Don’t look now but the Winnipeg Jets are beating good hockey teams in regulation.



With Saturday’s 4-3 win against the Lightning in Tampa Bay, Winnipeg moved to 6-1-1 in November, with four of those wins coming in regulation time. That second detail is particularly relevant because, as much as Mark Scheifele has taken over three-on-three overtime and Kyle Connor has demonstrated a gift for shootouts, regulation wins indicate quality in a way that parlour tricks after 60 minutes do not.



Now Winnipeg holds third place in the Central Division and, for at least one moment, all of the wild cards in Jets land belong to the stunning array of circumstances the team has been made to overcome. (It might be time to print those “stay in the fight” bumper stickers.)



It’s too soon to make any kind of promises about the Jets holding on to that playoff spot. Winnipeg’s power play is ranked 20th, its penalty 28th, and its five-on-five...