you need to focus on what you’re doing. (The Kings) are a talented enough team over there that it’s enough to worry about alone – rather than what Quick is doing but it was fun to be out there playing against one of the best,” said Mason, who has given up only four goals during his past three starts. “It is a mental grind to tell yourself that you put the work in and just focus on stopping the puck, because at the end of the day, that’s all you’ve got to do. That’s what I’ve been trying to do. It’s not fun sitting out, but you make the most of it when you can.”

After trading saves during the first period, it was Quick who blinked first, over-committing slightly as a loose puck made its way in front from Andrew Copp to Adam Lowry.

With Quick down on the ice, Lowry slid the puck in on the backhand, scoring his third goal of the season in what was the first NHL meeting with his father Dave, who is an assistant coach on John Stevens’ staff with the Kings.

Lowry’s goal came with just eight seconds left in the first period and gave the Jets an obvious boost as they went to the dressing room.

The Jets used their power play to extend the lead.

With Nikolaj Ehlers out for a bit of an extended shift after the other four guys on the second unit had gone to the bench for a change, the slick Danish forward showed great patience and poise behind the Kings net.

After accepting a pass from Mathieu Perreault, Ehlers used a spin move to shake the check of Kings defenceman Drew Doughty and created a seam that allowed him to get the puck in the slot to Patrik Laine, who snuck his shot through the five-hole for his team-leading 11th goal of the season.

Six of those goals have come on the improved Jets power play, which has been sitting in the top-10 of the NHL since early October, after producing five goals in six opportunities against the Dallas Stars and .

Perreault now has four goals and six points in four games since returning from a leg injury that had him on the shelf for 12 games.

Ehlers had been a bit quiet offensively, chipping in only one assist during his previous seven games.

The Kings made things interesting with a power-play goal from Tyler Toffoli (on a nifty redirection) at 5:26 of the third period after a perfect slap pass from the left point by Oscar Fantenberg.

The Jets were an undisciplined bunch during the third period, taking three offensive-zone stick penalties.

“The (level of) concern was pretty high at that point,” said Jets head coach Paul Maurice. “All three of them, it’s not out of laziness. We’re going as hard as we can. You’re always surprised that we do those things with our sticks.”

But thanks to some timely saves from Mason and some blocked shots from a host of players (including Brandon Tanev, who had four in the game to go along with seven hits), the Jets were able to kill two of the three off and held on for the victory, ensuring they have not lost consecutive games in regulation since starting the season 0-2.

“My first two years, we’ve been struggling with the consistency and finally, we’ve found a way to play well consistently,” said Jets forward Nikolaj Ehlers. “If we lose a game, we bounce back right away. We’ve played a lot of good games over these 21. We’ve got to find a way to keep this going and get these points.”

The ability to regroup is an essential quality for a team that has high hopes.

“If you’re going to make the playoffs and be successful down the stretch, you’ll need to be able to rebound from games like that and we did that,” said Lowry, referring to the second-period struggles in a 5-3 loss to the Nashville Predators on Monday.

With the Jets in the midst of a busy stretch of games with significant travel mixed in, it’s of the utmost importance to have both Mason and Connor Hellebuyck playing well.

Hellebuyck started 15 of the first 20 games this season, which was a surprise in itself, but had started to show some signs he might be a bit taxed with the heavy workload.

So Maurice turned the crease back over to Mason, who was coming off consecutive strong starts, including his first victory of the campaign.

Mason finished Wednesday’s contest with 38 saves and he’s now given up only four goals during his past three starts, as he’s looking more like the guy the Jets signed on July 1 to be their No. 1 guy.

“He’s been here. Honestly, I really do. We just didn’t give him any help,” said Maurice. “He tried to play that game in our first two games of the year. We didn’t allow it to happen for him. He’s just been really good. We need that now. This month is our toughest month of the year. We’re on the road and we’re on the airplane a lot.

“We need our goalies, both of them, to play well. And they have.” http://winnipegsun.com/sports/hockey/nhl/winnipeg-jets/special-night-for-lowrys-father-and-son- square-off-for-first-time-in-nhl

Special night for Lowry’s: Father and son square off for first time in NHL

By Ken Wiebe

LOS ANGELES – That sound you hear is pride.

There was a special tone in the voice of both the son and the father as the Lowry family prepared for what figured to be a moment they would not soon forget.

On one side of the ice was Adam, a fifth-year pro who has carved out a solid role for himself as a checking-line centre with the Winnipeg Jets.

Behind the other bench stood Dave, a longtime NHLer who currently serves as an assistant coach with the Los Angeles Kings on the staff of John Stevens.

“It’s just a unique opportunity,” Adam said following the morning skate. “It was always his dream to get back to the NHL as a coach. He’s worked hard to get back here since he left. I’m very happy for him, with the opportunity that he’s been given. I looked up to him growing up and saw how hard he worked and how much he had to sacrifice to make it to our games.

“When certain guys were sleeping in, he was up at six (a.m.) to drive us to our games, even though he got back (from a road trip) at 3 a.m.”

Adam was able to earn bragging rights on Wednesday as he scored a goal in the Jets 2-1 victory over the Kings.

“I couldn’t ask for more,” said Lowry. “To score a goal and we win the game.”

Dave spoke with members of the media prior to puck drop and insisted he was trying to treat this like any other game, even though there was some special significance attached.

“When we took the job here, we knew that this day would come,” said Dave. “It’s a moment we’ll look forward to and enjoy it. (Adam) is going to play his game. As a dad, you’re proud, but you want to make sure the focus is on your hockey team.”

Dave is also proud of the player Adam has grown into.

“(The Jets) have done a great job in developing his skill. I know he takes a lot of pride in the role that he plays,” said Dave. “He gets hard match-ups and heavy minutes against some really good players and it’s something that he really relishes.”

The only thing missing on this night was the presence of Adam’s brother Joel in the Kings’ lineup.

Joel, who was chosen by the Kings in the fifth round of the 2011 NHL Draft, spent the past two seasons in the organization but is currently on an ECHL contract and has six goals and 16 points in 16 games to lead the Manchester Monarchs in scoring.

Joel also has 81 games on his resume as a member of the .

Adam joked that the NHL lockout paved the way for Dave to one day become an NHL coach.

“He used to help out in spring hockey a lot, it was easier once the (NHL) season was done,” said Adam. “During the NHL lockout year in 2004-05, that was my first year of Peewee and we kind of joke that we gave him a kick-start for his NHL coaching gig. We were the Bow Valley Flames back then and I would have been 12 years old. It was awesome. That was the only time he coached my winter hockey team, but I have a lot of fond memories from that year.”

Adam wasn’t the only one with fond memories from that season.

“That actually ended one career and started another,” said Dave. “Hockey was coming to an end from a playing standpoint, but it gave me an opportunity to connect (with coaching). I was fortunate they let me be one of the guest coaches for the year.”

Dave got to coach his son during the CHL Canada/Russia Super Series and the two went head- to-head on one occasion in the Western Hockey League – when Adam was playing his final season with the Swift Current Broncos and Dave was the bench boss of the .

“They beat us 2-1,” said Adam.

Dave didn’t play after the lockout season and quickly turned his attention to coaching, starting out as an assistant with the .

Dave was able to hand down plenty of valuable lessons, drawing from his ample experience in the NHL, but there are certain things that still stand out to Adam.

“The biggest thing is being responsible defensively,” said Adam. “Growing up, you want to be the goal scorer and it’s always fun to be the guy that puts them in the net. But you need to know there are guys who have roles and carve out nice careers by doing certain things well. It’s not necessarily scoring goals that your team needs. It’s about doing certain things right and doing them well every night and finding that consistency.

“He always reminds me to hang around the net. That’s where I’ve been known to score most of my goals. So I try to do that as much as possible.”

Having a father in the NHL also meant being on the move, something Adam has a greater appreciation for now that he’s in the NHL himself.

“There are certain things that go on that you don’t really understand,” said Adam. “I was four or five at the time my dad got traded from Florida to San Jose on my brother’s birthday. You find out you’re moving on that day. Things like that (about) the hockey lifestyle you appreciate before you get there yourself.”

Dave’s career spanned 1,195 games when you include the regular season and playoffs.

“You appreciate it more the older you get,” said Adam, when asked what it was like to have a dad who played in the NHL. “When you’re young, it’s cool and your dad is your super hero, regardless of what he does. Then as you get older, you start figuring out that (playing in the NHL) is maybe something you want to do.”

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Lowry, Laine score in Jets’ 2-1 win over slumping Kings

BY GREG BEACHAM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Winnipeg Jets have figured out ways to prevent their losses from lingering this season.

The Los Angeles Kings are in a two-week funk, and it finally knocked them out of first place in the Pacific Division.

Adam Lowry and Patrik Laine scored in the Jets' fifth victory in six games, 2-1 over the slumping Kings on Wednesday night.

Steve Mason made 38 saves during his first start since Nov. 11 as the surprising Jets opened a three-game California swing with the first regulation road victory over the Kings in the history of a franchise that began as the Atlanta Thrashers.

With a bounce-back victory after a loss in Nashville two days earlier, Winnipeg has surged into second place in the Central Division with nine victories in 12 games overall. The Jets have taken back-to-back losses only once since the first two games of the season, and their resilience was on display throughout a defence-dominated win in LA.

"We know how they play, and we had to be ready for that," said Nikolaj Ehlers, who set up Laine's goal with a beautiful pass. "We came out with a plan, and we succeeded."

Mason picked up his second victory of the season in a stellar return from a prolonged break while Connor Hellebuyck manned the Jets' crease. The veteran goalie even got an assist on Lowry's opening goal.

"Early on, I was able to feel the puck, so that was good for me after being off a week and a half," Mason said. "It was important to feel a little rhythm and then just push that forward to the rest of the game."

Tyler Toffoli tipped home a power-play goal early in the third period for the Kings, who have lost six of seven. The expansion won in Anaheim and surged into first place in the Pacific in front of the Kings (12-8-2), who got off to a 9-1-1 start.

Jonathan Quick stopped 25 shots, but the low-scoring Kings lost for the sixth time in their last seven games at Staples Center, undoing much of the good feeling from a strong start under new coach John Stevens.

"That's what happens when you don't play a full game," captain Anze Kopitar said. "It's usually good enough to lose by one. ... We've got to stop the bleeding, turn the ship around and get her going again."

Lowry scored in the final second of the first period when Quick momentarily lost sight of the puck and couldn't scramble across his crease in time to cut off an open net.

The Jets extended their lead in the final minute of the second during another power play. Ehlers took the puck behind the net and feathered a backhand pass out front to Laine, who fanned slightly on a shot that still went underneath Quick for his 11th goal.

The Kings generated few scoring chances and cashed in none of them in the first two periods, continuing their offensive struggles in November. Los Angeles hasn't scored more than two goals in regulation during any of its six recent losses.

"We just didn't get the start that we wanted, having to come back from two goals down again," Toffoli said. "We've just got to keep working as a group. No letdown, no getting down on ourselves if we don't make the tough plays. We've got to find it within, and nobody is going to help us. We've got to do it ourselves."

The Kings finally scored when Oscar Fantenberg put a low shot in front of the net and Toffoli ramped it past Mason for his team-leading 10th goal.

Winnipeg took three penalties in its own offensive zone in the third period, but Los Angeles couldn't capitalize on its last two power plays.

NOTES: Lowry's father, Dave, is an assistant coach with the Kings, and they faced each other on opposing NHL benches for the first time. ... Before the game, the Kings signed goalie Jack Campbell to a two-year contract extension. Campbell, the former 11th overall draft pick by Dallas, has played only two career NHL games, but he led the AHL in victories last season for the Kings' affiliate in Ontario, where he has also spent this season. ... Kings LW Marian Gaborik believes he will return soon from left knee surgery that has kept him out since April.

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Kings continue their slide with a 2-1 loss to the Jets

By Curtis Zupke

It would be inaccurate to say that the grip the Kings have held on first place in the Pacific Division finally gave way.

The Kings have slid down a greased pole lately in trying to hold on to first, and they relinquished it in excruciatingly close ways in a 2-1 loss Wednesday to the Winnipeg Jets at Staples Center.

Winnipeg scored in the final minute in each of the first two periods and kicked open the door for the Kings by taking three offensive-zone penalties in the third period that the Kings couldn’t capitalize on. They fell out of first place after the Ducks’ loss to the Vegas Golden Knights and have lost six of seven games since their 11-2-2 start. They are 1-5-1 in their past seven home games.

“It doesn’t matter about standings,” Anze Kopitar said. “We’ve got to obviously stop the bleeding, turn the ship around and get it going again. Right now it looks like we’re going to have to win a 2-1 game and really get our checking game in order. Honestly, I think our offense tonight didn’t score as many goals, but we were creating a lot. Again, we can’t give up goals like we did tonight.”

The Kings pulled to 2-1 on Tyler Toffoli’s tip of Oscar Fantenberg’s shot on the power play early in the third period. Toffoli screened Jets goalie Steve Mason and executed the deflection for his team-leading 10th goal.

But the rally stopped there.

The Kings couldn’t conjure many quality chances in the second period, and paid for the second of back-to-back penalties with Patrik Laine’s power-play goal. Nikolaj Ehlers spun away from Drew Doughty behind the goal line and flicked a backhand pass that Laine buried with 59 seconds left in the period.

Jonathan Quick played for the first time since perhaps his worst game of the season, a loss Sunday to the Golden Knights, and made 25 saves. His best save came with his outstretched glove on a wraparound attempt by Kyle Connor in the first period. But Quick couldn’t track the puck cleanly on Winnipeg’s first goal.

Adam Lowry collected the puck in traffic and backhanded it into an open net when Quick dropped down early and couldn’t slide over in time. The goal, with eight seconds left, negated a better start to the game than Sunday.

“It’s deflating,” Kopitar said. “You go into a locker room thinking about that. You kill all the momentum that you had going for you.”

Family reunion Lowry’s goal happened in front of his father, Kings assistant coach , in a game that represented a father coaching against his son for the first time in the NHL. According to Dave Lowry, his son had Wednesday marked on the calendar well in advance.

“I think he reminded me early on when he was coming and we had to make sure that he would get a home-cooked meal,” Dave Lowry said.

Lowry and his wife, Elaine, provided that with a dinner in a rare in-season family gathering Tuesday night. Dave Lowry said beforehand he is able to take the emotional part out of it, but he was also a proud father who only coached against Adam once before, in junior hockey.

Asked who Elaine would be rooting for on Wednesday, he said, “You’ll have to ask her that. I know that I’m not a very happy person when I lose hockey games, so she’ll probably be cheering for the home team.”

Campbell extension Jack Campbell signed a two-year contract extension with an annual value of $675,000 at the NHL level, the Kings announced. The first year of the extension is a two-way contract and the second is one-way.

Campbell was impressive in the preseason and has revived his career to give the Kings depth at goalie behind Quick and Darcy Kuemper.

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By the numbers: Jets can be even better and it starts with Blake Wheeler

By Dom Luszczyszyn

Raise your hand if you had the Winnipeg Jets as a top-five team in the league before the season started. Well, we kind of almost did, placing them in sixth place, 0.1 points off from the top five (don’t bother looking at the team in third… woof) and considering the reaction to that I would guess there weren’t many other believers.

But lo and behold, here they are – the Jets have finally arrived, starting the season with a red- hot 12-5-3 record and a points percentage that’s tied for the third-best in the league. According to our daily projections, they’re on track to finish fifth in the league and are sporting a 79 percent shot at the playoffs. Their success has been an early surprise, but it really shouldn’t be, the talent was there, it was just a matter of putting it all together.

This is the part of the column where you’d expect an “I told you so,” but game 20 is no time for a victory lap, especially when the team has significant warts that still need to be ironed out. A four- in-five chance is a lofty height to fall from, but it’s certainly possible if the Jets keep playing the way they have so far this season. I don’t think there were many who were as optimistic about the Jets as I was before the season started, but their start isn’t what I imagined even if the results are lining up just as my model expected.

Let’s start with some basic red flags.

The team ranks 24th in score-adjusted Corsi this season, controlling 47.5 percent of the shot share, a slight drop from their 21st ranked finish last season at 48.9 percent. The big issue seems to be on offence where they rank 30th, ahead of only Buffalo, with 51.7 shot attempts per 60. That’s alarming with the talent this team has up front, and while it’s virtually the same output they had last season, they’ve dropped where it matters: in tight. Shot attempts that are in the scoring-chance area have dropped by 3.6 per 60 while high danger attempts have dropped by 1.2. They’ve effectively been pushed to the outside while generating the same volume. Last season they were an above average team when it came to winning the scoring chance battle at 5-on-5, but that hasn’t been the case this season.

It’s a similar story with special teams play as the penalty kill is an absolute train wreck and the power play, despite clicking at a sixth-best 22.7 percent success rate, is generating fewer opportunities to score than last season’s 18th place unit.

Everything in Winnipeg on both sides of the puck in all situations is trending in the wrong direction from a team that already didn’t look that great last season.

And yet they’re winning. How? As is usually the case, a way too high PDO is to blame as the Jets are scoring on more shots than they should and stopping a lot of pucks the other way, too. Connor Hellebuyck has been a revelation this season, a big reason they’ve come out on top in a lot of games, but his .925 save percentage feels a bit too high and bound to fall. Same thing goes up front where the Jets obviously have the talent to outscore their low attempt rates, just not to this degree. They had the fifth highest all situations shooting percentage last season at 10.1 percent and they have the fifth highest percentage again this year too, it’s just this time they’re scoring on 1.5 percent more shots. Only one team since 2007-08 has sustained a shooting percentage above 11 percent over a full season: the 2009-10 Washington Capitals. The Jets aren’t that, no team is.

All of this is to say that the Jets sticks and pads won’t stay this hot forever and when they begin to fall back down to earth, a solid process is what can save them. They don’t seem to have that at the moment so staying on their current path might mean a disappointing end to what looked like a promising start to the season.

But the Jets’ current struggles – at least at 5-on-5 – are a bit deceiving because they seem to happen entirely when Blake Wheeler is on the ice. Biggie Funke has found himself in a… big funk (I’m not sorry about this) to start the season. When it comes to putting numbers on the board, Wheeler has never looked better, which is why it’s been weird to see the Jets routinely out-chanced with him on the ice on a nightly basis. That’s highly unusual for Wheeler who has been one of the league’s best play-drivers over the last three seasons. This year he’s been one of the worst on the team. That’s not normal and it’s not something I’d expect to continue.

Wheeler’s possession numbers have fallen off a cliff, but the Jets actually see an uptick when he’s off the ice compared to last season (the bottom six has been much better than expected thanks to some big strides made by Adam Lowry this season). It sure seems like a big part of solving Winnipeg’s 5-on-5 woes is solving Wheeler’s.

His Corsi percentage has dropped by nearly 10 percent year over year and it’s a similar story when looking at scoring chances, too. It’s a strange development for a player that’s historically been elite when it comes to pushing the puck up the ice into the fun zone. It’s had an effect on his partner in crime, Mark Scheifele, although not to the same degree, dropping from 50 to 46 percent (in an extremely tiny sample, Scheifele has been much better away from Wheeler). Last year the duo was operating at a 54 percent Corsi together. This year they’re at 44 percent, one of the worst marks in the league for any regular line, not just any top line.

If Wheeler was driving play at his usual 54 percent, the Jets would have generated 48 more shot attempts and surrendered 59 fewer. Add that to Winnipeg’s current totals and the team is up to plus-25 on the year instead of minus-81, good for a 50.8 percent Corsi that would put the team 13th in the league with very little chatter about any underlying issues.

With Wheeler (and Scheifele) playing at a sizzling 103 point pace this really seems like a non- issue as they’ve obviously played well enough to score as often as they have. But this isn’t about how good they’ve been in the first 20 games, this is about what they might do in the next 62 and their current run doesn’t seem very sustainable. If they can keep it up, then who cares about Corsi, it's just very unlikely that they can. That troublingly high shooting percentage mentioned above has a lot to do with Wheeler as the Jets are scoring on 15 percent of shots whenever he’s on the ice, a big jump from his typical 10 to 11 percent.

Any logical person will trade their current on-ice inefficiency at 5-on-5 for two players operating at a 103-point pace every single day of the week, but there’s plenty of reason to be skeptical it’ll last considering how often pucks are going in for them. When they eventually cool down, their current play could be a big detriment if it’s not fixed. Being out-chanced usually leads to being out-scored which is not something any team wants from their top line.

At age 31, one has to wonder if this is Wheeler simply showing signs of slowing down, but that’s kind of foolish to even consider when he’s putting up points at the highest rate of his career. (That probably rules out an injury, too). Without any intimate knowledge of what’s going on with him that’s caused this unusual downturn (my only guess was the fresh-faced rookie Kyle Connor dragging the duo down, but they’ve been just as bad territorially without him), the safest assumption has to be that this is just a blip and eventually the old Wheeler will show up again: the one that can score and drive play better than nearly any player in the league.

The only problem with that is that over the last three seasons Wheeler has never once put up similar numbers. Not even close. His previous worst 20 game possession rate was 50.4 percent, meaning over the last three seasons there isn’t a single instance where opponents have controlled play over a 20 game period against Wheeler. Being in the 44 percent range is very much uncharted territory for Wheeler.

The question of whether he can bounce back in this facet of his game becomes a bit more perilous given that information and it would take a deeper dive into some video to see what exactly is happening here. To Wheeler’s credit, he’s still above 50 percent on chances in the high danger area so it may not be as big of a concern as his awful possession numbers suggest, but he’s only just barely over and he used to be much more effective in tight, too.

As long as Wheeler is scoring this isn’t a problem, but there are many signs pointing toward him slowing down so the sooner he figures things out the better because it would greatly mitigate whatever regression is likely coming for him.

Given how good he’s been at driving play over the last three seasons, I’d personally bet on him finding his way again soon, but it’s been a worrisome development from the first quarter. If Wheeler bounces back at 5-on-5 then the Jets are a scary good team that will be worthy of their terrific early record. If he can’t, then I’d be concerned about the rest of the season once pucks stop going in as often from their cornerstone pieces up front.

The Jets are as good as their star players say they are and they have the pieces in place to be an elite team. But they likely won’t be that going forward if their top guys can’t control the game the way they used to. The Jets have been good to start the season, but they can be better. They can be great. There’s another level this team can reach and it starts with Wheeler getting back to the complete player he’s been for the last three seasons.

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Mason makes 38 saves, Jets defeat Kings Winnipeg hangs on after L.A. gets within goal in third; Lowry, Laine score by Dan Greenspan / NHL.com Correspondent

LOS ANGELES -- Patrik Laine scored a power-play goal late in the second period, and Steve Mason made 38 saves to lift the Winnipeg Jets to a 2-1 win against the Los Angeles Kings at Staples Center on Wednesday.

Adam Lowry scored for the Jets (13-5-3), who are 5-1-0 in their past six games. Winnipeg has not lost consecutive games in regulation since the first two games of the season.

"My first two years, we've been struggling with the consistency," said forward Nikolaj Ehlers, who had an assist on Laine's game-winning goal. "I think that finally we've found a way to play well consistently. Lose a game, bounce back right away."

Tyler Toffoli scored on the power play, and Jonathan Quick made 25 saves for the Kings (12-8- 2), who are 1-6-0 in their past seven games.

Quick has lost six games in a row to match the worst streak of his NHL career. It's the first time he's lost six straight in regulation; he had an 0-4-2 stretch in 2011-12 and an 0-3-3 span in 2014-15.

"We've just got to keep working as a group," Toffoli said. "We've got to find it within and nobody's going to help us. We've got to do it ourselves."

Laine put the Jets ahead 2-0 with 59 seconds left in the second period. From behind the net, Ehlers found Laine breaking through the slot for a shot between Quick's legs. Laine has 10 points (seven goals, three assists) in his past 10 games.

Toffoli got positioning at the front of the net and tipped Oscar Fantenberg's shot past Mason at 5:26 of the third period to make it 2-1. It was Toffoli's second goal in three games.

The Jets were 4-for-5 on the penalty kill, including two straight after Toffoli's power-play goal in the third to hold on to the lead.

Forwards Brandon Tanev and Matt Hendricks were singled out by teammates and coach Paul Maurice for their blocked shots during the kills.

"As important as probably Laine's goal was, the game-winner, the blocked shots and some pretty fine penalty-killing were just as important," Maurice said.

Tanev had a game-high four blocked shots, including on at 9:54 of the second when he had an open net with the Kings on the power play.

"For a guy who doesn't block a lot of shots, it hurts me as well seeing that," Ehlers said.

Lowry scored with eight seconds left in the first period to give the Jets a 1-0 lead. Quick appeared to lose track of the puck after Winnipeg's Andrew Copp lost possession in the slot. When Lowry ended up with the puck, Quick could not recover in time to stop his backhand shot.

"You've got to bear down to score, and you've got to bear down to deny opportunities," Kings coach John Stevens said. "Sometimes it's a fine line between the difference of winning and losing. That's a good hockey team, and we've got to just dig down a little bit on both sides of the puck."

It was Lowry's third goal in eight games after returning from an upper-body injury. Mason had the secondary assist. It was the 12th assist of his NHL career, first with Winnipeg.

Goal of the game Laine's power-play goal at 19:01 of the second period.

Save of the game Mason caught Anze Kopitar's shot through traffic at 17:31 of the third period.

Highlight of the game Tanev blocked Kempe's shot at 9:54 of the second period after Mason made a save against Fantenberg at 9:47.

They said it "Must be the lighting here; it's nice and bright." -- Jets goalie Steve Mason on his 3-0-1 record in his past four starts at Staples Center

"We got to find it. We have glimpses of being really good, and then other times where we're not being very good." -- Kings forward Tyler Toffoli on their identity

Need to know It was the first regulation win at Staples Center in Jets/Atlanta Thrashers franchise history. … Winnipeg trails the St. Louis Blues by four points for first place in the Central Division after going 9-2-1 in its past 12 games. … Jets forward Mathieu Perreault had an assist to extend his point streak to four games since returning from a lower-body injury. He has four goals and two assists during the streak. … Winnipeg has an NHL-best plus-12 goal differential in the first period. … The Kings trail the expansion Vegas Golden Knights by one point for first in the Pacific Division. … Kopitar has 16 points (five goals, 11 assists) in his past 16 games after he had an assist on Toffoli's goal.

What's next Jets: At the Anaheim Ducks on Friday (4 p.m. ET; PRIME, TSN3, NHL.TV) Kings: At the Arizona Coyotes on Friday (9 p.m. ET; FS-A, FS-W, NHL.TV)

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NHL Quarter Mark Report: The Winnipeg Jets have arrived

By Rory Boylen

It looks as though the Winnipeg Jets have, finally, made it into the discussion as one of the NHL’s top teams.

Identified as a lineup with vast potential, but always falling apart for the past few years, Winnipeg has been getting the quality goaltending it once sorely lacked, while the young core is building on past breakouts and some of the vets, namely Blake Wheeler, continue contributing in huge, underrated ways.

We’re at the point now where we can legitimately wonder if the Jets are Canada’s best team.

To be sure, it is still early, just 25 per cent of the way through the season. The goaltending could still collapse and injuries could hit in a way that shake this team at its core, throwing off their terrific start. But for now, at least, the Jets’ potential is coming to fruition and they are who we thought for years they’d be.

THE GOOD: There is a lot of good in a 12-5-3 start, which has Winnipeg tied for the fourth-most points in the NHL. Mark Scheifele, who increased his point production by 21 last season to be better than a point-per-game player for the first time, is on pace to go even higher and approach 100 points. The amazing thing is captain Wheeler continues to fly under the radar — you may not realize he has the same point total as Scheifele. Laine picked up following a slow start after calling himself out and is now on a 40-goal pace, and rookie Kyle Connor looks comfortable on the top line.

But the best story through the first quarter has been the great goaltending from an unexpected place. The consistency isn’t coming from Steve Mason, brought in this off-season to settle the position with experience, but instead from Connor Hellebuyck, whose subpar play last season as a relatively untested 23-year-old led to the team to acquiring Mason in the first place.

Now, Hellebuyck is top-10 at his position in GAA (2.45), save percentage (.925) and wins (11) and is having his own much-needed breakout. The only reason the Jets missed the playoffs last season was because of play in net, so with this kind of performance you could easily make the case Hellebuyck is the team’s MVP so far.

THE BAD: It’s harder to pick out anything bad from a team that has had a breakthrough performance, but there are a couple areas that could still use some improvement.

Winnipeg brought in Paul Devorski to their training camp to get feedback from a retired referee to improve on their problems with taking penalties — last season the Jets were the third-most shorthanded team in the league. That number has dropped this season, but adjusting for games played, they’re still among the seven most penalized teams in the NHL and have a minus-13 penalty differential, which ranks fourth-worst. The 26th-ranked penalty kill from a year ago (77.5 per cent) is basically the same this season (78.4 per cent, ranked 22nd) so if you’re looking for an area to improve in, this is it.

TRENDING: As the top scorers keep performing, on track for another set of career years, and the goaltending has been stellar, the Jets are also getting to show off some of their team depth. With Toby Enstrom now out for an extended period, we get to see 24-year-old get a taste as he rises quickly from obscurity to Winnipeg’s starting lineup.

There is no mistaking that this team is trending up, but of their 12 wins, only four have come against teams holding down a playoff spot at the quarter mark. And considering that 78 per cent of teams in the playoffs at American Thanksgiving stay there until the end of this season, this isn’t an insignificant note. Winnipeg holds a 4-5-2 record against quarter-mark playoff teams, so they are undefeated in regulation against non-playoff teams. If they’re going to remain in contention for the division crown and home-ice advantage, they’re going to need to come away with more success against the league’s better teams the rest of the way.

BOLD PREDICTION: Given general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff’s history of staying quiet on the trade front and consistently taking a patient, long-term approach, it’s hard to predict any big trade or roster move to aggressively push this team towards the Stanley Cup. So instead of that, we’ll boldly predict a division title for this team, despite currently trailing the Blues by six points (with two games in hand).

The fact Winnipeg has gotten off to such a great start is a good omen — this is the first time in the past five years they’ve had a winning record at the quarter mark. Generally slow starters, the Jets have found their footing late in each of the past two seasons with 12-5-1 and 12-6-1 records in March and April in 2016-17 and 2015-16, respectively. In fact, they haven’t lost an April regulation game since April 7, 2014. So if they can continue those finishes, combined with this start, the Jets could take the division.

GRADE: A. How can it be any less than this? The power play has improved by 4.5 percentage points over 2016-17, most of the top scorers are on pace for career years, the goaltending has exceeded all expectations and they pass the eye test as a big, fast, young team with plenty of depth that looks like a playoff team.

In the past few years, they’ve been graded harshly because of the letdowns that have followed pre-season hype, but now that they look to be fulfilling the optimism, credit is due. www.winnipegjets.com https://www.nhl.com/jets/news/lowry-laine-score-to-help-jets-to-2-1-win-over-kings/c-293291692

Lowry, Laine score to help Jets to 2-1 win over Kings Mason stops 38 of 39 shots as Jets even record on road trip by Mitchell Clinton @MitchellClinton / WinnipegJets.com

LOS ANGELES, California - Coming into Wednesday night, Adam Lowry had a chance to even his career record playing against a team with his father, Dave, on the bench of the opposing team.

The Winnipeg Jets also had a chance to even up their record on the four-game road trip.

Check, and check.

Lowry scored his third of the season with eight seconds left in the first, while Patrik Laine added a power play marker in the final minute of the second period to help the Jets to a 2-1 win over the Los Angeles Kings.

"It's always nice to get a win. I couldn't ask for more, scoring a goal and we win the game. It was a nice rebound from our effort in Nashville," said Lowry. "They really came hard in the second half of the game. We found a way to win. (Steve) Mason was real solid back there, and we had some key blocked shots coming down the stretch there.

"It's a big win and it gets us back on track."

Steve Mason made 38 saves on the night to preserve the win, and hand the Kings their sixth loss in seven games.

"We haven't given the young man to have an opportunity to have a lot of run support. We haven't scored a lot of goals with him in the net. He's played really well," said head coach Paul Maurice. "Aside from the real good saves and the composure in the net, his play with the puck - a number of times - getting it out, and get it into the neutral zone, it's huge. Especially with a heavy forecheck like LA has got."

Lowry's goal came late in the opening frame, with just eight seconds left before the buzzer.

Andrew Copp carried the puck into the Los Angeles zone, and after the Kings almost forced a turnover at the top of the circle, Lowry came up with the puck. Turning back toward the net and holding off a check from Derek Forbort, the Jets centre slid a backhand past Jonathan Quick.

It was the first of two goals the Jets would score in the final minute of a period on this night.

A slashing penalty to Dustin Brown in the second was the opening the Jets needed to extend the lead. Mathieu Perreault sent the puck to Nikolaj Ehlers below the goal line on Quick's stick side, and with a quick spin, Ehlers sent a backhand pass to Laine just outside the crease, and before Quick could move, the puck was in.

The Kings would get one back on a power play of their own 5:26 into the third. Tyler Toffoli's tenth of the season came when he redirected slap pass from Oscar Fantenberg, cutting the Jets lead to 2-1.

But that's as close as the Kings would get, but there were chances. Winnipeg's special teams were up to the challenge.

The Jets penalty kill also came up clutch in the third, keeping the Kings from tying the game by killing off minor penalties to Bryan Little and Blake Wheeler.

A big part of that was Brandon Tanev, who blocked four shots in the game.

"It's often times an overlooked part of the game," said Mason. "Those guys sacrifice so much. Those blocks otherwise probably end up in the back of the net, so those are some of the biggest saves we get all night. The boys definitely notice it, and appreciate it."

The Jets record improved to 13-5-3 with the win, and will close out the road trip with a back-to- back set against the Anaheim Ducks and San Jose Sharks on Friday and Saturday. https://www.nhl.com/jets/video/postgame--paul-maurice/t-277437442/c-54926403

POSTGAME | Paul Maurice

Head Coach Paul Maurice addresses the media post-game at Staples Center https://www.nhl.com/jets/video/postgame--steve-mason/t-277437442/c-54926103

POSTGAME | Steve Mason

Steve Mason's comments following his 38-save performance in a 2-1 win over the Kings https://www.nhl.com/jets/video/postgame--adam-lowry/t-277437442/c-54926203

POSTGAME | Adam Lowry

Adam Lowry's comments following a 2-1 win over the Kings https://www.nhl.com/jets/video/postgame--nikolaj-ehlers/t-277437442/c-54926003

POSTGAME | Nikolaj Ehlers

Nikolaj Ehlers' comments following a 2-1 win over the Kings