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Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
Vegas, and Eichel in particular, looked baaaaad. Not sure Broissoit is enough in net for a serious playoff run.
Jets may not be a fantastic team, but they look a helluva lot more prepared to play hockey in the post-season compared to Vegas. Still a long way to go, but I think we may get an upset in this series.
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Jets struggled a bit in the second half of the season but once Dubois returned from injury and they changed their lines up with about 10 games left their underlying stats really took off at 5v5.
Goals For: 65.7% (1st)
xGoal For: 59.2% (2nd)
Especially strong defensively at 5v5.
Goals Against per 60: 1.5 (2nd)
xGoals Against per 60: 2.23 (4th)
That was a bit outside the norm for them, because there GF and xGF was middle of the pack for most of the season.
So you combine that improved structure and play, with a goalie that has a .920 save percentage...and all of a sudden that team looks like a really tough out.