The Winnipeg Jets havent been in top form lately, and games against Pacific Division opponents have been a struggle all season. They begin a three-game trip against the division tonight, and the competition figures to gradually build from Arizona to Los Angeles to Anaheim. You can watch the game live on TSN3 at 7:30pm ct. or listen live with coverage starting at 6:30pm ct. on TSN Radio 1290 Winnipeg. The Coyotes (15-20-4) havent presented much of a problem for the Jets (20-13-7), who have won five straight in the series while allowing six goals, including a season-opening 6-2 victory in Arizona on Oct. 9. The rest of the Pacific, though, has handed Winnipeg a 1-5-1 record. That includes Mondays 3-2 home loss to San Jose for the Jets third defeat in four games. They fell behind three times and evened the score twice, but the Sharks scored in the closing seconds of the third period. The Jets are winless in 13 games in which theyve trailed after two, and their 26 third-period goals are more than only Arizona (24). Were not holding back, coach Paul Maurice said. I liked our third period as much as any part of our game. I dont think we can open up our game more to generate more. The offense came from Jay Harrison and Andrew Ladd, who has four goals and five assists in the last six games. Well take a moment and well fix whats wrong and (figure out) how we can build towards playing that 60-minute game, Harrison told the teams official website. Youve got to have a short memory. We play a lot of hockey games and theres certainly a lot of hockey left. Both goals came on the power play, where Winnipeg is 6 of 15 over four games, while Arizonas penalty kill is 5 for 10 over three games. Blake Wheeler and Bryan Little assisted on Ladds goal. Wheeler has seven points on a six-game streak, and Little has 10 during a seven-game run. Both scored twice in the opener against Arizona and Wheeler added an assist. Little has four goals and two assists on a five-game point streak in the series. Arizona is playing the third of six straight at home, where it had won four in a row before Tuesdays 6-0 loss to St. Louis. It was the Coyotes second 6-0 defeat in three games. Mike Smith allowed all six goals on 39 shots against the Blues and has a 4.85 goals-against average over a 1-5-0 span, but his coach labeled the loss a defensive disaster. Thats not a goaltender problem, thats a people in front of him problem, Dave Tippett said. Thats a look in the mirror issue and see where were at. Smith has dropped four straight to the Jets with a 3.45 GAA. Ondrej Pavelec will start for Winnipeg after Michael Hutchinson played the first two games of the new year. Pavelec has a 3.14 GAA over a 1-1-3 span, though hes been in goal for each of the Jets wins in the series streak with a 1.16 GAA. In front of Pavelec, Winnipegs banged-up blue line could be getting some help. Defenseman Zach Bogosian may return from a 14-game absence due to a lower-body injury. Grant Clitsome (upper body) will miss the trip, while fellow defensemen Tobias Enstrom and Mark Stuart have been out with lower-body injuries. Forward Evander Kane (lower body) has been out four games and is also nearing a return. Arizona center Martin Hanzal missed the St. Louis game with an upper-body injury, and his status is uncertain. Projected Jets Lines: Forwards: Ladd - Little - Wheeler Perreault - Scheifele - Frolik Galiardi - Lowry - Halischuk Thorburn - Slater - Peluso Defencemen: Chiarot - Byfuglien Harrison - Bogosian Pardy - Postma Goalie: Pavelec Hutchinson Coyotes Projected Lines Forwards Erat-Vermette-Doan Lessio-Gagner-Boedker Rieder-Chipchura-Korpikoski McMillan-Vitale-Moss Defence Ekman Larsson-Stone Yandle-Summers Gormley-Murphy Goalies Smith Dubnyk Game Notes: WPG is 1-0-0 vs ARZ this season, winning in ARZ WPG has won 5 straight vs ARZ Arizona: 1-2-0 past 3 games, 5/10 on PK, shutout 6-0 in each of the losses Yandle (2A) past 3 games Winnipeg: 1-3-0 past 4 games, all at home, 6/15 on PP Little (3G, 7A) 7 game PT streak, 2G vs ARZ this season Air Max 720 España . Or at least on everyone elses expectations. 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Obviously, to get a goal halfway through the game there settled me down as well.Kari Lehtonen made 32 saves for his 30th shutout, and third this season.Cody Eakin and Jamie Benn each had a goal and an assist, and Alex Goligoski assisted twice as the Stars had their biggest margin of victory this season.Arizonas three-game winning streak ended hours after the NHL board of governors approved IceArizonas sale of 51 per cent of the team to Philadelphia hedge fund manager Andrew Barroway. In October, IceArizona agreed to sell the majority stake to Barroway for $155 million.The game was scoreless in the second period when Ritchie checked Arizonas Sam Gagner into the right-wing boards. Ritchie then skated to the front of the net, took a pass from Travis Moen and put the puck past Coyotes goalie Devan Dubnyk at 7:22.It was a big day for Ritchies family. His parents were in Montreal watching his brother Nick play for Canada in a 5-3 victory over the United States in the World Junior Championship.Its great to see him get on the board, get us the game-winning goal, Stars coach Lindy Ruff said. Hes a big body, protected the puck well.Ritchie was credited with five hits, and nearly scored another goal on a second-period breakaway.Ruff said: You couldnt write a better script for a first game. I guess you could have crossed the T with a breakaway goal going in.Dallas Colton Sceviour scored at 8:25 of the second for a 2-0 lead.Benn, Eakin, Ales Hemsky and Ryan Garbuttt all scored third-period goals.ddddddddddddRuff said it was probably the Star best game this season.Every line, every set of defence, big saves. Special teams were good, he said. We defended the way we needed to defend, really moved the puck well and skated well.Lehtonens greatest challenges came in the second period.The game was still 0-0, Lehtonen said. There was a couple of good saves there. There was the one 2-on-1, I was able to make two saves and cover the rebound.The Stars won their third straight, and seventh in eight games.At 1:19 of the third period, on Dallas second power play, Benns pass across the goalmouth hit Arizona defenceman Connor Murphy and went into the net.Garbage, Benn called the goal.Coyotes coach Dave Tippett said: They got a lucky one off a skate, and it was all downhill from there.Eakins goal was on a slap shot from the right circle. Hemsky scored from higher in the right circle, and Garbutt skated in from the left and shot over Dubnyks left shoulder.NOTES: The Stars won by three goals twice before this season. ... Ritchie was Dallas second-round draft pick in 2011. He scored five goals Saturday and Sunday for the AHLs Texas Stars, giving him 11 in 22 games. ... Benns assist ended a three-game slump when he had no points. His power-play goal was the first against the Coyotes after 10 straight successful penalty kills. ... The Stars are 7-2-1 in their last 10 home games, since starting the season 1-5-4 on home ice. ... Dubnyk had stopped 91 of 95 shots during the three-game winning streak. Arizonas Shane Doan has played more games (103) against the Stars than against any other team. ... Hemskys four goals all have come in the last 12 games. ... Dallas killed three penalties, improving the Stars to 7 for 9 during their winning streak. ' ' '
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