Photo Credit: Colby Spence
Pre-game news:
Mike McIntyre and Jason Bell, both of the Winnipeg Free Press had an interesting report on Dustin Byfuglien about an hour before puck drop. Read it here.
Quick Thought:
A tough 6-3 loss for the Jets as they looked like they were in the contest but a missed penalty call in the second period followed by an incredible lacrosse style goal by Andrei Svechnikov made a 2-2 game a 3-2 game and the Canes did not look back after that. The Jets record drops to 20-12-2 on the season as they suffer their first loss at home in December.
For those who would like to take a deeper dive into the advanced stats here are the results from the game via Natural Stat Trick.
Notable:
– Mark Scheifele scored his team leading 16th goal of the season;
– Blake Wheeler had 2 assists (he is one back of Ilya Kovalchuk for the most in franchise history);
– Neal Pionk hits the 20 point mark in Game 34 (last year he had 26 points in 73 games).
Jets Audio:
Blake Wheeler
Patrik Laine
Adam Lowry
Coach Maurice: Assessment of the game. The non-call on the Lowry trip. Losing Copp/trying to manage the bench. Vintage Jordan Staal. Mercy pull for Hellebuyck? How do you defend against Andrei Svechnikov’s goal. Update on Copp?
Canes Audio:
Andrei Svechnikov
Jordan Staal
Sebastian Aho
Coach Brind’Amour
Health Update:
Following the game Jets bench boss Paul Maurice didn’t have an update on Andrew Copp who left the game in the 2nd period and didn’t return for the 3rd.
Up next:
The Jets are scheduled to practice on Wednesday at 12 noon as they look to conclude this three-game homestand against the Blackhawks on Thursday. You can kick start your day with the Morning Papers which go live tomorrow at 7 am on illegalcurve.com.
