The Florida Panthers Try and Ground the Winnipeg Jets

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The Florida Panthers Try and Ground the Winnipeg Jets

The Florida Panthers are having a great start to the season, but may be hard pressed to keep that going against the Winnipeg Jets.

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The Florida Panthers ended a streak of three consecutive shootout losses with their most recent victory, giving them their best start in 15 seasons.

Now, they'll look to get a bit of revenge against the team that started that previous slide.

Florida concludes its two-game swing through Canada on Thursday night when it faces the Winnipeg Jets, who will try to end a three-game losing streak as they play their first home game in 17 days.

The Panthers (7-4-3) haven't started a season this well since going 8-0 with four ties to open 1996-97. Five different players scored in a 5-1 victory over Toronto on Tuesday, ending a frustrating stretch of shootout losses.

Jose Theodore made 38 saves to improve to 2-0-2 with a 2.16 goals-against average in his last four starts.

Theodore made 28 saves Oct. 31 as the Panthers fell 4-3 to the Jets in a shootout - a rare loss versus the former Thrashers. The veteran is 5-1-1 in nine starts since the lockout against the one-time Atlanta franchise, though he's been pulled twice and posted a 3.58 GAA in that span.

Florida has earned at least one point in seven of its last eight games (4-1-3), though it misses out on picking up two in that loss to Winnipeg when Evander Kane tied the score at 3 with 50 seconds left.

The Jets (5-7-3) wound up 3-2-2 on their season-long road trip, but finished 0-1-2 after blowing a two-goal, first-period lead in a 6-5 overtime loss to Buffalo on Tuesday.

Winnipeg allowed Buffalo 12 power-play chances, of which the Sabres converted four. Now they will have to turn it up on the defensive end to get the win against the red-hot Panthers.