Josh Morrissey gave the Jets an OT victory over the Canucks. Winnipeg improves to 4-0-2 since the Olympic break.
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:
Josh Morrissey tied Tobias Enstrom for 5th on the (combined Jets/Thrashers) all-time games played list with 719 games.
Have to say it’s weird watching a 27 skating in a Jets jersey again.
Mark Scheifele with his 30th goal of the season. Fifth time in his career he’s gotten to that mark.
Gabriel Vilardi wasn’t happy with himself after we spoke to him the other day. That goal should put a smile on his face. It’s his 24th of the season.
With the OT GWG Josh Morrissey moved ahead of Dustin Byfuglien on the all-time points list for defenceman with his 417th of his career.
Multi Point Game:
Mark Scheifele 1G 2A
Josh Morrissey 1G 1A
Highlights:
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