The Winnipeg Jets battled to a 3-0 victory over the Utah Hockey Membership at Canada Life Centre within the first-ever assembly between the 2 golf equipment.
The Jets improved to 12-1-0 with the win and proceed to steer the complete NHL. Utah fell to 5-5-3 with the loss.
Jets’ Energy Play Breaks Second-Interval Scoreless Impasse
The Jets entered the competition having scored 6-plus targets in every of their previous three video games — all wins — however discovered themselves locked in a really totally different kind of matchup Tuesday evening.
The sport was scoreless for the primary 37 minutes and 57 seconds, with the Jets outshooting Utah however neither staff producing an enormous variety of 10-bell possibilities.
Nonetheless, after Dylan Guenther was despatched to the field for hooking Dylan DeMelo, the Jets’ league-best energy play went to work on their second alternative.
It took them virtually the entire minor penalty to transform, however they did in order Gabriel Vilardi deflected a Josh Morrissey level shot previous Karel Vejmelka to interrupt the impasse. It was Vilardi’s seventh level in his final 5 video games.
Goaltender Connor Hellebuyck helped protect the 1-0 lead within the dying seconds of the body, making a wonderful save off Clayton Keller throughout a Utah two-on-one rush.
Niederreiter Scores Twice in 900th-Profession Recreation
Within the third, the Jets’ dependable third line struck for a purpose at 7:30 to double the lead. Nino Niederreiter, taking part in in his 900th-career NHL sport, took a cross from Adam Lowry off the frenzy and executed a slick backhand-to-forehand deke that fooled Vejmelka badly and allowed Niederreiter to slide the puck into an empty cage. With the tally, Niederreiter now has a purpose in opposition to 33 totally different NHL groups.
Niederreiter then added an empty-netter at 17:01 to spherical out the scoring.
Kyle Connor was held off the scoresheet and his 12-game level streak to start the season got here to an finish. The Jets’ main scorer hit the submit with simply 33 seconds to go on a wonderful probability on their lonesome in entrance.
Hellebuyck completed with 21 saves for his second shutout of the season and thirty ninth of his profession. Vejmelka allowed two targets on 27 photographs.
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The attendance was 12,932.
The Jets will welcome the Colorado Avalanche to city Thursday (Nov. 7) as their four-game homestand continues; it’s the primary time they’ll face the Avalanche since being crushed by them within the first spherical of the 2024 playoffs. Utah will journey to St. Louis to face the Blues on the identical evening.
