Game 39: Panthers 5 Jets 3 post-game recap

The Jets couldn’t match the Panthers who won the race and won the game 5-3. Winnipeg slips to 17-15-7 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.

Notable:

Kyle Connor scored his team leading 23rd goal of the season.

2020 1st rounder Cole Perfetti picked up his first and second NHL assists.

Pierre-Luc Dubois tied his goal total (18) that he had in 2019-20 with Columbus but did it in 31 fewer games this season.

Multi point game:

Cole Perfetti 2A

Player availability:

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Illegal Curve Post-Game Show:

Up next:

The Jets are scheduled to practice tomorrow as they get ready to face the Canucks on Thursday. The Morning Papers will go live at 7 am tomorrow 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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