You have to take the "positives" out of this game, and there are many. The Jets outshot Vegas - 40 to 26, however the Vegas Goalie played better than Brossoit. Second, the second line came to life, and Ehlers had 2 assists and Perfetti had a goal. ( very good) The Jets played the undefeated Stanley Cup champs and were tied in the 3rd period, and I think that's great. Also Iaffalo with 2 goals, which gives him 3 already, and our other guys from the LA trade look good.
1) What needs to be done -- get Appleton off the 1st line and put in a big body like Nino or Barron. Appleton sent to the 4th, or the Moose.
2) Our Goaltending has to be better as both Helle and Brossoit are averaging a .850 save percentage. Helle was around .920 last year, and has to bring back up his numbers. In this game Brossoit had a .845 save % - not good enough, letting in 4 on just 26 shots.
Our defence needs work, and have to make less mistakes. and as Bowness said in the post game, if your allowing 4-5 goals per game, you won't win many hockey games, and he's right on. I'd very much like to see Chisholm and Cappo in, and Stanley out. They are both solid defenseman.
Overall, I'm very encouraged from what I saw, and this team will do well this year, but they can't get down on themselves.