Game 32: Jets 4 Blackhawks 3 in OT post-game recap

The Jets improved to 21-9-2 on the season, now hold top spot in the Central Division. Impressive effort from the Jets on the 2nd half of a back to back.

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.

Numbers:

– Blake Wheeler 3A (36, 37, 38)
– Mark Scheifele 2G (19, 20) 1A (23)
– Josh Morrissey 2A (14, 15).

Notable:

– Blake Wheeler & Mark Scheifele remain atop the Jets points race with 43 points
– Patrik Laine scored his team leading 23rd goal of the season;
– Mathieu Perreault has a three game goal scoring streak;
– Laurent Brossoit improves to 7-1-1 on the season;
– Winnipeg has won 8 of their last 9 games.

Via NHL PR:

Laine’s goal was his 103rd in the NHL, passing Brian Bellows (102) for sixth in NHL history by a player before the age of 21

Audio:

Blake Wheeler

Mark Scheifele

Bryan Little

Coach Maurice

Up next:

The Jets are scheduled to practice at 12 noon today at Bell MTS Place as they prepare to face the Tampa Bay Lightning tomorrow night in Winnipeg at 6 pm.  Get your day started with the morning papers at 7 am on illegalcurve.com.