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It’s been a compelling sideshow in what has otherwise been a season of disappointment for Winnipeg Jets fans: Who’s the better rookie — Jets winger Patrik Laine or Toronto Maple Leafs centre Auston Matthews.
With four goals in his last two games, including a second-period tally in Pittsburgh Thursday night that helped the Jets earn a point in a 4-3 overtime loss, Laine is tied with Matthews for the rookie goal-scoring lead with 27 and leads him by two points in the rookie points race with 48.