The Canucks have outscored their opponents 10-5 during that span. Goalie Anders Nilsson gets the start. He is 3-0-0 with a 1.67 goals-against average and .943 save percentage in three games. Jets defenseman Dustin Byfuglien returns after missing two games with an upper-body injury. Winnipeg has alternated wins and losses in its first six games and hopes to rebound after allowing four unanswered goals in a 5-4 overtime loss to the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday.
Players to watch
Canucks forward Brock Boeser has four points (two goals, two assists) in a four-game point streak. Jets defenseman Josh Morrissey has three assists in his past two games.
They said it
"We're doing a lot of the little things right, battling hard and sticking to our systems and playing fast. That's what we want to do." -- Canucks forward Bo Horvat "We need to play more than two periods. Just got to learn how to play while we're leading. With this team, we're probably going to do that a lot this year. Just got to be in the right mindset to play [with] the lead." -- Jets forward Patrik Laine
Pettersson is on the road trip and progressing every day, Canucks coach Travis Green said. He'll miss his second straight game after being injured against the Florida Panthers on Saturday. … Kulikov, who played his first two games of the season in Byfuglien's absence, will come out of the lineup.
Stat pack
Baertschi has five points (two goals, three assists) in his past four games. … Laine has two points (one goal, one assist) in his past two games.
