Game 11: Jets 4 Flames 1 post-game recap

A second straight game with a clean two points for the Jets as they pick up the 4-1 win over the Flames in third game of this series and now have five of six points in the mini series. With the win the Jets improve to 7-3-1 on the season.

Photo Credit: Colby Spence (Illegal Curve)

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:

With his assist on the Appleton goal Adam Lowry is now one point back of his season total from last season in a lot fewer games (38 games to be precise).

Kyle Connor scored his team leading seventh goal of the season.

That was Mathieu Perreault’s first three point game since February 18th, 2018.

Believe that was Mason Appleton’s first multi goal game of his NHL career. Can hear the cheers all the way back home in Wisconsin.

In random Nikolaj Ehlers facts the Dynamic Dane took his 1000th shot in the NHL.

With the victory tnt for Connor Hellenbuyck he moves ahead of Ondrej Pavelec into sole possession of 1st place in wins for the franchise with 153.

Multi point game:

Mason Appleton 2G
Mathieu Perreault 3A

Player media availability:

Coach availability:

Topics:

1. How good his team defence has been.
2. Getting rewarded for battles.
3. Protecting the house and back pressure connectivity.
4. What has stood out about Connor Hellebuyck?
5. What has stood out from the maturation of Mason Appleton’s game?
6. Reflecting on the 11 games to date.

Up next:

The Jets have the next two days off before they return to practice on Sunday ahead of the conclusion of this four-game series with the Flames in Calgary next Tuesday night. We won’t be off however so be sure to start your Friday with the Morning Papers which go live at 7 am on illegalcurve.com.

David Minuk

Working hard on a daily basis to provide the latest Winnipeg Jets and Manitoba Moose news for our readers and listeners. I also appear on the Illegal Curve Hockey Show every Saturday on our YouTube channel as well as the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show after every single Jets game. And I occasionally jump in the play-by-play booth at Canada Life to provide colour analysis during Manitoba Moose games.

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