The Predators seem to continue winning when Jankowski is in the lineup.
The Predators seem to continue winning when Jankowski is in the lineup.
The Nashville Predators are having themselves a very nice season, that is after the 5-10-0 start. The team is currently riding a 15-game point streak and seem to have a secret weapon no other team has. This secret weapon is Mark Jankowski.
The 29-year-old has only played 19 games for the Predators this season, but the team has a 15-2-2 record when he has been in the lineup. His games have mostly been all together as he has gotten into 17 consecutive after playing his first two of the season in December.
Jankowski's return to the team didn't exactly coincide with the 15-game point streak, but it was very close. He got back into the lineup two games prior and the team lost to the New Jersey Devils and Dallas Stars, but those were the only two games he's been in the lineup that the Predators have lost in regulation. The team has earned at least a point in the other 17.
Jankowski is a glue guy on the team and it helps that he was a part of the Milwaukee Admirals' playoff run last season because he knows a handful of the younger players that were also a part of that run. He hasn't been idle in games either. Jankowski has scored four goals and recorded 10 points in his 19 games this season. What is even more impressive is his two goals and eight points in the last six games played.
It is a bit of fun to say that Jankowski is the Predators' secret weapon and a huge reason why the team is playing so well, but he has more than earned his spot on Nashville and has the third line left wing on lock the way he is playing.
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