The Jets are starting to pull together all the varying elements of a sound defensive game.

“I think there’s a familiarity starting to happen with our new guys,” Jets head coach Scott Arniel said on Saturday morning. “The structure is improving. It was loose to start, and it’s gotten better each game. We look more cohesive out there as five-man units. Our defending first mentality is starting to come back. It’s just taken some time here, and it will continue to take some time. I just like that it’s gotten better every game.”

And their play without the puck against the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night was a prime example of what Arniel was hinting at.

In the 5-2 win over Philly, the Jets limited the Flyers to a pair of shots in the first period and three in the third. In total, the F

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