The Jets kick off this short homestand with a 4-1 defeat of the Golden Knights in a must-win game. While they didn’t gain any ground on the Predators for the final wild card spot as Nashville also won, they didn’t lose any ground either. Of course with just 11 games left they are running out of runway trailing by five points.
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:
300 games for Morgan Barron in a Winnipeg uniform. He has 40G 41A in a Wpg uniform. Rangers got 8G 10A in 16 regular season games & 6G 8A in 20 playoff games vs of Andrew Copp. Jets also got draft picks they turned into Brad Lambert (1st), Elias Salomonsson (2nd) & Thomas Milic (5th).
It was a milestone game for Mark Scheifele as he was playing in his 950th game in a Winnipeg Jets uniform. That matches Thomas Steen for the most games ever played in a Jets uniform in Winnipeg. He also got his fourth ever Gordie Howe hat trick with a goal, assist and a fight.
Multi Point Game:
Mark Scheifele 1G 2A
Kyle Connor 1G 1A
Highlights:
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Up next:
The Jets are scheduled to practice tomorrow at noon. Start your day with the Morning Papers which will go live at 7 AM CST tomorrow on illegalcurve.com and then check back for the Practice Report.
Podcast:
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Recap of the game.
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