Amidst a roller-coaster season, the Vancouver Canucks look to stay on the upswing when they open a two-game home series against the Winnipeg Jets on Friday.
Vancouver is coming off a 5-1 road win over the Calgary Flames on Wednesday, its third straight strong performance during a 2-0-1 stretch. The Canucks sit two points behind the fourth-place Jets in the North Division, although Winnipeg has four games at hand on Vancouver.
The Canucks haven't enjoyed much consistency this season. A 1-5-0 stretch was followed by four consecutive victories, and Vancouver then lost six games in a row before its current three-game points run.