The Jets played a solid 40 minutes but a miscue in the third gave the rolling Penguins all they needed to force extra time which ended in a shootout. The home side took it with their one goal for the 3-2 shootout victory as Pittsburgh extends their winning streak to five games and this four-game road trip for Winnipeg ends 0-2-2.
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.
Notable:
We learned during the game courtesy of Dennis Beyak on the broadcast that Dylan DeMelo wasn’t playing due to a lower-body injury and Logan Stanley was out due to an upper-body injury.
In just his second game back Blake Wheeler converted a backhand for his second goal of the season.
Kyle Connor extended his team lead for goals scored as he put home number 22 this afternoon.
Multi point game:
Blake Wheeler 1G 1A
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Up next:
The Jets return to Winnipeg and will play a pair of games this weekend starting Tuesday with the red-hot Florida Panthers. Team is off tomorrow. The Morning Papers which will go live at 7 am tomorrow on illegalcurve.com.
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