A controversial end to this one sees the Minnesota Wild take it 3-2 in OT after the Jets felt there was goalie interference on Eric Staal’s game winning goal. The Jets fall to 22-16-4 on the season.
For those who would like to take a deeper dive into the advanced stats here are the results from the game via Natural Stat Trick.
Notable:
– Mark Scheifele scored his 20th goal of the season (it’s Scheifele’s fifth straight season with 20 or more goals);
– Mark Scheifele with 1G 1A;
– Neal Pionk set a career high for points with his 27th point in game 42 (Last year he had 26 points in 73 games for the Rangers)
Audio:
Blake Wheeler
Josh Morrissey
Coach Maurice: Did he get an explanation? Thoughts on the OT winner. Did the Jets sit back in the 3rd? Thoughts on the penalty kill? Did he feel it was a missed call when Morrissey was hit from behind? Can the anger at the way the game was lost be turned into something positive?
Quotable:
Jets bench boss Paul Maurice on the OT winner: “It’s goalie interference all day long for me. There’s not a lot of grey area on that one but I’m not giving them any money. Not one dime.”. Plenty of folks commenting on our insta.
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