Winnipeg Jets Morning Papers

Note: The Jets played a complete game against the Golden Knights last Thursday, followed that up with a less than pleasing effort in a loss to Utah, which they offset by stopping the Blues in their tracks after they had won 12 straight. But the big question was how would they do in Dallas against a Stars team desperate to win in order to get closer to them in the standings. A Stars win would have meant a two point separation with each team having three games left. But that was not to be as the Jets opened the scoring, added to it in the 2nd and then absolutely dominated in the 3rd en route to a 4-0 win which gives them a six point edge for top spot in the Central. They need just one point (or if the Stars lose a point) in the remaining games and they’ll clinch top spot in the Central as well as in the entire Western Conference. How many people would have predicted Winnipeg would have a chance to be the best team in the NHL at the start of the season? They are taking today off.

Note II: The Moose will wrap up their final two games starting tonight when they welcome the Wild to Winnipeg for the final two games. Puck drop is at 7 PM CDT.

Note III: The Frozen Four got underway in St. Louis yesterday with the semifinals taking place featuring a pair of Jets prospects facing off. Zach Nehring (2023 3rd) and his Western Michigan squad (despite this miss) were looking like they were gonna cruise to a big win over Garrett Brown (2022 4th) and his Denver University club holding a 2-0 lead and a 32-8 shot edge after 40 minutes. But Denver are the defending champs and they forced OT with two 3rd period goals although Nehring’s club would ultimately prevail in OT sending the Minot product to the championship game on Sunday. In the OHL Colby Barlow picked up an assist but Oshawa lost game one while Jacob Julien was held off the scoresheet but his London team took game one.  In the WHL Brayden Yager (2023 1st) and Lethbridge rolled to a game 1 win over Calgary.

Note IV: Big thanks to our friends at CCM who are giving away a slick new stick for one of our followers. Entry details here or here.

Jets news:

Global News: League-leading Jets somehow still on outside of Cup conversation. Not to sound like a broken record but I suspect that’s the best place for this team to be. Right in the disregarded category. 

Sportsnet: How Jets are making a good case as Stanley Cup favourites. Hard to argue with what this team has been doing all season long.

Winnipeg Sun: Jets grab stranglehold on division crown with rout of Stars. About to do something no Winnipeg based NHL franchise has ever done.

Photo Credit: Colby Spence (Illegal Curve)

Winnipeg Free Press: Jets make statement against Stars. (Paywall). When the Stars were in Winnipeg in mid March we wondered what it would like and the Jets rolled them. Same questions were being posed before last night’s game and it sure seems like we got the answers.

Winnipeg Free Press: Family first for Jets’ Anderson-Dolan. (Paywall). Mike got insight into Jaret Anderson-Dolan while on the road trip.

The Athletic Winnipeg: Jets’ record-setting win … could win them the division? 5 takeaways. (Paywall). Murat doesn’t do game recaps (generally speaking) which shows you the magnitude of last night’s win. Check out his five takeaways from the victory. 

Global News: Jets all but wrap up Central Division title with 4-0 win in Dallas. It does seem academic at this point.

Dallas Morning News: Stars’ playoff seeding likely settled as Connor Hellebuyck, Jets outclass Dallas at home. Insight into the game from a writer who covers the Jets opponent.

Jets video:

TSN: ‘The Jets are the best team in the West’: Button on Winnipeg’s season. What’s led to Winnipeg’s success against the best teams in the league? Which members of the Jets are in line for an award this season? TSN Director of Scouting Craig Button joined SC with Jay Onrait to discuss.

TSN: ‘The Stars had nowhere to go’: Sawyer breaks down dominant Jets win. The Jets opened the scoring, and didn’t allow Dallas much time to create. When there were chances, Connor Hellebuyck shut the door on the Stars. TSN’s Dan Robertson and Kevin Sawyer have more on what Winnipeg did so well in the victory, and examine the play in Neal Pionk’s return to the lineup.