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Brossoit in goal for the Jets tonight with Copp and Lowry sitting out

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Backup goalie Laurent Brossoit will start for Winnipeg. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Free Press files)

VANCOUVER -- The Winnipeg Jets will be looking to head home for the holidays with two more points in the bank as they wrap up their pre-Christmas schedule tonight in Vancouver.

Standing in their way is a surging Canucks squad that has gone 6-1-1 in the past eight to climb back into the Western Conference playoff picture. They are just one point behind Edmonton for the final wildcard spot.

“A completely different team then we saw the last time.