The Winnipeg Jets (16-3-0) snapped their two-game skid on Tuesday night (Nov. 19), defeating the Florida Panthers 6-3 within the second half of their home-and-home collection.
The Jets rode a Mark Scheifele hat trick to victory and capitalized on some Panthers (12-6-1) well timed penalty bother to get again within the win column for the primary time since their victory over the New York Rangers on Nov. 12, and rebounded after a 5-0 loss in Florida simply three days in the past.
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Scheifele’s third of the sport, ultimately the game-winner, got here simply previous the midway mark of the third interval to make it 4-2. The Jets held the puck within the zone for a full two minutes on the facility play, and simply after the minor expired, Connor fed Scheifele from low to excessive to beat Sergei Bobrovsky on the far facet for his ninth profession hat trick.
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The Jets opened the scoring late within the first interval, as Kyle Connor walked in and roofed one on the backhand over Bobrovsky to make it 1-0. Scheifele made it 2-0 three minutes afterward a tough wrister from the left circle for his first of three on the night. The Jets’ high line had a very robust night time, which has turn out to be a bit extra of a daily prevalence as of late.
After a gradual begin to the second interval, the Jets added to their lead on Scheifele’s second of the night time. He rifled house an unimaginable cross-ice move from Nikolaj Ehlers on the facility play to make it 3-0.
The Panthers received on the board late within the second after a wild bounce made its well beyond Jets’ netminder Connor Hellebuyck. After the Jets almost prolonged the lead, the Panthers got here again down the ice and A.J. Greer banked a puck off Jets’ captain Adam Lowry and in to make it 3-1. Simply over seven minutes into the third interval, the Panthers inched even nearer on a Sam Reinhart power-play purpose. His 14th of the season lower the deficit to 3-2 with loads of time left.
After Scheifele’s hat trick purpose put the Jets up 4-2, the Panthers refused to go away as they lower the result in 4-3 on a Matthew Tkachuk power-play purpose with the goalie pulled late within the third.
The Panthers went again to the facility play late, pulling Bobrovsky once more to attempt to tie the sport up, however this time it backfired. Morgan Barron used some geometry to financial institution it off the wall from his personal finish and into the yawning cage to make it 5-3 for his first purpose of the season. Barron added one other empty-net purpose for his second to make it 6-3.
Hellebuyck stopped 20 of 23 pictures to select up his thirteenth win of the season. Bobrovsky was tagged with the loss after giving up 4 objectives on 25 pictures.
The Jets had one purpose on the facility play on 4 alternatives, whereas the Panthers had two objectives on the person benefit on 4 alternatives of their very own.
Scheifele’s three objectives led the cost, with Barron additionally tallying a pair. Connor, Ehlers, and Josh Morrissey additionally recorded two factors within the win. For the Panthers, Tkachuk tallied a purpose and an help to cleared the path.
The Jets are again in motion on the highway in opposition to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday, Nov. 22, whereas the Panthers head to the Windy Metropolis to face the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday, Nov. 21.
