WINNIPEG | When you go online you never know what can happen. If coaches are looking for more arguments to sell this point to their players, they can show them video footage from yesterday's game.
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Let's just say Josh Anderson gave them worse. The tall winger was involved in the Canadian's two goals by approaching the 'blue colour'.
And when they say anything can happen, Anderson scored first when a return from Mike Matheson bounced off his skate. He then allowed Christian Dvorak to double his team's lead with a seemingly handmade pass.
Contact between the puck and Anderson's stick was so minimal that the Jets even received a penalty by appealing the sequence.
This time the hockey gods sitting in Toronto smiled on the Habs. Nobody will complain about it.
A victory for Allen
Especially not Justin Barron, who took advantage of his mom and dad's presence in the stands and his brother's presence in the Jets camp to give the Habs the win in overtime.
Jake Allen was able to end his series of seven defeats in a row. Curiously, the last victory, achieved on October 28, came at the expense of the Jets, also on a tiebreaker.
This is a triumph that could do the veteran a lot of good. The latter kept a lookout all evening. Especially in the third period when the Jets bombarded him with 15 shots.
By applying pressure, the Jets eventually ran out of steam on his teammates. In the third period, Martin St-Louis' troops always seemed to be second to the puck.
The excitement surrounding the Jets is running out of steam
There were several empty benches at the Canada Life Center last night. A rather unusual phenomenon for a Canadian visiting.
In fact, this seems to be the new reality for the Jets since the start of the campaign. Not once in 16 home games have the Jets played in front of a sold-out crowd of 15,324. Not even in the opening game.
Connor Bedard and the Blackhawks (14,189) and Connor McDavid and the OIlers (13,611) were the most popular visitors. Yesterday there were 13,363.
On October 17th and 24th, the Jets even played in front of their smallest number of fans since returning to Winnipeg in 2011.
The average attendance of 12,710 (compiled by The Athletic as of December 5) is the lowest in the NHL. After the Coyotes, of course.
Bad for Quebec
It's still surprising considering the Jets have one of the best lineups on the circuit right now.
The problem, according to colleagues there, is that season tickets are not primarily sold to companies, but to private individuals.
This makes this market dependent on the whims of the economy. And with inflation particularly high, people have to make decisions. Grocery shopping is a must before attending a Jets game.
Doesn't this remind you of a deal Gary Bettman is trying to avoid like the plague? This is enough to give him arguments. Right or wrong.