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Lesser lights on D getting big minutes

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Kulikov, Niku seeing more ice due to injuries

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Winnipeg Jets coach Paul Maurice warned that it would look a little bit different, even though he vowed to change little.

Without defencemen Dustin Byfuglien and Tyler Myers — two big men, both figuratively and literally — on the blue line, Maurice knew it wasn’t going to be status quo when his team hit the ice Friday night against the Detroit Red Wings.

Inevitably, the lineup would be different, but the systems and game plan remained the same.