The Winnipeg Jets already came into Monday’s game against the Phoenix Coyotes with a quick emotional lift.
They likely got another early in the second period when Anthony Peluso fought Paul Bissonnette of the Coyotes in a lengthy scrap, with the score 2-1 for the Jets.
The Jets wound up increasing that lead to three goals, on a night when Paul Maurice made his debut as Winnipeg’s new head coach - an announcement that followed the firing of Claude Noel.