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Game 30: Lightning 4 Jets 3 in OT post-game report

The Jets are now 17-8-5 on the season and went winless on this three game road trip.

For those who would like to take a deeper dive into the advanced stats here are the results from tonight’s game via Natural Stat Trick.

Notable:

– Kyle Connor scored his 10th goal of season;
– Blake Wheeler picked up his 30th assist of the season;
– Nikolaj Ehlers scored his 13th of season.

Health Update:

Jets defenceman Dustin Byfuglien left the game in the 3rd period and coach Maurice was asked post-game about his status “We’ll take a look at Dustin tomorrow. I don’t have anything for you.” When asked if it was lower-body the coach added “correct” and whether it had anything to do with the injury 33 suffered earlier in the year “Not that I know of. No, he had healed completely from his earlier injury.”

Audio:

Blake Wheeler

Connor Hellebuyck

Coach Maurice: Thoughts on the game. Going down to four defencemen and is there an update on Byfuglien? How did his team measure up against Tampa Bay? Thoughts on the Jets structure? Jets play 5 on 5. Thoughts on Jets play in OT this season.

Audio courtesy of TSN 1290 Winnipeg.

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.