Jets winger Mathieu Perreault didn't shy away from discussing his team's glaring weakness between the pipes.
"There’s no team making the playoffs that isn’t getting saves so we are going to definitely need some saves too," Perreault told Ted Wyman of the Winnipeg Sun.
Well, the cat's out of the bag. He isn't wrong, though.
The Jets have a team save percentage of just .900, which ties them for the third-worst in the NHL. Between Connor Hellebuyck, Michael Hutchinson, Ondrej Pavelec, and Eric Comrie, nobody was able to solidify the Jets' play between the pipes.
This is in spite of a very solid D-core. Tyler Myers missed all but 11 games this season, but the Jets still had anchors like Dustin Byfuglien, Jacob Trouba, Toby Enstrom, and Josh Morrissey on the back end.
The Jets only allowed the 13th-most scoring chances against per 60 minutes at five-on-five this season, per Corsica.Hockey. Even though they were average at preventing scoring chances, they allowed the NHL's fourth-most goals.
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