Game 24: Canadiens 7 Jets 1 post-game recap

It wasn’t a banner night for the Jets in Montreal tonight as the Canadiens scored seven unanswered goals en route to a 7-1 victory.  The Jets record slips to 15-8-1 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.

Game Highlights:

Notable:

Mathieu Perreault scored the Jets only goal tonight and has a three-game goal scoring streak.

Player availability:

Coach availability:

Topics:

1. What is the value of a ‘mercy’ pull?
2. Is it as simple as “toss that game into the trash”?
3. The defensive coverage in the 2nd period.
4. Generating in the second game of the schedule.
5. Not changing things up when the game was getting out of hand.
6. Is it easier to turn the page on a blowout when your team is playing well?

Up next:

The Jets are off on Sunday. The Morning Papers will go live tomorrow 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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