This is what they do, these 2015-16 Winnipeg Jets: they flash just enough to fuel hope and then, inevitably, snuff it out in spectacular fashion.
That’s a succinct take on Game 50 of their season — a 5-3 loss to the Dallas Stars Tuesday night at MTS Centre — and, in effect, their entire campaign. And as entertaining as this one occasionally was, it was again an all-over-the-map effort by the Jets that featured some pretty goals, some whiffed chances and enough defensive lapses to have Paul Maurice spitting rust for the next few days.
The result — a week removed from a win over Arizona that seemed to breathe some life back into the longshot push-to-the-playoffs notion — drops the Jets to 22-25-3 and still nine points out of a playoff spot, but with the calendar shrinking.