Sometimes, in modern sports, there are “scheduled losses”. Not games where the loss is almost guaranteed, but just games where modern travel and scheduling for television impacts the result. I am not saying this was the reason, but damn, after a game like the Wild one, I bet this one was tougher to get up for, even if it was this week’s “Hometown Hockey” game.
Don’t get me wrong. The Jets were full value for their win. They played hard, and against a team just a tad less deep than them, at home, they were able to pull out the two points, which puts them a bit closer to the playoff line they will never get to this year, and giving them less ping pong balls than the Canucks at the moment.