The Leafs gave themselves some breathing room with a 5-3 win over the Jets to cushion their spot in 1st over Winnipeg to six points as they take the first of two games during this homestand.

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:

Notable:

Connor Hellebuyck was pulled after giving up three goals on four shots.

Adam Lowry didn’t play after the 1st period after he got caught with a hit to the head.

300th career assist in the NHL for Mark Scheifele on the Kyle Connor goal.

Multi point game:

Andrew Copp 1G 1A
Mark Scheifele 1G 1A

Player availability:

Coach availability:

Up next:

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

Highlights:

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.

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