Game 31: Jets 5 Oilers 4 in OT post-game recap

Sure enough a kid from Calgary ended the game as Josh Morrissey’s fourth of the season in OT sent Jets fans home happy with a 5-4 OT win. Morrissey’s goal improves Winnipeg to 20-9-2 on the season.

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.

Game play:

1st:
– The Oilers took advantage of a Jack Roslovic turnover in the Jets zone to open the scoring;
– On the power play Mathieu Perreault made a series of nifty moves to tie the game;
– 1:08 later Nikolaj Ehlers, perhaps trying to make a slap pass to 33, banked in the go ahead goal off an Oilers D man.
– Jets outshot the Oilers 16-11 after 20 minutes.

2nd:
– Dustin Byfuglien made a few nice plays and eventually got the puck to Patrik Laine who powered it home;
– The Oilers got within one when Nurse put the rebound past Connor Hellebuyck;
– They tied it up when Jesse Puljujarvi puts the puck on net and it deflects off Khaira’s leg and in.
– With Patrik Laine in the box, McDavid found Chiasson and the Oilers held a 4-3 lead;
– Oilers outshot the Jets 13-6 and have a 24-22 shot edge after 40 minutes.

3rd:
– Winnipeg came out in the final frame with a number of chances to equalize the game;
– Eventually, who else, but Blake Wheeler finding Mark Scheifele to tie the game with 10:02 left in the period;
– Jets held a 15-2 shot edge over the Oilers with 8:25 left in the period;
–  They held the Oilers to just two shots in the final frame;
– Overall the Jets outshot the Oilers 17-2 and took a 39-26 shot edge into OT.

OT:

– Excellent chance early but Connor McDavid rang it off the post;
– Josh Morrissey took the Scheifele touch pass and fired it past Talbot.

Notable:

– Fun fact Winnipeg is now is 10-4-0 when the opposing team scores first.

Numbers:

– Mark Scheifele 1G (18) 2A (21, 22)
– Josh Morrissey 1G (4) 1A (13)
– Blake Wheeler had 2A (34, 35)
– Bryan Little had 2A (11, 12)
– Dustin Byfuglien had 2A (19, 20)

Audio:

Josh Morrissey

Blake Wheeler

Coach Maurice:  What did he like about the 3rd period?  Did he like how the team handled Connor McDavid?  Did the coaching staff have to tweak the gameplan in the final frame?  On giving Lowry’s line the assignment of covering McDavid.  More on covering McDavid.  On shot attempts.

Up next:

The Jets are off to Chicago tonight as they will play the Hawks tomorrow night at the United Center.  Get your day started with the morning papers at 7 am on illegalcurve.com.