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Adrian Kempe scored his 200th NHL career goal, Drew Doughty broke the Los Angeles record for goals by a defenseman and the Kings beat the Winnipeg Jets 3-0 on Tuesday night.
The Kings will still be without forward Warren Foegele, who remains out with an upper-body injury, and defensemen Kyle Burroughs, who was loaned to the Ontario Reign. For the Jets, they remain without forward Cole Perfetti, who has yet to make his season debut. The Jets will also be without Dylan Samberg (Wrist) and Gustav Nyquist (undisclosed).
The Jets are off to a great start in the standings without three key players injured, but the work doesn't stop when they return.
Rookie forward Brad Lambert scored his first NHL goal and backup goalie Eric Comrie made 28 saves as the Winnipeg Jets beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-2 Saturday.
Two teams at the top of the Western Conference standings meet when the fourth-place Winnipeg Jets (7-3) host the eighth-place Chicago Blackhawks (5-3-2) at Canada Life Centre on Thursday at 8 p.m. ET.
With Connor Hellebuyck in net and Winnipeg on its way to regression offensively, our Jets vs. Wild predictions back the Under.
Kyle Connor's wrist shot 46 seconds into overtime gave the Winnipeg Jets a 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday night, their ninth straight win against their Central Division rival.