A few meandering thoughts about the Winnipeg Jets 3-0 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers at MTS Centre Saturday night:

1. Right to left

Head coach Paul Maurice tried something many Jets fans have been begging for since the start of the season, moving one of his talented right-shooting defencemen over to the left side.

Winnipeg Jets' Andrew Ladd (16) dumps the puck into the Philadelphia Flyers' zone as Radko Gudas (3) defends during second period NHL action, in Winnipeg, on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015. 2 (Canadian Press/John Woods) Saturday's guinea pig was Tyler Myers, who moved up from the third pair to skate on the left side alongside Jacob Trouba. The thinking: add this pair to the duo of Toby Enstrom and Dustin Byfuglien, and Winnipeg's Top 4 on the blue-line is among the NHL's best.

How did Myers and Trouba fare?

They both played around 22 minutes but didn't seem in-sync through most of the game — especially in the first two periods. The move did seem to free up Trouba, who was a lot more noticeable offensively.That's a good thing for his game.

And of course, the added value to all this is that the move shuffles Mark Stuart down the depth chart to a role (and even-strength minutes) more suited to his game.

Stuart has struggled over the last few games, his aggressive style often falling on the wrong side of the tracks and opening up the ice for odd-man scoring chances against.

2. Postma back

Stuart's partner Saturday was some guy named Paul Postma. Wait, let's check the spelling on that. P-O-S-T-M-A. It's been awhile.

It was Postma's first game this season (he was a healthy scratch 14 straight games) and his first action since March. Ah, such is the life of a depth defenceman who has to clear waivers before he can be sent down to the AHL for some action.

Winnipeg is in a tough spot with Postma. He needs to play, but you know the Jets know the moment they trade him for a draft pick or some other asset the injury bug will bite the defence corps and they'll be scrambling to find a guy like him.

Where was Ben Chiarot in all this Saturday?

He was a healthy scratch — coming off the heels of an extended benching in the third period in Ottawa.

3. Power play gains

The Flyers power play had gone seven games without a goal — an inefficiency that came into the game as a major story for a club struggling at the start of the season.

Philadelphia was 0-for-16 in that spell.

Note the usage of the past tense in those sentences.

The Flyers power play went 2-for-5 with the man advantage — which proved to be the difference in the game. And when the Flyers didn't score on the power play, they still looked great, working the puck around inside the Jets zone for nearly the full two minutes on a couple of occasions.

Winnipeg was 0-for-5 with the man advantage Saturday and hasn't scored a power play goal in their last four games.

4. Offence options

Officially, the Adam Lowry goal-scoring drought is not a concern — as long as the Jets keep finding offence from other places.

The second-year pro has been asked to carry some of the defensive responsibility this season; Maurice is matching him up against one of the top lines on the other team and his offence has suffered as a result.

Fifteen games played. No goals scored. He scored 11 times last season.

In fact, going back to 2014-15, Lowry is in the midst of a 22-game regular season goal-scoring slump (he did score a goal in the playoffs).

Lowry, who has four assists this season, is going to be the Jets third-line centre for a long, long time. Right now, he's been tasked with figuring out how to be a shutdown defensive centre, and that's fine. Long-term focus is a great thing to have.

A goal every now and again isn't a bad thing, either.

5. On the road again

You've probably heard something about the coming four-game road trip for the Jets.

It's a doozy, or at least it is being billed as one, with stops in Minnesota, Dallas, Nashville and St. Louis. That's a Central Division romp that could set the tone for the rest of the year, which is why Saturday's loss at home stings a little more than it should.

Fortunately, the Jets have done well in recent memory in environments that are seemingly impossible to find success in. Remember how they played in Chicago last season? They are no longer an easy out in any venue. That's something to hold onto, Jets fans.

Winnipeg has 10 games left this month. Seven are away from MTS Centre.