Seems appropriate given Oprah was filmed in Chicago….

you get a goal
you get a goal
you get a goal
you get two goals
you get two goals

was the way things went as Jets win 7-2 over the Hawks. They are now 13-6-1 on the 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:

The Moose continue to contribute as Jansen Harkins scored in his second straight game for the Jets which also saw Mikey Eyssimont pick up his second straight game with an assist.

With the third goal of the game for Winnipeg, Kyle Connor moves past Nikolaj Ehlers into sole possession of 5th on the All-Time Jets 2.0 points list (7th on the combined list) with 362 (186G 176A). Speaking of number 81 he has six goals in his last six games.

With his three points in this game Kyle Connor moved into sole possession of 4th spot ahead of Dustin Byfuglien on the Jets 2.0 All-Time Points list with 364 points (186G 178A).

Josh Morrissey has 19 assists in 20 games. His career his was 26 in 65 games back in 2019-20. Now he’s on pace for 75+. Just remarkable what 44 is doing.

Jets centre Mark Scheifele got back on the score sheet as he fired home his 11th of the season which was his first goal in six games.

Multi Point Game:

Josh Morrissey 3A
Kyle Connor 1G 2A
Saku Maenalanen 2G
Pierre-Luc Dubois 2G
Blake Wheeler 2A

Player availability:

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Highlights:

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Up next:

The Jets are returning to Winnipeg now that the road trip is over. They are off tomorrow. Start your day with the Morning Papers which will go live at 7 am tomorrow on illegalcurve.com.

Post-game Podcast:

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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