GAME DAY: Jets vs Panthers (NHL Global Series Game Two)

Patrik Laine, fresh off his fifth career hat trick the night before, said he didn't have any trouble getting to sleep after the memorable night in Helsinki.
He became just the second player in NHL history to score a hat trick in a regular season game outside of North America on Thursday, but what remains more important to him is the team winning.
In order to do that tonight, he knows the team will have to get off to a better start.
"We didn't like our first period," said Laine. "So that's obviously something we need to do better and not take that many penalties like we took last game. I think the key is probably going to be a better start. We just need to have a good one."

Laine now has six goals on the season, which ties him with Mark Scheifele and Kyle Connor for the team lead in that department.
Five of those have come on the power play, but Maurice felt the Finnish sniper was dangerous in all aspects of the game on Thursday.
"He's big and strong, he's 20, but he's going to be a powerful power forward in our game. His game was more direct, straighter, simpler," said Maurice.
"He was also alone twice on the goaltender five-on-five, so those things will go for him, we know, over time."
While the Jets didn't hold a formal pre-game skate, Maurice did indicate there would be a couple changes to the line-up tonight.

Dmitry Kulikov, who played 10:45 in Winnipeg's eighth win of the season last night, will come out, and Joe Morrow will slide into that spot on the left side with Tyler Myers.
In addition, Nic Petan will play his first game of the regular season tonight, with Jack Roslovic coming out.
The rest of the group will stay the same, including Connor Hellebuyck between the pipes.
Hellebuyck made 36 saves in 4-2 win on Thursday, with 30 of them coming in the first 40 minutes.
"He was outstanding all night. Early on he gave us a chance to stay in the game. Even in the third, he made some huge saves," said Blake Wheeler.
"There were some times it looked like they were going to tie it up and he made some incredible stops."
Florida puts a lot of pucks to the net, sitting third in the league with an average of 35.7 per game. To help out their goaltender, Maurice would like to see his team get a bit quicker.
"We can move better right at the start. For us that's more simply," said Maurice. "If we make the first option selection then we are a faster skating team. We didn't look fast at the start, and we got faster."
Puck drop is set for 1 pm CT.
-- Mitchell Clinton, WinnipegJets.com
GAME NOTES
Tonight's Game
The Winnipeg Jets meet the Florida Panthers tonight in the second of two games during the NHL Global Series in Helsinki, Finland...Patrik Laine's hat trick powered the Jets to a 4-2 victory last night...These two games are the back half of a four-game road trip for the Jets, which started with a 2-1 win against the Detroit Red Wings last Friday before a 3-2 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday...After returning from Finland, the Jets begin a four-game homestand against the Colorado Avalanche on Nov. 9.
Back-2-Back
These two games mark the second of 10 back-to-back sets the Jets have this season...Winnipeg split last weekend's back-to-back set in Detroit and Toronto...Last season, the Jets went 4-3-2 in the first game of back-to-backs and 4-4-1 in the second game...Nineteen of Winnipeg's 20 games in back-to-back sets this season are on the road.
Dominating the East
Tonight is the last of five consecutive games for the Jets against an Eastern Conference team...The Jets are 3-2-0 against Eastern Conference teams this season...Winnipeg went 19-7-6 against the Eastern Conference last season, including a 10-3-3 record versus the Atlantic Division and 9-4-3 record against the Metropolitan Division...Blake Wheeler led the Jets with 37 points (10G, 27A) in 31 games against the Eastern Conference, which was tied for fourth among Western Conference players last season...Goaltender Connor Hellebuyck went 15-3-5 versus the East.
Feeling the Power
The Jets have scored a power play goal in nine consecutive games, going 11-for-31 (35.5%)...The Jets have set a franchise record for most consecutive games with a power play goal...Winnipeg is 31.7% on the power play this season, which is third in the NHL...Patrik Laine is tied for the NHL lead with five power play goals this season.
Hat Trick Laine
Patrik Laine tallied his fifth hat trick of his NHL career last night...Despite only playing just more than two seasons with the Jets, Laine is second behind Ilya Kovalchuk (11) for the most hat tricks in franchise history...He doubled his season goal total with the hat trick...Laine leads the NHL with five go-ahead goals this season, including two last night...Since his first season in 2016-17, Laine is second in the NHL with 15 go-ahead goals, one back of Alex Ovechkin, and is already tied for fourth in franchise history.
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Trio of Helpers
Blake Wheeler and Dustin Byfuglien each had three assists last night...They matched Jacob Trouba's three-assist game on Oct. 20 vs. ARI for the most assists in a game by a member of the Jets this season...Wheeler has an assist on all six of Laine's goals this season, including the primary assist on four of the six goals...Wheeler's nine power play assists lead the NHL, while his 12 assists are tied for fourth in the NHL.
Streaky
Blake Wheeler's three assists last night extended his point streak to seven games (1G, 9A), which is the longest scoring streak by a member of the Jets this season...Mark Scheifele (4G, 5A) in on a six-game point streak.
Seeing Stars
Mark Scheifele was named the NHL's Second Star of the Week on Monday for the week ending Oct. 28/18...He tied for an NHL-best seven points (4G, 3A) for the week...This is the fourth time in his career that Scheifele has been selected in the NHL's Three Stars of the Week...He is the first Jets player to be selected in 2018-19 after Winnipeg had eight appearances in the Three Stars of the Week last season.
Finding Finns
The Jets have drafted four Finnish-born players since 2015 - Sami Niku (2015), Patrik Laine (2016), Kristian Vesalainen (2017), and Santeri Virtanen (2017)...From its first draft in 2000 to 2014, the Jets franchise had drafted a total of seven Finnish-born players...Aside from Laine, who is currently with the Jets, Niku and Vesalainen have also made their NHL debuts with Winnipeg...Virtanen is currently playing in Liiga with SaiPa.
Helsinki Experience
Jets defencemen Dustin Byfuglien and Dmitry Kulikov played in Helsinki during the NHL's Premiere Series in 2009 when the Chicago Blackhawks played Florida...Byfuglien had a goal and an assist to lead the Blackhawks to a 4-0 win against Kulikov's Panthers...Tyler Myers played for the Buffalo Sabres in a game against the Anaheim Ducks at Hartwall Arena in 2011...Head coach Paul Maurice was the head coach for the Carolina Hurricanes in 2010 when they opened the season in Helsinki against the Minnesota Wild, leading his team to the win in both games.