WINNIPEG -With his team through 30 of the 82 regular season games they'll face this year, head coach Paul Maurice is pleased with where his Winnipeg Jets are at.
The talk of expectations was prominent during training camp following a 114-point regular season in 2017-18. Now 30 games into the 2018-19 campaign, Winnipeg's record of 19-9-2 (40 points) is one point ahead of the pace set last season (17-8-5, 39 points).
"I think we've improved offensively and defensively defining the style of game we wanted to play," said Maurice. "I think we were scoring early at a decent rate but not at the style we would have wanted to, which affected our defensive game. Our defensive game for four or five weeks - certainly since coming back from Finland - has started to look more appropriate.
"I think we've handled it reasonably well."
Maurice sees improvement in Jets' play through 30 games
Jets close out four-game home stand Thursday against Edmonton
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