The teams finished with identical 52-24-6 records last season, but while the Jets face criticism the Panthers don't.

WINNIPEG -- Mark Scheifele scored a hat trick for the Winnipeg Jets in a 6-3 win against the Florida Panthers at Canada Life Centre on Tuesday.

First it was Kyle Connor jumping on a loose puck in Florida’s zone and beating Sergei Bobrovsky with a backhand over his glove, and then just over three minutes later, Mark Scheifele wired a wrist shot under Bob’s glove and over his pad from the right faceoff dot.