Winnipeg Jets

All five of those teams finished last season with a better record than Winnipeg did. Toronto, Colorado and Vegas were great possession teams; Winnipeg, New York ...

[Blake Wheeler](https://theathletic.com/nhl/player/blake-wheeler-kyiBjNke8utWBW0I/) lead the Jets by all of those shot-based metrics and have outscored their opponents 3-2. Even after the giveaways, Winnipeg recovers to decent defensive positions against MacKinnon, Makar, Rantanen, Lehkonen and Toews — nearly as dangerous of a grouping as you can find in the league. [Kyle Connor](https://theathletic.com/nhl/player/kyle-connor-RZOKiS30WqCO7GX0/) and Appleton are early in their shift, having arrived on the ice in time to attempt an attack. Pionk has Rantanen in the slot and Morrissey is also in front of the net as Makar goes to work. Even with Morrissey wincing and even with all three of Winnipeg’s forwards chasing, the Jets aren’t in the worst position. Appleton has been staying on Lehkonen but sees Scheifele dropping into the circle and moves to MacKinnon in the corner. Still, the sense I get is that people are looking at last season’s poor numbers and this season’s poor numbers and concluding that they are one and the same. The pass that leads to the pass which creates the opportunity. [New York](https://theathletic.com/nhl/team/rangers/), [Dallas](https://theathletic.com/nhl/team/stars/), [Colorado](https://theathletic.com/nhl/team/avalanche/), [Vegas](https://theathletic.com/nhl/team/golden-knights/) and Toronto. [Mark Scheifele](https://theathletic.com/nhl/player/mark-scheifele-SeBCkfBlEaJjcbzm/) is playing a mostly better brand of defence. Compare this to 2021-22 when Jets defencemen would only get involved late in the third when Winnipeg was chasing the game and Winnipeg is much better off here than before. This is a lot of nerd-pokes-excitedly-at-calculator to say I’m not really worked up about the Jets running a 47.4 when they “should” run a 48.1.