In the flow of a season, in any sport, part of the key to finishing at a respectable place in the standings is to “find ways to win” when you’re not playing well.
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On the flip side, in the case of hockey, you also can’t give away points when you’re playing well. For the third time in each of their last five games, the Canucks and Jets meet as the convergence of this theory.
The Canucks cannot get out of their own way. After four straight losses at home, they have to be thrilled to get out of the pressure cooker that is Vancouver, a city of high expectations after a good run in the playoff bubble last summer.
Those four losses came despite the Canucks getting the better of the Expected Goal Share (xG%) in three of them. In fact, in getting beaten twice by the Jets, the Canucks had 5.55 xGF while holding Winnipeg to 3.5.
In the first game in Vancouver, the two teams traded High-Danger Chances (HDC) but only one goal was scored on those when Mark Scheifele converted an early breakaway to give the Jets the eventual game-winner. The Canucks were unable to convert any of their 13 HDC.