SUNRISE, Fla. — Artificial intensity is just not an option in the NHL.
Saturday night at BB&T Center, the Winnipeg Jets tried to find a way to match the passion and push they summoned up Thursday in an emotional game in Tampa.
They almost made it, but struggled and fell 3-1 to the Florida Panthers.
"Yeah... it’s hard for me to like it because we weren’t as good in our own end as I think we can be," Jets coach Paul Maurice said, asked for his read on the team’s much-discussed battle level.