Winnipeg Jets: Long Stretch of Upcoming Road Games Could All but End the Season

February 19th, 2013 by Anthony Capocci Leave a reply »
The Winnipeg Jets sit with a 5-8-1 record. It’s a worse enough record to have them tied with the Washington Capitals for last place in the Eastern Conference.

The Jets will try to get back in the win column Tuesday night as they face off with Buffalo. They have dropped three straight games, all of which came on home ice. This isn't the same home-ice team from last season that won just about every game in the MTS Center.

With the way the next couple of weeks shape up, it could get even uglier.

Nine of the next 11 Winnipeg games are on the road. They hold a 2-3-1 record on the road already this season, but it’s no secret that they’re arguably the worst road team in hockey dating back to last season.

The nine road games are a mixture of division rivals, teams that have started off slow but have caught fire as of late and already dominant teams such as New Jersey who they face three times during this stretch.

Their next 11 games look like this:

at Buffalo at Carolina a ...

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