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Game 40: Jets 4 Canadiens 2 post-game recap

The Jets improve to 24-13-3 with their 4-2 win over the Habs tonight to kick off the five-game road trip.

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:

With the game-winning goal for Nikolaj Ehlers he moves into sole possession of 5th spot on the all-time list (he was tied with Dustin Byfuglien).

Multi-point game:

Kyle Connor 2A

Player availability:

Coach availability:

Topics:

1. Changing up the lines
2. Winning by committee.
3. Quality of the chances generated.
4. Play of Mathieu Perreault.
5. Diagnosis on Blake Wheeler?
6. Tinkering with the lines.
7. Scheifele in the defensive end of the rink.
8. Check by Perry on DeMelo and Stanley stepping up.

Health update:

Jets coach Paul Maurice confirmed that Blake Wheeler has a concussion.

Up next:

The Jets schedule for tomorrow is unknown. 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.