The good times keep on rolling for the Jets as they pick up their 10th win of the season in game number 11 as the Nikolaj Ehlers show was on display picking up his fifth career hat trick to power Winnipeg to the 6-2 win over Columbus.
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:
For the second straight game Winnipeg opened the scoring as the human entry zone Nikolaj Ehlers gained the Jackets zone and ripped a shot past Elvis Merzlikins.
Columbus managed to tie the game as they took advantage of a friendly bounce behind the net where JVR got the puck out front to Sean Kuraly who tied it but then Nikolaj Ehlers would help the visitors regain the edge four minutes later.
Early in the middle frame some very good work by the Lowry line concluded with Mason Appleton burying a Neal Pionk shot to give the Jets a two goal edge. Pionk up to 10 assists in 11 games.
But then former Jets Sean Monahan struck with a tip on the power play to make it a one goal game again.
Just as the 2nd period was winding down Nikolaj Ehlers completed the hat trick which was the first for the Jets this season and fifth of his career to make it a 4-2 game.
The power play found the back of the net as Josh Morrissey blasted a Scheifele pass to make it 5-2 and they weren’t done there.
Kyle Connor made an absolutely filthy couple of moves to set up Gabriel Vilardi for his fourth of the season. Connor now has an 11 game points streak to start the season.
Where things stand after 11 games:
10 wins in 11 games? (1st in NHL)
.909 winning% (1st in NHL)
52 GF (1st in NHL)
26 GA (4th in NHL)
+26 goal differential (1st in NHL)
PP at 45.2% (1st in NHL).
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Multipoint Game:
Nikolaj Ehlers 3G 1A
Josh Morrissey 1G 1A
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The Jets travel back to Winnipeg where they are scheduled to practice on Saturday. Begin your day with all the latest Jets and Moose news in the AM Papers on illegalcurve.com which are available starting at 7 AM CDT, join us on the Illegal Curve Hockey Show starting at 9 AM for two hours of Jets talk and then check back for the Practice Report.
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