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Instead of falling six points back of the Southeast Division-leading Capitals, the Jets today are just three back of that top rung in their division. The Caps and Florida, winners Thursday night over L.A., share the top at 61 points, with Winnipeg at 58 after winning four of the last six.

"I think it’s good that you’re down 2-0 and you come back," said Jets coach Claude Noel, who had goals from Evander Kane at 17:45 and Dustin Byfuglien at 17:57 of the third period. "I don’t know that our team would be completely satisfied with the way we played for the 60 minutes. Which is the way you need to play.

"The way we played in the first, we were lucky to get out of it 0-0. Their chances came off our lack of composure and turnovers.

"Having said that, we battled back and I think our players felt good about it, especially after we got the first...

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