from Ted Wyman of the Winnipeg Sun,

The numbers from Tuesday’s game tell the whole story for slumping sniper Patrik Laine.

Zero goals, zero assists, zero shots, zero shot attempts, zero hits, minus-1 and 31.25% possession in a career-low 10:55 of ice time.

Those are the kinds of stats that usually lead to a healthy scratch.

While it once seemed laughable that the Winnipeg Jets might consider giving their 20-year-old star a seat in the press box — when he was scoring 18 goals in the month of November — it now looks like the kind of wakeup call the young Finn needs.

Jets coach Paul Maurice already sent a message Tuesday with Laine’s ice time. He had only three shifts, totalling 2:17 in the second period.

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