Game 33: Jets 5 Canucks 1 post-game recap

The Jets sweep their two-game mini series with the Canucks in Vancouver and move into a three-way tie with the Leafs and Oilers for top spot in the North Division. The win improves Winnipeg to 20-11-2 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:

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Notable:

It was an inauspicious start for the Jets as both Blake Wheeler and Nikolaj Ehlers blocked shots and were in some pain (the Jets captain missed a few shifts) but both finished the game.

Milestone night for Jets 2013 5th rounder Tucker Poolman as the East Grand Forks product plays in his 100th NHL game tonight. Also had 60 games in the AHL with the Manitoba Moose.

Andrew Copp with his first ever pro hat trick. And he added a fourth goal to win Marcela Chartrand $100,000.00.

Multi point game:

Andrew Copp 4G

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Up next:

The Jets are traveling to Calgary on Thursday. 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.