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Winnipeg Jets end season on eight-game win streak, win William Jennings and finish 2nd in West as they defeat Canucks 4-2

The Jets end the season on an eight-game, getting to 52 wins for second time, win the William Jennings and will finish 2nd in the West as they defeat Canucks 4-2.

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:

Before this game even got underway there was plenty of notable things set to take place. Sean Monahan is playing in his 83rd game of the season which to the best of my memory has never happened before with a Jets player.

Two NHL debuts as Jets prospects Brad Lambert (2022 1st) wearing 93 and Nikita Chibrikov (2021 2nd) wearing 90 both got to play tonight after excellent seasons with the Moose.

First shot for the Canucks (technically) and they scored as the signals get crossed up and Dylan DeMelo tried to clear a puck and it goes in off Conor Garland.

Gabriel Vilardi showed off some moooves and he tied the game 1-1 with his 22nd goal of the season. Brad Lambert got his first NHL point although not initially with the secondary assist.

In the middle frame off a nice rush Mason Appleton found Cole Perfetti who found the back of the net to give the Jets a 2-1 lead. Perfetti needed to get to 20 goals to hit a 212K bonus.

Nikita Chibrikov got his first NHL goal and the Jets have a 3-2 lead. Hard forecheck, makes Demko fumble the puck and then he buried it.

Long-range shot by Cole Perfetti iced it with an empty netter.

The finish with 199 goals against which means they win the William Jennings Trophy.

Multipoint Game:

Cole Perfetti 2G

Highlights:

Coach post-game media:

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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.