Game 42: Wild 3 Jets 2 in OT post-game recap

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.

Up next:

The Jets are scheduled to practice on Sunday in Montreal.  You can kick start your day with the Morning Papers which go live tomorrow at 7 am on illegalcurve.com.