Game 31: Oilers 4 Jets 2 post-game recap

Coming into this game the Jets were 8-0-1 after a loss but tonight that wouldn’t stick as they suffered their second straight regulation loss to fall to 18-11-2 on the season which leaves them four points back of the 1st place Leafs/Oilers.

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:

Tonight was the 400th NHL game for Nikolaj Ehlers.

Andrew Copp picked up his 20th point in his 31st game of the season. His career high is 28 in 82.

Pierre-Luc Dubois picked up his 100th NHL assist on the first Jets goal.

Multi point game:

Pierre-Luc Dubois 1G 1A
Nikolaj Ehlers 2A

Player availability:

Coach availability:

Up next:

The Jets are off on Sunday. The Morning Papers will go live tomorrow at 7 am 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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