WINNIPEG — If the Wild have any prayer of getting a split north of the border and returning to St. Paul with the Western Conference quarterfinals series against the Winnipeg Jets tied at one win apiece, they likely need much better play from the Jason Zucker-Eric Staal-Nino Niederreiter line in Game 2 on Friday.



“Well, they have to become more of a factor,” coach Bruce Boudreau said. “They were only involved in two potential scoring chances. Your most offensive line has got to be as good as their best offensive line. There's room for improvement.”



Interestingly, in a 3-2 Jets win in Game 1, Winnipeg coach Paul Maurice mostly went with his best offensive line head-to-head against the Staal line in order to avoid them going up against Mikko Koivu’s line.



Staal, according to NaturalStatTrick.com, mostly played against the Kyle Connor-Mark Scheifele-Blake Wheeler line and the defense pair of Josh Morrissey and Jacob Trouba.