Jets find another win, beat tampa 4-1
The Winnipeg Jets have found another way to win a hockey game.
This time, it was by way of a 4-1 final over the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning.
In scratching Logan Stanley and Luke Schenn for roster management purposes in advance of the NHL's trade deadline, the Jets entered the game with a noticeably thin blue line. But they took care of business against one of the league's very best teams, allowing just one goal for the Lightning, while scoring four of their own.
Gustav Nyquist finally found his first of the season - in game 61 - while Mark Scheifele, Morgan Barron and Kyle Connor scored the others for the hosts, who have now picked up points in all five games coming out of the Olympic break.
The game was No. 2 of a season-high, eight-game homestand, which next sees action on Saturday evening against the Vancouver Canucks.
Connor Hellebuyck was superb in net for Winnipeg once again, stopping 26 of the 27 pucks fired his way, outdoing Andrei Vasilevskiy across the ice.
HIGHLIGHTS:
PHOTOS:
The extended photo library from Thursday's game vs. Tampa Bay is courtesy of James Carey Lauder:
QUOTEABLE:
Mark Scheifele on going offside and then passing to Kyle Connor:
“There was no chance I was shooting another puck the rest of the game. I was going to do everything in my power to get him that goal back because I was so mad at myself. I was very angry with myself there. That is a loss of focus. You should never go offside in that situation - you should never go offside in general, really. I’m going to hear about that one from Oatsie and from a lot of my buddies, trust me. It won’t be a fun conversation or text I’ll be getting from some of the guys. But yeah, I wasn’t going to shoot another puck until KC got one.”
Gus Nyquist on the fans' reaction to his first goal:
"I mean, it feels great, obviously for the support there. I know it's been a long time coming. So, overall, I thought we played a good, really good game all throughout. And then obviously they came out with a push in the third and got the early goal on the power play. And then, so it's nice to put that goal in for 3-1."
WHAT’S NEXT:
Next up is Game 3 of 8 in the homestand for Winnipeg, which sees Vancouver roll into town for a Saturday night clash at Canada Life Centre.
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