The Jets punched their ticket to the post-season on Thursday night as they defeated the Flames 5-2 with Gabriel Vilardi‘s first career hat trick playing a big role in the victory.

Skate news:

Only guy missing today was Nino Niederreiter.

Lines and D pairs:

Ehlers-Scheifele-Vilardi
Connor-Monahan-Perfetti
Toffoli-Lowry-Appleton
Barron-Namestnikov-Iafallo

Player media:

Coach media:

Up next:

The Jets put practice behind them and will focus on the Wild who they will face tomorrow afternoon. Start your Saturday with all the latest Jets and Moose news in the AM Papers on illegalcurve.com which are available starting at 7 AM CST, check back for the pre-game report, join us at 9 AM on the Illegal Curve Hockey Show, stick with us throughout the day for updates and then join us after the final buzzer on the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show around 5:40 PM CDT.

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.

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