Game 76: Lightning 7 Jets 4 post-game recap

Touchdown, Buccaneers! On the strength of a Brady to Gronk touchdown pass, the Lightning defeat the Jets and Winnipeg inches closer to being eliminated.

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.

Notable:

It was NHL game number 200 for Mason Appleton. Where does the time go?

Nikolaj Ehlers points streak now hits nine games (6G 8A).

Kyle Connor with his 43rd goal of the season. His quest for 50 isn’t quite done.

For the third time in his career Pierre-Luc Dubois hits the 30 assist mark.

Josh Morrissey‘s remarkable season continues with his 12th goal of the season.

Another 30 assist man for Winnipeg as Neal Pionk hits that mark for the second time in his career.

Multi point game:

Kyle Connor 1G 1A
Nikolaj Ehlers 2A

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Up next:

The Jets will head to New York where they are set to take on the Rangers on Tuesday. Start your day with the Morning Papers which will go live at 7 am tomorrow on illegalcurve.com.

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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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