Jets on a Deadline – Lightning 4 Jets 2

Game Stories:

Winnipeg Free Press:  Jets no match for Lightning.

Winnipeg Sun:  Jets zapped by Lightning.

Globe and Mail:  Winnipeg has the shots but Tampa Bay has the goals as Lightning down Jets.

NHL.com:  Lightning top Jets; Drouin scores first NHL goal.

ChrisD.ca:  Lightning strikes when needed.  zap Jets 4-2.

MyToba.ca:  Pavelec pulled as Lightning zap Jets.

Tampa Bay Tribune:  Drouin gets first goal, Lightning top Jets.

Tampa Bay Times:  Drouin scores first career goal in Bolts win over Winnipeg.

Post-game audio:

Winnipeg Jets:  Ondrej Pavelec, Bryan Little and Blake Wheeler.

Tampa Bay Lightning:  Coach Cooper, Steven Stamkos, Jonathan Drouin and Ben Bishop.

Coach Maurice post-game presser: Coach Maurice met with the media following the game against Tampa Bay.

Post-game podcast from the Press box: Host Drew Mindell and analyst Richard Pollock breaks down the Jets play against the Lightning.

Video Highlights:

NHL.com 3 Stars

1.  Jonathan Drouin

2.  Ondrej Palat

3.  Blake Wheeler

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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