The Jets sit atop the Central, but they'll be tasked with trying to stay there without their top defenseman.
While the Metropolitan Division gets all the credit as the NHL's toughest, the Central Division has quietly been a meat grinder, too. Six of the seven Central teams have between 26 and 30 wins; the only outlier is the Chicago Blackhawks, who have 23.
The Winnipeg Jets are sitting on top of the heap with a 30-13-8 record, but they’ll be facing another challenge in a season that has been plagued with injury. Defenseman Jacob Trouba will be out six-to-eight weeks with an ankle injury.