Jets Feast on Wild
The Winnipeg Jets took care of some local business on Tuesday night. And they did so by way of a 5-2 clubbing of the visiting Minnesota Wild.
Winnipeg handed its nearest geographical rival the loss on a night which the Jets' stars showed up to play, and quite frankly, the Wild's stars were either injured, tired or irrelevant.
Well, that is other than Kirill Kaprizov. He scored twice for Minny, but Cole Perfetti answered back with two goals of his own for the hosts.
Mark Scheifele got a goal and two assists. Kyle Connor got a goal and an assist. Neal Pionk got two assists and Cole Koepke finished things off with a third period dagger.
Stuart Skinner stood tall in the crease for Winnipeg once again, slamming the door shut on all but two of the pucks sent his way. Winnipeg product Calvin Pickard didn't quite fare as well for Minnesota, allowing five goals on 25 shots.
Next up for the Jets is a Thursday night test in Chicago against Patrick Kane, Connor Bedard and the Chicago Blackhawks.
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PHOTOS:
The extended photo library from Tuesday's game vs. Minnesota is courtesy of Danny Truong:
QUOTEABLE:
Cole Perfetti on what he sees playing with Mark Scheifele:
“You're always open. Even when you think you're covered or when you think you're out of the play, you're never out of it. Just go find open ice. Even when you think he's getting defended pretty well and doesn't have much of a play to make, he's able to make so many cross-seam plays, little tight plays. I don't think you really understand until you play with him how you feel like you're not even a part of it at that point. Like you're like, ‘I'm not open,’ and then all of a sudden the puck's on your stick. You're like, ‘here we go,’ so you better be better be ready at all times. It's awesome to play with him.”
Mark Scheifele on Neal Pionk filling in for Josh Morrissey:
“He’s been great. When you lose a guy like J-Mo, you can never fill the shoes of one of the best defencemen in the league, but he’s done an awesome job. He’s been great. The pass to me was incredible. He was awesome tonight. In those big Central Division matchups, you need your guys going and he played fantastic.”
WHAT’S NEXT:
Winnipeg now hits the road for a one-off road trip stop in Chicago on Thursday, before returning home to host Nikolaj Ehlers and the Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday afternoon.
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