Jets fall 4-1 to ducks
Booty Shake Monday at the Pal? A team party? Apres ski night?
There must have been something on the Winnipeg Jets' calendar on Monday night, because Tuesday evening's performance against Anaheim was impoverished at best.
It was difficult effort, highlighted that much brighter by the stakes at hand.
Now losing all three games to the Ducks this season, Winnipeg failed to gain any ground in a very tight Western Conference playoff race.
The Jets had just one shot on net through the game's opening 19:59.
They had six shots on goal after 40 minutes, and just 14 at the game's end.
At one point fans were actually cheering for their shots on goal, while bringing out a loud 'shoot the puck' chant.
Morgan Barron got the lone goal for Winnipeg - which actually was the first marker of the game.
But the Ducks stormed right back, scoring moments after Barron's 1-0 tally.
Anaheim kept it going, scoring two more goals for three in a span of 104 seconds or 1:44 of game play.
An empty-net marker sealed the deal, with the Jets unable to find the twine on power plays or with Connor Hellebuyck on the bench for the extra attacker.
They will look to do it all over again on Thursday night against the New York Rangers.
HIGHLIGHTS:
PHOTOS:
The extended photo library from Tuesday's game vs. Anaheim is courtesy of James Carey Lauder:
QUOTEABLE:
Adam Lowry on the Jets' play:
"We were disjointed tonight. It's a disappointing result; obviously, we know where we're at. It was an important game. The only thing we can do now is learn from it, come to the rink tomorrow, try and make sure we have a good practice so that this execution thing, another game like this, doesn't happen on Thursday.”
Morgan Barron on his goal from Elias Salomonsson:
"Salo just kind of found a puck and got it through. And, you know, again, talk about simplifying and how we didn't probably do it enough tonight, but that's one of the few examples that our line had, and really the whole team, I think, of just keeping a simple game. He did a good job getting the shot through and then hits me and goes in."
WHAT’S NEXT:
Winnipeg stays at home for another four games and will hope to get another three-plus games with a point like the past four games have delivered. First it's the New York Rangers who roll into town for a Thursday evening game, before the St. Louis Blues and Colorado Avalanche made Central Division appearances over the weekend.
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