Seabrook Says No: Hawks 5, Jets 2

Well, it took five tries to nail a win against these under-.500 goofballs from Canada's Worst City*, but here we are, basking in the warming basking glow of two more points and a modest four-game winning streak.  A terrific first period was followed by a less-good-but-not-disastrous second and, finally, the third period, in which the teams traded chances until The Jets mounted a serious attempt to tie the thing.  It didn't feel like a let-down by The Hawks but, let's be real and note that this was a 3-2 game with a couple of gimmes.  Given the trouble The Jets have caused so far this season, though, I'm okay with that.
It's past my bedtime so it'll be straight to The Bits.

Kane and The Arthurs had themselves a bit of a time, finishing up with a goal apiece and a bag of assists.  Kane and Panarin have been reasonably good as late with Anisimov just sort of there a lot of the time; not so tonight, as Arthur The Larger was positionally solid, had a great stick and just appeared more active than he's been for the last week +.
The Toews line was okay, but that was 84% on Toews.  Panik is Panik, and he did his Panik things and that's fine, but you're almost always left wanting something more. Schmaltz had a few decent shifts, all in the Jets' zone, but was haphazard on breakouts and defensively inconsistent.  Toews, again, was a dynamo, but like Wednesday night, just couldn't quite keep the handle, get the shot or find a hole. He's had some good games recently, and I think he's on the verge of breaking out in a big way very soon.
A little less good for the fourth line after three pretty good games leading up to tonight. Not terrible, not at all, but Jets coach Paul Maurice was tossing the Little-Ehlers-Laine trio out against them for much of the game which put them on the defensive more than they've been lately and unable to cobble together much offense.
Crow played well enough, with both goals against being honest ones.  He did spend a LOT of time on his knees, peering through legs, though, which I'm putting down to The Jets often having no better plan than to storm the slot and crease with everyone at hand.
The Hawks' defence were generally solid apart from a couple of glaringly yippy moments: TVR being absolutely pantsed early in the second period, his head still spinning when Little scored on The Jets' next rush.  Hjalmarsson had two uncharacteristically lazy clearing attempts fail in the third period, and Kempny needs to hold onto his stick a little tighter. Campbell had a great game, easily his best since the New Year.

Despite getting no love from the Winnipeg media, I thought Seabrook was outstanding tonight, with confident breakouts, six blocked shots and a vital save on a puck that had squeezed through Crawford's gear.  

* Truro and Merritt are actually worse than Winnipeg.  Are they cities?  They have no NHL teams - do they even matter?