Stylistically, the Jets expect a bit of a shift from their two opponents from the home stand in Utah and Calgary. Utah is a team among the National Hockey League’s best in terms of minimizing high-danger chances against (according to Natural Stat Trick), and the game against Calgary was tight right until the Jets broke it open in the third.

Will they trade him now, will he walk or could the Jets still re-sign him? You wonder if Cole Perfetti is big or strong enough for his first full playoffs. Some of you just want to get Eric Comrie some run support — and one of you asked a fun statistical question about the Jets’ performance in Comrie’s starts.

Cole Perfetti scored three goals for his first NHL hat trick and the Winnipeg Jets beat the Utah Hockey Club 5-2 on Friday night. Nikolaj Ehlers had a goal and two assists to reach 500 points for his career,

Ehlers, who was drafted ninth-overall by the Jets in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, has spent his entire 10-year career in Winnipeg and has 216 goals and 284 assists in 646 games.

Ehlers (illness) is expected to be in the lineup versus Utah on Friday, Ken Wiebe of The Winnipeg Free Press reports.

Ehlers (illness) will be a game-time decision versus Utah on Friday, per Ken Wiebe of The Winnipeg Free Press. The flu bug is going around the Winnipeg dressing room. Ehlers is off to the best start in his career, tallying 14 goals and 26 assists in 40 games with four goals and 11 assists coming via the power play.

Cole Perfetti ended a 14-game goalless drought with his first career hat trick, while Nikolaj Ehlers tallied his 500th NHL point in the win.

Cole Perfetti scored three goals — his first NHL hat trick — to lift the Winnipeg Jets to a 5-2 victory over the Utah Hockey Club on Friday night.

The Winnipeg Jets have recalled top prospect Brad Lambert from the Manitoba Moose with Nikolaj Ehlers absent from today's morning skate.

The Jets GM gave a midseason address Tuesday in which he also spoke about Logan Stanley's role, plans for Winnipeg's UFAs and more.

Turning to the final leg of this same-game parlay, Winnipeg winger Nikolaj Ehlers paces the Jets with 9.7 shots and 18.94 attempts per 60 minutes, and he has a splash of statistical correction ahead in the shots column.

(John Woods/The Canadian Press via AP) Seattle Kraken’s Matty Beniers (10) defends against Winnipeg Jets’ Nikolaj Ehlers (27) in front of Kraken goaltender Joey Daccord (35) during second-period NHL hockey game action in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Thursday ...