"You might as well get used to it -- next up for the Winnipeg Jets is their biggest game of the year.

Having won their most recent biggest game of the year on Tuesday night, a 2-1 home win over the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Jets headed to Washington Wednesday and meet the Capitals, another team ahead of them in the NHL's Eastern Conference standings, tonight at 6 o'clock at Verizon Center.

The Capitals are not only ahead of Winnipeg but they're a special target.

That's because the Jets are actually closer to the third seed in the Eastern Conference than the eighth seed.

The Caps lead the Southeast Division at 60 points after Tuesday's blanking of Florida. That's only four ahead of Winnipeg."