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The Winnipeg Jets face a familiar nemesis in Minnesota Thursday night and they expect the hometown Wild to serve up a familiar brand of suffocating defensive hockey.
The Jets dominated the Wild in 2017-18, winning three of four games during the regular season and four of five in the playoffs. Thus far in 2018-19, Minnesota has won both meetings between the teams — once in Winnipeg and once at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.
"They play a good defensive game," said veteran Jets left-winger Mathieu Perreault Wednesday afternoon.