Game 2: Leafs 3 Jets 1 post-game recap

No Laine, no DeMelo meant no bueno for the Jets in Toronto this evening as they dropped their first game of the first road trip of the season to the Leafs by a final score of 3-1.  This moves the Jets to 1-1-0 on the season.

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:

2016 1st rounder Logan Stanley made his NHL debut.

Derek Forbort has eclipsed his points total from last season in just two games this season with the Jets. He had one assist in 20 games in 2019/20 with the Kings/Flames.

Kyle Connor has a two game goal streak going to start the season.  Going back to last year he has nine goals in his last 10 regular season games.

Second game in a row that Mark Scheifele played over 26 minutes.

Player interviews:

Coach Maurice availability:

1. Assessing the game.
2. Line blender in the 2nd period.
3. Changing direction mid period.
4. Trade offs when you pack the middle.
5. How would he assess the power play this evening?
6. Evaluating Logan Stanley’s debut and Jansen Harkins game.
7. Assessment of Derek Forbort.

Up next:

The Jets won’t have any time to rest as they are back on the ice tomorrow night against the Senators in Ottawa.  You can kick start your Tuesday with the Morning Papers which go live at 7 am on illegalcurve.com.