Blake Wheeler had a hand in both goals for the Jets, who won 2-1 in overtime against the Lightning on Saturday night. Wheeler had a goal and an assist. With seven goals and 14 assists, it's been a disappointing start to the year for the 27-year-old forward, but he does have five points over his last five games. Mark Scheifele got the game-winner at 1:04 of overtime. Jacob Trouba and Grant Clitsome had the other assists.

Blake Wheeler registered his first goal since Oct. 29 on Monday night. He had gone 14 straight contests without finding the back of the net prior to getting one on seven shots against the New York Rangers on Monday. Wheeler contributed eight assists during his goalless skid. He has 18 points in 29 matches this year.

Blake Wheeler is excited for Friday's early contest versus Philadelphia. "I love it," he said. "I always enjoyed when I was younger playing those early games, especially around the holidays. Something to look forward to. It's always been fun for me just getting up and going and getting after it. It's always great after you win, too, because you have the rest of the day to enjoy it. It almost feels like you have extra free time that you don't have during the season. Once you get to the rink, it really doesn't matter what time it is." The Jets and Flyers are scheduled to hook up for an 11:30 AM ET start, so get your lineups adjusted early.

Blake Wheeler hasn't scored a goal in his last 10 games. However, he has earned four helpers during a three-game point streak and seven assists over the course of his goal slump. Evander Kane also has a 10-game goalless drought ongoing, but he has made some decent contributions as well.

Blake Wheeler did not practice Saturday. Jets' coach Claude Noel indicated it was just a maintenance day for Wheeler and that he fully expected him to be in the lineup Sunday against the Sharks.

Blake Wheeler has put his scoring slump behind him. Through the Jets' first nine games, Wheeler had scored only one goal and had only four points. In his last five games, Wheeler has scored four goals and added an assist. That's more like the Wheeler we saw in 2012-13 when he 19 goals and 41 points in 48 games.

Blake Wheeler snapped Winnipeg's power-play drought with his fifth goal of the season Tuesday night. The marker was the team's first with the man advantage in their last 27 attempts and it came when the Jets were up by two skaters. Wheeler has four goals and one helper in his past five games after a sluggish start to the year.

Blake Wheeler scored a goal, but it wasn't enough as the Jets were upended by Nashville 3-2 on Thursday night. The goal was the third of the campaign for Wheeler, who is starting to round into form after a slow start to his season. Anthony Peluso was the other goal scorer in the losing effort.

Blake Wheeler played a season-high 21:25 of ice time and registered a goal in Tuesday's 5-4 shootout loss to Washington. The marker was just his second of the season and it was his fifth point in 10 games. Wheeler seemed to like where he and the team were heading after the defeat, though. "Shootout losses are tough, but I think the positives greatly outweighed the negatives tonight," Wheeler said. "We were kind of looking a little bit lost there for a while, but we had a lot of jam tonight."

Blake Wheeler could end up playing with Mark Scheifele and Evander Kane Tuesday night versus Washington. "Right now I can't find the right 12 to play together," said coach Claude Noel. "Who's my first, second, third, fourth line? I don't know." Devin Setoguchi may move up to play alongside Bryan Little and Andrew Ladd in Wheeler's place. Wheeler, who has one goal and three assists in nine matches, is still trying to get going this year. Perhaps a shakeup can ignite some more production from him.