It was anything but a better start for the Jets as the Senators jumped out to a 2-0 lead to start the game which was only cut by a late Adam Lowry tally. Jets were outshot 18-9 in 1st.
The Sens regained the two goal lead until Blake Wheeler found Kyle Connor who wasn’t gonna miss the opportunity he had on the power play.
The 3rd wasn’t looking so good for the Jets but with the net empty the Jets tied the game on a Josh Morrissey blast which was tipped by Blake Wheeler to tie the game with 1:17 left in the final frame. (While the goal has been credited to 44, Wheeler post-game said he got a stick on it so it will likely be changed by the NHL).
This one would need OT and speedster Nikolaj Ehlers would end it off a nice 2 on 1 pass from Andrew Copp to give the Jets their second 4-3 OT win of the season as they improve to 2-1-0 on the season. (Update: Ehlers response in his post-game availability for when he scored his last OT winner was hilarious).
For those who would like to take a deeper dive into the advanced stats here are the results from the game via Natural Stat Trick.
Game Highlights:
Notable:
Third straight game that the Jets gave up the first two goals of the game and second time this season the Jets have comeback from a 3-1 deficit to force OT and win 4-3.
Kyle Connor has now scored in all three games for the Jets.
Adam Lowry, Blake Wheeler & Nikolaj Ehlers both scored their first goals of the season (For Lowry it was his first since December 2019).
Blake Wheeler picked up his 499th assist of his career.
Laurent Brossoit made 38 saves to pick up his first win of the season.
Player interviews:
Blake Wheeler, Nikolaj Ehlers and Laurent Brossoit.
Coach post-game availability:
Coach Maurice availability:
Topics:
1. Did he get the sense that the momentum was shifting?
2. Jets staying in the fight.
3. Foundation building for the team.
4. The play of Laurent Brossoit.
5. Play of Kyle Connor.
6. How much negativity would there be in the shot volume?
Up next:
The Jets have a day off on Wednesday before they take on these same Senators in Ottawa on Thursday night. You can kick start your Wednesday with the Morning Papers which go live at 7 am on illegalcurve.com.
