The Jets improve to 25-13-3 as they beat the Habs tonight in Montreal to sweep this two-game mini series to start their five-game road trip and will, temporarily at least, leapfrog Edmonton into 2nd place in the North (Oilers and Flames play tonight).
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:
Paul Stastny scored his 12th goal of the season tonight for the Jets in his 41st game. He had 17 in 71 games for Vegas last season and 13 in 50 for the Golden Knights in 2018-19. Nice little goal surge for him this season back with Winnipeg.
The assist on Derek Forbot’s goal was Josh Morrissey‘s 100th of his NHL career. Morrissey also had his first ever NHL fight. The last time 44 dropped the gloves and tossed em was back in 2016 when he was in the AHL playing for Manitoba and he had a tilt with Anthony Mantha.
Andrew Copp tied his career high for assists (19) that he set in 2017-18 and did it in 41 fewer games.
Connor Hellebuyck picked up his 22nd career shutout in the win. It was his 20th win of the season.
Multi-point game:
Andrew Copp 1G 1A
Nikolaj Ehlers 1G 1A
Mathieu Perreault 1G 1A
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Up next:
The Jets play the Senators on Monday. The Morning Papers which will go live tomorrow at 7 am on illegalcurve.com.
Post-game Podcast:
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Recap of the game.
Bruce Boudreau joined That's Hockey to discuss Mark Scheifele and Kyle Connor.
A look at the projected lineup with all the latest game info.
Here are six things to watch for on the upcoming six-game trip.
Keeping you up-to-date with all the latest pro hockey news in Manitoba.
Recap of the game.