Game 36: Jets 5 Flames 1 post-game recap

The Jets end the seven-game road trip with a big win in Calgary over the Flames to improve to 22-12-2 on the season as they move into 2nd spot in the North Division. They are two points back of the 1st place Leafs who they will face next in a pair of games starting in Winnipeg on Wednesday.

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:

Veteran centre Nate Thompson got the Jets back into the game with a goal off his skate which was his second tally of the season.

Mark Scheifele had the most road points in the NHL this season.  He moved into sole possession of 5th spot in NHL scoring.

Andrew Copp tied his career high for goals (11) which he set in 2018-19 but did it in 33 fewer games.

Multi Point Game:

Mark Scheifele 2G 1A
Nikolaj Ehlers 3A
Kyle Connor 2A

Player availability:

Coach availability:

Up next:

The Jets schedule for tomorrow is unknown but there shouldn’t be an expectation for media availability. If that changes we will provide an update in the Morning Papers which 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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