Game 51: Blue Jackets 4 Jets 3 post-game recap

The losing streak hits four games for the Jets as they drop the game 4-3 to the Columbus Blue Jackets to conclude the pre All-Star/Player Break portion of their schedule. The Jets record falls to 25-22-4 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:

– Kyle Connor had 1G 1A (Connor is up to 25  goals on the season)
– Luca Sbisa 2A (first multi point game with Jets);
– Mason Appleton scored his second goal of season.

Audio:

Blake Wheeler

Laurent Brossoit

Dmitry Kulikov

Mason Appleton

Coach Maurice:  Thoughts on the game winner?  The move with the Copp line.  Being in the game for most of it but to get that end result/heading into the break.  The streak heading into the break.  Players wanting to show pride in the last couple of games.  More on the game winner.

Audio courtesy of TSN 1290 Winnipeg.

Up next:

The Jets are now off for the NHL All-Star and Player Break.  The team will return to action with a game against the Boston Bruins on January 31st which will kick off three straight at home and 10 of 11 games at Bell MTS Place to begin the post player break portion of the schedule.

You can kick start your Thursday with the AM Jets papers which go live at 7 am on illegalcurve.com.

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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