Game 52: Bruins 2 Jets 1 post-game recap

Two power-play goals for the Bruins hold up on the scoreboard as they win the special teams battle, and the game, by a 2-1 margin as the Jets slide hits five games.  Their record dips to 25-23-4 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 played in his 500th NHL game;
– Patrik Laine scored his 18th goal of the season.

Jets Audio:

Blake Wheeler

Andrew Copp

Laurent Brossoit

Patrik Laine

Coach Maurice:  His team’s effort in that game.  What they can take from that game.  On Bitetto and Copp getting entangled.  The high level of animosity.  Thoughts on the power play?  Update on Perreault?

Health Update:

No update on Mathieu Perreault who left the game in the 2nd period.  “Nothing yet.  But I’ll give you something tomorrow.  I’ll have a better idea tomorrow.”

Bruins audio:

Tuukka Rask

Brad Marchand

Jake DeBrusk

Brandon Carlo

Coach Cassidy

Up next:

The Jets won’t have any time to rest as they will face the Blues here in Winnipeg tomorrow night at 6 pm.  You can kick start your Saturday with the AM Jets papers which go live at 7 am on illegalcurve.com followed by the Illegal Curve Hockey Show at 9 am on TSN 1290 Winnipeg.