LOS ANGELES — It was their biggest victory of the season so far, taking down the league’s top team in a terrific, back-and-forth game that cemented their own status as being among the elite.
And yet, just moments after downing the Tampa Bay Lightning in dramatic fashion Sunday night — tying the game late and then finishing it in overtime — I found it interesting that there wasn't a hint of jubilation to be found inside the Winnipeg Jets' dressing room at Bell MTS Place.
While their fans may have been giddy over what they’d just witnessed, the players themselves presented a pretty stoic public front as they won for the ninth time in the past 10 games, took over top spot in the Central Division and Western Conference and continued to stay ahead of the pace they set last year when setting all kinds of franchise-records for success.