Game 18: Penguins 3 Jets 1 post-game recap

After a strong 1st by Winnipeg it has been Pittsburgh who has owned the latter part of this contest and they win it 3-1. Jets fall to 9-5-4 on season

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:

Fourth line had a solid shift in the mid part of the opening period which ended with Dominic Toninato firing home his second goal of the season to open the scoring.

Almost 15 minutes into the 1st period the Jets were holding an 11-2 shot edge.

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Up next:

The Jets are scheduled to practice tomorrow before they leave for Columbus. The Morning Papers which will go live at 7 am on illegalcurve.com.

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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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