VANCOUVER — Just win, baby.
The Winnipeg Jets appear to have taken a page out of Al Davis’s famous playbook lately, getting the desired results even when their game doesn’t always look right.
That was certainly the case on their three-game western road swing, which began with a disappointing 4-1 defeat in Los Angeles Tuesday, took a positive turn with a 5-3 victory in San Jose Thursday and wrapped up Saturday night with tidings of comfort and joy in a 1-0 triumph over the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Arena.
Players can thank their two masked men for the consecutive wins heading into the holiday break — despite getting outshot 84-48 in those games — which cemented Winnipeg’s place on top of both the Central Division and Western Conference standings.