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With Nikolaj Ehlers out, Patrik Laine struggling to score and looking exposed defensively, and Mark Scheifele on a bit of a cold streak at 5-vs-5, the secret sauce from the Winnipeg Jets has come from the unlikeliest of places over the last two months: their fourth line.
At the beginning of the season, the Jets’ prospective fourth line was Adam Lowry between Brandon Tanev and Andrew Copp, though some would say it was the third line and that’s entirely fair — that line was excellent at grinding out the bottom end of teams’ lineups and chipping in the odd goal.