ANAHEIM, Calif. -- When the knives came out for their opening game on Friday's off day in the Stanley Cup first-round playoff series, the Winnipeg Jets whistled mostly a merry tune.
And it had nothing to do with the fact Disneyland is just up the street.
"Our guys were pretty good," Jets coach Paul Maurice said after dropping the series opener to the Anaheim Ducks 4-2 on Thursday. "We're talking about a 2-2 game with seven minutes left.
"There wasn't a lot of offence generated by both teams. It (Game 2 tonight, 9:30 p.m., Sportsnet, TSN 1290) will be very close to the same.