A pair of mid-winter defeats to the Chicago Blackhawks – troubling at the time – are now long forgotten.
Those setbacks are in the past for the Winnipeg Jets, who've left the once-dominant, former perennial Stanley Cup favourites in their rear-view mirror this NHL season.
Down a goal just 11 seconds after the opening draw Thursday night, the Jets replied with five tallies of their own before the first period was over and cruised to a 6-2 victory over the visiting Blackhawks.
Boosted by the long-awaited return of defenceman Jacob Trouba and the all-clear sign given to slick centre Paul Stastny after he spent a day on the shelf, Winnipeg (42-19-10) made Central Division cellar-dwelling Chicago look sluggish and disinterested.