Winnipegger Joel Hofer defeats the hometown team with a 3-0 win (it wasn’t a shutout as he left the game for a few minutes) in just the fourth ever NHL game for the netminder. A tough loss for the Jets as they looked to add points in the standings bank. Instead they fall to 39-29-3 on the season. Missed opportunity to move six points up on the idle Flames and seven up on a Preds team that got absolutely pulverized by the Rangers in New York (7-0).
For those who would like to take a deeper dive into the advanced stats click here to see the results from the game via Natural Stat Trick.
Notable:
Today was a milestone moment for the Jets first ever draft pick. Mark Scheifele played in his 713th game wearing a Winnipeg Jets uniform. That tied him with his mentor, former coach and Jets 1.0 great Dale Hawerchuk who also played in 713 games for Winnipeg.
The power play needs to be blown up. They haven’t scored in four games going o/3 in this one and 0/13.
Multi Point Game:
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Illegal Curve Post-Game Show:
Up next:
The Jets have the day off tomorrow as they return to Winnipeg for another one-off contest on Tuesday against the Coyotes. Start your day with the Morning Papers which will go live at 7 am tomorrow on illegalcurve.com.
Post-game Podcast:
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