Buffalo Sabres (10-22-9) at Winnipeg Jets (24-11-7) Friday, January 5th, 2018 – Bell MTS Place – Winnipeg, MB

Scoring Summary 1 2 3 F 1 1 1 3 Winnipeg Jets 2 1 1 4

Shots By Period 1 2 3 F Buffalo Sabres 10 9 10 29 Winnipeg Jets 11 8 10 29

Special Teams PP PPS PK SHS PIM Buffalo Sabres 0/5 6 2/4 0 8 Winnipeg Jets 2/4 5 5/5 1 10

Game Summary – http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20172018/GS020631.HTM

Event Summary – http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20172018/ES020631.HTM Post-Game Audio – https://soundcloud.com/user-714921165

Goal Summary PER TIME TEAM SCORER PRIMARY ASSIST SECONDARY ASSIST STR SCORE 1 9:27 WPG Dustin Byfuglien (1) Blake Wheeler (35) Patrik Laine (17) PP 1-0 With the Jets on the power play, Blake Wheeler sent a pass to Dustin Byfuglien at the right . Byfuglien one-timed a slap blocker side on Chad Johnson and in. 1 11:40 BUF (1) Evan Rodrigues (2) Jason Pominville (10) PP 1-1 While on the power play, Evan Rodrigues passed to Marco Scandella at the top of the right circle. Scandella fired a slap shot that beat Connor Hellebuyck on the glove side. 1 15:46 WPG Jacob Trouba (3) Andrew Copp (7) Matt Hendricks (7) EV 2-1 Matt Hendricks held the puck in at the right point and chipped it ahead to Copp along the wall. Copp sent a pass back to Trouba, who one-timed a slap shot that beat Johnson blocker side. 2 6:06 WPG Blake Wheeler (14) Tyler Myers (15) Nikolaj Ehlers (15) PP 3-1 While on the power play, Blake Wheeler took a pass from Tyler Myers and moved into the right circle where he snapped a shot blocker side on Johnson and in. 2 18:03 BUF Johan Larsson (2) Jacob Josefson (2) Rasmus Ristolainen (12) EV 3-2 Johan Larsson sent a backhand across the crease to Jacob Josefson, who put the puck back into the crease and Larsson banged it in. 3 :25 WPG Bryan Little (8) Jacob Trouba (12) Josh Morrissey (12) EV 4-2 Jacob Trouba snapped a shot from the point that was stopped by Johnson, but the rebound bounced to the slot where Bryan Little fired it in. 3 12:17 BUF Scott Wilson (1) Evan Rodrigues (3) Jason Pominville (11) EV 4-3 Evan Rodrigues skated down the right side into the Jets zone and slid a pass across to Scott Wilson, who fired a wrist shot over the glove of Hellebuyck and in.

Jets Notes • The Jets improve to 15-3-1 at home this season. • Winnipeg is now 7-5-5 against the Eastern Conference this season, including 2-3-3 versus the Atlantic Division with the win. • The Jets have now earned a point in five consecutive games (4-0-1) since the Christmas break and have points in eight of their last nine games (6-1- 2). • With the win, Winnipeg snapped a four-game losing streak to the Sabres. Their last win against the Sabres came Dec. 16/14. • The Jets are now 10-5-1 against the Sabres since the franchise moved to Winnipeg in 2011. • Winnipeg went 2-for-4 (50%) on the power play tonight. The Jets have scored a power play goal in each of the last four games (6-for-16) 37.5%. Player Notes Jacob Trouba • Trouba had two points (1G, 1A) tonight. It’s the second multi-point game of the season for Trouba. Adam Lowry • Lowry won a game-high 14 faceoffs tonight, winning 14-of-26 (54%). Bryan Little • Little scored his eighth of the season, which was the eventual game winner. It’s the first GWG for Little this season. Blake Wheeler • Wheeler had two points (1G, 1A) tonight, extending his point streak to five games (5G, 3A), and his goal scoring streak to four games (5G). Patrik Laine • Laine extended his point streak to four games (6A) with an assist in the first period. It’s the first time in his career that Laine has had a four-game point streak without scoring a goal. • Laine took a game-high six shots. • Laine had a team-high four hits. Dustin Byfuglien • Byfuglien scored his first goal of the season tonight. Last season Byfuglien scored his first goal on Nov. 17/16. Tyler Myers • Myers played a team-high 23:43. Connor Hellebuyck • Hellebuyck stopped 27-of-29 shots for the win and improves to 22-4-6 on the season and 15-1-1 at Bell MTS Place. • Tonight was Hellebuyck’s first career win against the Sabres. (1-2-0)