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Tampa bay lightning (34-13-3) at Jets (30-13-8) Tuesday, January 30th, 2018 – Bell MTS Place – Winnipeg, MB

Scoring Summary 1 2 3 F 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 3

Shots By Period 1 2 3 F Tampa Bay Lightning 9 6 9 24 Winnipeg Jets 10 15 12 37

Special Teams PP PPS PK SHS PIM Tampa Bay Lightning 0/4 6 3/4 0 8 Winnipeg Jets 1/4 8 4/4 0 8

Game Summary – http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20172018/GS020769.HTM

Event Summary – http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20172018/ES020769.HTM

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Goal Summary PER TIME TEAM SCORER PRIMARY ASSIST SECONDARY ASSIST STR SCORE 1 19:31 TBL (1) Brayden Point (25) Jake Dotchin (8) EV 1-0 Brayden Point sent a pass from the right point to Matthew Peca, who was all alone at the top of the Jets crease. Peca turned and lifted a puck over the glove of Michael Hutchinson and in. 2 3:30 WPG (23) (41) (18) PP 1-1 While on a 5-on-3 power play, Blake Wheeler sent a pass across the ice to Patrik Laine at the left faceoff dot. Laine one-timed a slap past Louis Domingue. 2 8:35 WPG (16) Blake Wheeler (42) (21) EV 2-1 Blake Wheeler took a shot from the bottom right circle that was saved by Domingue, but Kyle Connor knocked the rebound between the legs of Domingue and in. 3 14:35 WPG (11) (15) (19) EV 3-1 Nikolaj Ehlers passed to Mathieu Perreault at the top of the right circle. Perreault let a shot go that was stopped by Domingue, but the rebound went to Bryan Little at the top of the crease, who sent a backhand past Domingue and in.

Jets Notes • The Jets improve to 18-3-1 at Bell MTS Place this season and have won 14 of their last 15 games at home. • The win was the seventh straight at home for Winnipeg. Their last loss was at home was a 5-1 loss to Chicago Dec. 14/17. • Winnipeg went 1-for-4 on the power play tonight. The Jets have the best power play in the NHL at home at 31.6% (25-for-79) • The Jets improve to 9-5-5 against the Eastern Conference this season, including a 4-3-3 record versus the Atlantic Division. • The Jets snapped a four-game home losing streak to the Lightning with the win tonight. The last time the Jets beat the Lightning in Winnipeg was in a 4-3 shootout win on April 16, 2013. • The Jets are now 10-5-5 overall against the Lightning and 5-3-2 at Bell MTS Place since the franchise relocated to Winnipeg.

Player Notes

Brandon Tanev • Tanev led the Jets with five hits tonight. Tanev leads the Jets with 137 hits this season. • Lowry was the Jets top faceoff man going 7-for-11 (64%) at the dot. Bryan Little • Little was 12-for-19 (63%) at the faceoff dot tonight and has won more than 50% of his faceoffs in nine of his last 10 games. Blake Wheeler • Wheeler registered two assists tonight and now has 42 this season, which ties him for third in the NHL. • It’s Wheeler’s 16th multi-point game of the season and ninth time this season he has had two-or-more assists in a game. • Wheeler extended his home point streak to seven games (2G, 8A). • Wheeler has a point in 18-of-22 home games this season. • Wheeler leads the Jets with 25 points (8G, 17A) in 19 games against the Eastern Conference. Patrik Laine • Laine scored his 23rd goal of the season tonight. The goal was his 12th power play goal of the season, tying him for first in the NHL. • Laine led the Jets with a game-high six shots. Dustin Byfuglien • Byfuglien played a game-high 25:16. • Morrissey tied for the team-high with three blocked shots. Morrissey leads the Jets with 110 blocks this season. • Roslovic played a career-high 16:26 tonight. Kyle Connor • Connor scored his 16th goal of the season tonight, snapping a six-game scoreless drought. It was his second game-winning goal of the season. Michael Hutchinson • Hutchinson played in his first game of the season for the Jets tonight, stopping 23-of-24 shots. It’s his first win since April 4/17 vs STL (5-2 W)