Game 44: Jets 5 Leafs 2 post-game recap

The Jets concluded the five-game road trip with a big 5-2 win over the Leafs (going 4-1-0 on the road) and improved to 27-14-3 which puts them three points back of Toronto for 1st.

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.

Illegal Curve Post-Game Show:

Highlights:

Notable:

Andrew Copp played his 400th NHL game for the Jets. He’s the fifth Jets draft pick to play 400 games for Winnipeg and first from the 2013 draft class. Through 399 games: 60G 84A for 144PTS.

Nikolaj Ehlers has a six game points streak right now (5G 4A).

Mark Scheifele hit and then passed the 50 point mark on the season with a goal and assist in the 1st period.  Add in his 3rd period assist and he’s up to 17G 35A which would put him on a pace for close to 100 points in a normal 82 game season.

Multi-point game:

Kyle Connor 2G 1A
Mark Scheifele 1G 2A
Nikolaj Ehlers 2G
Neil Pionk 2A

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Up next:

The Jets are off tomorrow. The Morning Papers which will go live tomorrow at 7 am on illegalcurve.com.

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