The Jets improve to 29-10-4 as they picked up their 33 straight game allowing three goals or less which leapfrogs them back into top spot in the NHL. It was also the 13th straight game allowing two goals or less by Winnipeg. They are 9-1-0 in their last 10 games.
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:
Gabriel Vilardi picked up his 11th goal of the season to open the scoring for the Jets.
Winnipeg got lucky as Isles goalie Ilya Sorokin lost his skate blade so he was unable to push across during a power play opportunity for the home team which Neal Pionk took advantage of to score his fourth goal of the season.
In need to break his goalless drought Mason Appleton got his seventh goal of the season courtesy of a nice forecheck and a bank shot to put Winnipeg up 3-1.
After the Islanders got within one the Jets got a goal courtesy of Kyle Connor into the empty net to continue to lead the team in goals with his 18th of the season.
Connor Hellebuyck improves to 23-7-3 on the season.
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Up next:
The Jets were scheduled to practice tomorrow and have Thursday off but will have the next two days off instead according to Rick Bowness. Start your day with the Morning Papers which will go live at 7 am tomorrow on illegalcurve.com.
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