The Winnipeg Jets arrived at this place without Patrik Laine playing his best. They’ll probably need his best to keep going. Look, I know Laine scored 44 goals in the regular season, and just has four in the playoffs.
I also am aware that the fourth of those was Game One against Vegas. And two were in the opening two playoff games. Vegas needs to fear Patrik Laine, especially on the powerplay.
Laine is underperforming, there’s no doubt about that. But the body language is solid, the effort is there, the prototypical power-forward things are there.