The life rafts are in the water.
Looking to save the season, Winnipeg Jets head coach Paul Maurice turned his attention — and a considerable glare — to the matter of penalty killing Thursday.
He sees it as a key to any rise out of the team’s meandering mediocrity in the first half.
"I think statistically it’s a more important indicator... you can run an inefficient power play over the course of a regular season and still be an elite team and I don’t know that you do that on your PK," Maurice said after a 50-minute practice, the majority spent on special-teams work.