The Jets fired 27 at Calgary backup Dan Vladar, riding his own five-game winless streak. He and his defence were no match for the NHL’s deadliest power play and its most lethal threesome: Gabe Vilardi scored twice, Kyle Connor and Mark Scheifele once each as the Jets won their third straight and finished a home-heavy January with a 7-3-2 mark.

Will they trade him now, will he walk or could the Jets still re-sign him? You wonder if Cole Perfetti is big or strong enough for his first full playoffs. Some of you just want to get Eric Comrie some run support — and one of you asked a fun statistical question about the Jets’ performance in Comrie’s starts.

Gabriel Vilardi scored two goals and added two assists to lead the Winnipeg Jets to a 5-2 victory over the Calgary Flames on Sunday.

It hadn’t quite reached “Win one for the Gipper” territory, but it’s safe to say the Winnipeg Jets were motivated to start giving backup goaltender Eric Comrie a little support.

The Winnipeg Jets aren't sure why they struggle so much when backup goaltender Eric Comrie is in net, but they're desperate to turn things around for their teammate. "I feel for the guy," captain Adam Lowry said Saturday,

Montreal always seems to give Winnipeg a tough test, especially in their own building. The Jets lost 4-3 in a shootout during last year’s annual visit (Laurent Brossoit was in net), and fell 4-1 the previous season (with Hellebuyck between the pipes).

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Tuesday night in the NHL sees the Winnipeg Jets travel to Montreal to take on the Montreal Canadiens in an all-Canadian matchup. Welcome to NHL Predictions here at Last Word on Hockey, where we preview and predict the upcoming slate of NHL games around the league each day!

Stylistically, the Jets expect a bit of a shift from their two opponents from the home stand in Utah and Calgary. Utah is a team among the National Hockey League’s best in terms of minimizing high-danger chances against (according to Natural Stat Trick), and the game against Calgary was tight right until the Jets broke it open in the third.

Try as they might, the Flames couldn't contain the Jets' top guns. Kyle Connor, Gabe Vilardi and Mark Scheifele combined for four goals, as Winnipeg forced Calgary to settle for a weekend split, by taking a 5-2 decision Sunday at Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg.