The value of the Winnipeg Jets increased 21%, the most among the 30 teams.
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The Islanders are three points in front of the Rangers and the Winnipeg Jets.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba Aaron Gagnon's first NHL goal was quite important to the playoff-hopeful Winnipeg Jets.
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Derek Stepan scored twice, including the go-ahead goal in the third period, as Rangers beat the Winnipeg Jets 4-2 on Monday night.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba Ondrej Pavelec made 28 saves, and the Winnipeg Jets held on to beat the New York Rangers 3-1 on Thursday night.
The Atlanta Thrashers lost money six years in a row before recovering as the Winnipeg Jets last year, after a sale to True North Entertainment.
The 2013 playoffs are likely to feature four playoff teams from Canada and as many as five with the Winnipeg Jets still having an outside shot.
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Since last year was the first after their relocation from Atlanta, The Winnipeg Jets fans were excluded from the final ranking due to a lack of comparable data.
The hockey tradition of encouraging fans to all wear all white was started more than 25 years ago by the original Winnipeg Jets which currently are the Phoenix Coyotes.
The Leafs could have ended their postseason drought with a win over the Islanders and a Carolina victory over the Winnipeg Jets, but instead dropped to 13-8-2 at home with a second straight loss.
With salaries expected to double by 2002, club owners say the franchises in Edmonton, Calgary, Ottawa and Vancouver could soon go south as the Quebec city Nordiques and Winnipeg Jets already have, to Denver in 1995 and Phoenix in 1996 respectively.
Buffalo edged the Boston Bruins last Wednesday but then followed it up with losses to the New York Rangers and Winnipeg Jets, the kind of inconsistent play that will keep the Sabres out of the postseason and could lead to some significant rebuilding.
No official details of the changes have been released by the NHL, but it is widely believed that teams such as Detroit and Columbus will be put into more travel-friendly divisions in the Eastern time zone, and the Winnipeg Jets formerly the Atlanta Thrashers will leave the Southeast Division for a spot in the Western Conference.
In their second season in Winnipeg, the Jets are attempting to qualify for the playoffs for the first time in seven seasons and only the second time in the team's 13-year history.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba Jets captain Andrew Ladd believes momentum can carry Winnipeg into the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Braden Holtby made 30 saves in regulation and overtime, and stopped three of four Rangers in the shootout as the Capitals extended the streak that started with wins on consecutive nights against the Jets in Winnipeg.
The team moved to Winnipeg and was renamed the Jets, after the original franchise that moved to Phoenix for the 1996 season.
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The relocation of the Atlanta Thrashers to Winnipeg before last season has created travel troubles for the Jets and their Southeast Division rivals that need to be resolved.
In 1987, Jets fans donning white shirts and jerseys packed Winnipeg Arena to watch the team take on the Calgary Flames in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
The Jets' spurt vaulted them past the Rangers, and Winnipeg (9-9-1) is in a three-way tie for eighth place in the East playoff race one point ahead of 11th-place New York (8-8-2).
The Rangers lead ninth-place Winnipeg by two points with seven games remaining one more than the Jets.
Callahan sped into the Winnipeg zone as Mats Zuccarello returned to the ice after New York killed off the first half a Jets five-on-three power play.
Callahan sped into the Winnipeg zone as Mats Zuccarello returned to the ice after New York killed off the first half a Jets 5-on-3 power play.
Eighth-place Winnipeg has a two-point lead over the Rangers in the Eastern Conference playoff race, but the Jets have played one more game than New York.
Winnipeg held on from there to finish 4-1 on its five-game trip the Jets' longest of the season and send New York to its fourth straight loss (0-3-1).
WINNIPEG, Manitoba Evander Kane cleaned up a rebound and capped a come-back victory for the Jets.
The Jets lost all four games to the Rangers last season during the club's first season back in Winnipeg.
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