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Nashville Predators (1-2) at (2-1) Tuesday, May 1st, 2018 – Bell MTS Place – Winnipeg, MB

Scoring Summary 1 2 3 F 3 0 1 4 Winnipeg Jets 0 4 3 7

Shots By Period 1 2 3 F Nashville Predators 12 6 12 30 Winnipeg Jets 10 16 19 45

Special Teams PP PPS PK SHS PIM Nashville Predators 1/3 5 1/1 3 0 Winnipeg Jets 0/1 7 2/3 1 0

Game Summary – http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20172018/GS030233.HTM Event Summary – http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20172018/ES030233.HTM Post-Game Audio - https://soundcloud.com/user-714921165 Summary PER TIME TEAM GOAL SCORER PRIMARY ASSIST SECONDARY ASSIST STR SCORE 1 4:53 NSH Mike Fisher (1) Ryan Hartman (1) Mattias Ekholm EV 1-0 Ryan Hartman redirected a Mattias Ekholm from the left that slipped through the pads of Connor Hellebuyck and sat in the crease before Mike Fisher knocked it in. 1 10:06 NSH P.K. Subban (2) Filip Forsberg (6) Ryan Johansen (4) PP 2-0 While on the power play, Filip Forsberg fed a pass over to P.K. Subban at the top of the left circle. Subban one-timed a shot that beat Hellebuyck through the legs and in. 1 17:35 NSH Austin Watson (5) Mattias Ekholm (7) EV 3-0 Austin Watson picked up a loose puck just inside the Jets zone and snapped a shot from the left faceoff dot that beat Hellebuyck glove side. 2 2:38 WPG Paul Stastny (3) Jacob Trouba (1) EV 3-1 Jacob Trouba held the puck in at the right point and fired a shot that redirected off the skate of Paul Stastny past Pekka Rinne. 2 5:11 WPG Dustin Byfuglien (2) Bryan Little (4) Tyler Myers (2) EV 3-2 Tyler Myers carried the puck into the Nashville zone, dropped a pass to Bryan Little, who sent the puck back to Dustin Byfuglien. Byfuglien teed it up and beat Rinne with a slap shot blocker side. 2 5:29 WPG Jacob Trouba (2) Blake Wheeler (7) Paul Stastny (5) EV 3-3 Paul Stastny sent a pass from below the goal line to Blake Wheeler in the right circle. Wheeler quickly passed across to Jacob Trouba at the left side of the crease and Trouba fired it past Rinne and in. 2 19:15 WPG Dustin Byfuglien (3) (5) Paul Stastny (6) EV 4-3 Patrik Laine’s shot was stopped, but Paul Stastny gathered the rebound, passed to Laine in the right circle. Laine quickly passed to Dustin Byfuglien at the left circle and he one-timed a shot past Rinne and in. 3 7:40 NSH Filip Forsberg (5) Ryan Johansen (5) P.K. Subban (5) PP 4-4 While on the power play, Ryan Johansen passed to Filip Forsberg at the blueline. Forsberg moved into the slot and snapped a shot through a screen that beat Hellebuyck. 3 15:01 WPG Blake Wheeler (2) Mark Scheifele (3) Dustin Byfuglien (7) PP 5-4 Mark Scheifele took a shot from the slot that was stopped by Rinne, but the rebound bounced to Blake Wheeler at the bottom of the right circle. Wheeler quickly fired a shot in the net before Rinne could get back in position. 3 19:09 WPG Blake Wheeler (3) Mark Scheifele (4) EV/EN 6-4

With the Predators net empty, Blake Wheeler picked up the puck in his own zone and wristed a shot into the empty net. 3 19:29 WPG Brandon Tanev (4) Adam Lowry (1) EV/EN 7-4 Brandon Tanev picked up the puck on the left boards, skated to the left circle and slid the puck into the empty net.

Jets Notes • Dating back to the regular season, Winnipeg has now won 13 consecutive games at Bell MTS Place, including all four in the . The last time the Jets lost at home was Feb. 27/18 against Nashville. • Winnipeg won 57% of the faceoffs tonight. It’s the first time this series the Jets have had a better faceoff percentage than Nashville. The Jets won only 38.7% of their faceoffs in Game 2 after winning just 34% of their faceoffs in Game 1. • The Jets trailed 3-0 after the first period. The last time the Jets were down three goals after the opening period was March 13/18 vs. Nashville. • The last time the Jets erased a three-goal deficit was Feb. 28/17 vs. MIN in a 6-5 loss (down 5-2 in 2nd period). • Winnipeg scored four goals in the second period. It’s the third time this postseason the Jets have scored three-or-more goals in a period. Player Notes Jacob Trouba • Trouba registered his first multi-point playoff game of his career tonight, finishing with two points (1G, 1A) Brandon Tanev • Tanev scored in the third period and now has scored in four consecutive games. • Tanev Led the Jets with five hits. Adam Lowry • Lowry registered his first point of the playoffs tonight with an assist on Brandon Tanev’s goal. Paul Stastny • Stastny extended his point streak to four games with three points (1G, 2A) tonight. Stastny has seven points (2G, 5A) during the streak. • It’s the fourth time Stastny has registered three or more points in a playoff game in his career. Blake Wheeler • Wheeler registered three points tonight. It’s Wheeler’s first career playoff three-point game. • With an assist tonight, Wheeler has an assist in five consecutive games. • Wheeler’s power play goal was the game-winner. It’s Wheeler’s first career playoff game-winning goal. • Wheeler took a team-high eight shots. Dustin Byfuglien • Byfuglien scored twice and added an assist tonight. It’s the fourth time Byfuglien has registered two-or-more goals in a playoff game and the first time he’s had three-or-more points in a playoff game since a four-point night in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final vs Philadelphia in 2010. Mark Scheifele • Scheifele extended his point streak to five games with two assists tonight. Scheifele has 11 points (7G, 4A) during the streak. • Scheifele won a game-high 17 faceoffs, going 17-for-24 (71%) at the dot. Connor Hellebuyck • Hellebuyck won his 11th straight game at Bell MTS Place, stopping 26-of-30 shots for the win.