As goes Kane, so go the Jets April 08, 2013 – Winnipeg, Manitoba - Melissa Martin, Winnipeg Free Press (Online Edition), Writer

The results match up perfectly — a coincidence maybe, but sometimes coincidences hide stories all the same. Before Saturday’s tilt against the Philadelphia Flyers, Evander Kane hadn’t scored a goal in five games.

And the Winnipeg Jets lost all five of those matches, a free-fall that drove them out of their division-leading playoff spot and sent them back to fighting for their post-season lives.

But Saturday, in front of a revitalized hometown crowd, the Jets snapped their losing streak — and Kane came surging out of his own scoring slump.

Yeah, the 21-year-old winger was a force on the ice on Saturday. He knew he had to be.

"Going into this nine-game stretch before tonight, our top players have to be hot, and get our team going," he said as the Jets savoured the sorely-needed win. "I thought we did a good job of that tonight. Everybody contributed to the win."

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Source: Melissa Martin, Winnipeg Free Press (Online Edition), Writer