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Stanley Cup Playoffs – Round 1 Game 1: Jets 3 Wild 2 post-game recap

Photo Credit: Colby Spence

An exciting first game between these two geographic rivals saw a lot of firsts. Mark Scheifele and Patrik Laine scored their first ever NHL playoff goals, Connor Hellebuyck picked up his first win in net and the Jets get their first ever franchise playoff win. Joe Morrow played the role of unlikely hero.

The bad news for Winnipeg is they lost Mathieu Perreault after he took a number of hard hits in the 2nd period. Coach Maurice didn’t have any update on #85 following the game.

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Jets post-game audio:

Joe Morrow

Connor Hellebuyck

Blake Wheeler

Adam Lowry

Patrik Laine

Coach Maurice

Wild post-game audio:

Devan Dubnyk

Matt Cullen

Post-game Podcast:

Ezra and Drew break down the game from high atop the ice surface at Bell MTS Place.

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.