It’s hard to win hockey games when you aren’t scoring many goals.

The Winnipeg Jets are seeing this happen right now as they dropped a 2-1 decision in San Jose Friday night, coming off the heels of being shutout in Los Angeles in their previous game.

Each team had an opportunity on the power play in the opening period and in both situations, it was Winnipeg with the best chance to score.

On the Jets’ power play, a scramble in front resulted in Alex Nedeljkovic on his backside inside his own net as Nino Niederreiter got the puck at the side of the crease. But the Sharks’ netminder got up just in time to deny Niederreiter with his left skate inches from the goal line.

A few minutes later, Nikita Chibrikov took a double-minor for high sticking, though again it was the Jets with a fantasti

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