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.
Notes: The Flyers beat the Winnipeg Jets 5-3 in an afternoon hockey game.
Derek Stepan scored twice, including the go-ahead goal in the third period, as Rangers beat the Winnipeg Jets 4-2 on Monday 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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Jets lost all four games to the Rangers last season during the club's first season back in Winnipeg.
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