Winnipeg Jets end losing streak with 2-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins

And the losing streak is over as the Jets defeat the Penguins 2-1 on Saturday night. The Joy is back in Joyland.

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:

There were some visitors to Winnipeg all the way from Savannah, Georgia to take in their first Jets game.

Kyle Connor is playing in his 500th NHL game. He was honoured by the Winnipeg crowd during the first period.

Newest Jet Sean Monahan was welcomed to Winnipeg but he was unaware as they unfortunately did it while he was tying his skates. We did learn his goal song will be Humble by Kendrick Lamar.

After playing 154 games in a Winnipeg uniform as well as 200 in a Manitoba jersey Jansen Harkins was given a warm welcome back to this province for the first time in a visitors jersey.

Nino Niederreiter broke a 16 game drought picking up the game-winning goal in the 1st period. The relief he felt at finally finding the back of the net was quite evident.

Saxophone Squirtle back to their winning ways.

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The Jets are off tomorrow for Superbowl Sunday. You can start your day with the Morning Papers which will go live at 7 am on illegalcurve.com.

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