On the strength of a couple of Connor McDavid goals, the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Jets 2-1 tonight as the Jets kicked off their seven-game road trip in Western Canada. The Jets fall to 18-10-2 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.
Highlights:
Illegal Curve Post-Game Show:
Notable:
Mark Scheifele blocked a shot late in the 1st period and it looked like he was in a significant amount of pain but he did start the 2nd period and played the remainder of the game.
Mathieu Perreault tied his goal total from last season (7) in 19 fewer games.
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Topics covered:
1. Play of the 4th line.
2. How he explains such a low event game
3. On the ability of McDavid.
4. How difficult it was to generate energy (for both teams) in the game.
5. Does a team have to accept that McDavid is gonna get his chances?
6. How does he approach a game like tnt knowing it wouldn’t be crisp?
7. On the team’s positioning for goal against.
Up next:
The Jets are scheduled to practice in Edmonton on Friday. The Morning Papers will go live tomorrow at 7 am on illegalcurve.com.
Post-game Podcast:
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