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Josh Morrissey is showing some of the offensive skills that he's had tucked away until recently.
With defencemen Dustin Byfuglien and Toby Enstrom on the shelf with injuries, the 22-year-old blue-liner is pushing up the ice with more regularity, slipping into the slot and releasing more shots than he has since breaking into the NHL late in the 2015-16 campaign.
He fired a goal and added an assist Sunday in Winnipeg's 4-0 shutout of the St. Louis Blues — the fifth and sixth points he's accumulated in December, his most productive month since securing a regular spot on the Jets' D.