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Mason Gets Call for Jets vs. Panthers

Vet­eran backup Chris Mason is get­ting the call in goal as the Win­nipeg Jets try to take another step closer to the top of the South­east Divi­sion standings.

After post­ing wins over the Philadel­phia Fly­ers and Tampa Bay Light­ning to open a four-game road trip, the Jets face the Florida Pan­thers on Fri­day night at BankAt­lantic Cen­ter and will attempt to string together wins on con­sec­u­tive nights for the first time this sea­son – a streak that has reached eight con­sec­u­tive losses.

“We just have to find a way to win the game (the Pan­thers) are a rested team,” said Jets head coach Claude Noel, whose club is rid­ing a two-game win­ning streak that includes wins over the Philadel­phia Fly­ers on Tues­day and the Tampa Bay Light­ning on Thurs­day. “Last time we played these guys, they had the back-to-back (sit­u­a­tion) and we ended up serv­ing up some piz­zas and lost the game in a shootout, which was dis­ap­point­ing for us. We played pretty well. Out­shot them, out­played them and still found a way to lose against a divi­sion rival.

“We just have to be bet­ter. The bright side is that we’ve played bet­ter of late. Our guys are feel­ing bet­ter about our over­all game. For us, we have a lot of things to build on.”

The con­sec­u­tive wins allowed the Jets to pull within three points of the Pan­thers, who hold the South­east Divi­sion lead with 57 points.

The Pan­thers are com­ing off a 4–2 win over the Wash­ing­ton Cap­i­tals that allowed them to leapfrog past the Capitals.

This will be the fourth of six meet­ings this sea­son, with the Pan­thers hold­ing a 2–1 lead in the series, earn­ing a 4–3 win in a shootout on Jan. 21 and 5–2 on Nov. 10 after the Jets won 4–3 in a shootout back on Oct. 31.

Kris Ver­steeg has been the offen­sive cat­a­lyst for the Pan­thers, pick­ing up five goals and seven points in the two wins at MTS Centre.

“He’s a good player for them – he’s the one guy that’s really kind of hurt us,” said Noel. “Last game, we kind of gave him a cou­ple of free ones and he takes advan­tage. But you’ve got to give him full marks and full credit. He’s a guy that’s got skill and speed. He’s got that long stick and he can make plays. He’s a guy that we’ve got to be aware of.”

Ver­steeg had been suf­fer­ing from a bout of the flu, but he declared him­self ready to go for the Pan­thers on Fri­day morning.

“I’m slowly get­ting there. Hope­fully, tonight I’ll get some more energy back,” Ver­steeg told reporters. “Hope­fully I got over that hump. Today, you start get­ting energy back and start feel­ing good again.

“It doesn’t mat­ter if it’s an injury or what­ever, I always expect myself to go out there and play hard no mat­ter how I feel. You do what you can to get ready for the game.”

Ver­steeg explained that his tem­per­a­ture sur­passed 100 as he bat­tled the illness.

“The worst part about it is you can’t for about five night you can’t even sleep because your fever is too high,” he said. My brother (Bryce) had the exact same thing, so him and I were going through it together. You can’t really sleep, which is the tough part. When you want to get bet­ter by get­ting rest, you actu­ally can’t rest.”

The Pan­thers will go with Scott Clem­mensen in goal as Jose Theodore con­tin­ues to bat­tle through a knee injury.

Clem­mensen made 41 saves the last time these two teams got together.

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