Scott Arniel wants to make sure that Perfetti stays positive going forward.
“Hopefully you learn from your lessons in the past,” said Arniel.
“For him, I always talk about when you don't have the puck, what are you doing to get yourself one, into position to maybe recover it or two, getting yourself open to get a play from one of your teammates, being closer to the net or whatever it might be. Different things like that.”
Perfetti did get an assist on Logan Stanley’s third period goal on Tuesday and Arniel is hoping the Jets being at home and getting some much-needed practice time will help. When Perfetti returned to the lineup last month, he arrived during a hectic portion of the schedule.
“I think there was no time for him to really work on anything, whether it was his conditioning or in practice, those types of things, so he's had a few days here where he was able to do stuff. I think there was better, there were some good shifts last night that he can build off of,” said Arniel.
“I thought that he did a good job on a few reloads, where he was the F3 that got up above it and allowed our D to pinch. Those types of things are effort and work situations and that's the stuff that helps him build a shift into the next shift."
The Jets are also hoping their special teams gets on track. They went 0-for-4 on the power play marking the fourth consecutive game in which their power play failed to score. Winnipeg’s current seven-game scoreless skid on the man advantage is the longest of the season. The Jets penalty kill also allowed a power play goal for the sixth consecutive contest, going 2-for-4.
The team did not have any line rushes during the morning skate, but it has been confirmed that Gustav Nyquist will return to the lineup. The veteran forward has been a healthy scratch for the last four contests.
“It’s time. It was just time to get him back in, it really is. He’s been out for a few,” said Arniel. He’s a guy we brought in for offence; we brought him in for his skillset. So, let him go tonight.”
The Bruins have won three straight games for the first time since they had a seven-game win streak from Oct. 28-Nov. 11 with a 5-2 win vs. St. Louis on Dec. 4, a 4-1 win vs. New Jersey on Dec. 6 and a 5-2 victory in St. Louis on Dec. 9. Manitoba product Morgan Geekie has 5-4=9 totals in five of his last six game and he has 10-4=14 totals in eight of his last ten contests. He is now second in the NHL’s goal race with his second career 20-goal season (22) and he was tied as the third-fastest Bruin in the past 50 years to reach the 20-goal mark (Cam Neely, 19 GP in 1993-94; and David Pastrnak, 22 GP in 2019-20).
Puck drop is scheduled for 7 CT.
