The Winnipeg Jets may not have won Tuesday night, but fans still got to see Jonathan Toews in a Jets jersey for the first time.
They roared when he was introduced in the starting lineup, cheered loudly when he won the opening faceoff, but he was held off the scoresheet in a 3-2 loss to the Edmonton Oilers, Winnipeg’s second straight loss to begin the preseason.
Neither team scored in a fairly uneventful first period where Winnipeg outshot the Oilers 6-3.
The Jets had the lone power play of the first but the biggest moment happened in Winnipeg’s own end where Edmonton had the chance at an odd-man rush but Toews made a great backcheck to take the chance away.
Edmonton opened the scoring at the 7:39 mark of the second with a goal that felt like it happened in slow motion.
Noah Philp took