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Improved special teams big part of recent success

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The Winnipeg Jets’ most recent victory provided some special times for their special-teams units.

Winnipeg’s power play and penalty kill jumped in the overall rankings after stellar performances in the club’s 7-4 victory over the Golden Knights.

After erasing five man-advantage situations for Vegas, Winnipeg’s penalty killers now have a 78.7 per cent efficiency rating, good enough for 19th in the NHL. But that’s four spots up from where they were Friday afternoon.

Meanwhile, the power play continues to produce at a torrid pace and moved up two spots to fourth-best in the league (25.6 per cent) and No.