Minnesota Wild (0-1) at Winnipeg Jets (1-0) Wednesday, April 11Th, 2018 – Bell MTS Place – Winnipeg, MB
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Minnesota Wild (0-1) at Winnipeg Jets (1-0) Wednesday, April 11th, 2018 – Bell MTS Place – Winnipeg, MB Scoring Summary 1 2 3 F Minnesota Wild 0 0 2 2 Winnipeg Jets 0 1 2 3 Shots By Period 1 2 3 F Minnesota Wild 4 12 4 20 Winnipeg Jets 13 8 19 40 Special Teams PP PPS PK SHS PIM Minnesota Wild 0/1 2 1/2 1 4 Winnipeg Jets 1/2 3 0/1 0 2 Game Summary – http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20172018/GS030161.HTM Event Summary – http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20172018/ES030161.HTM Post-Game Audio - https://soundcloud.com/user-714921165 Goal Summary PER TIME TEAM GOAL SCORER PRIMARY ASSIST SECONDARY ASSIST STR SCORE 2 17:37 WPG Mark Scheifele (1) Blake Wheeler (1) Dustin Byfuglien (1) PP 1-0 While on the power play, Blake Wheeler found Mark Scheifele in the slot. Scheifele wasted no time firing a wrist shot blocker side on Devan Dubnyk and in. 3 1:46 MIN Matt Cullen (1) Jordan Greenway (1) Nate Prosser (1) EV 1-1 Jordan Greenway brought the puck into the Jets zone on the left side, hit the brakes, and sent a backhand pass to Matt Cullen in the slot. Cullen fired a shot over the right shoulder of Connor Hellebuyck and in. 3 3:58 MIN Zach Parise (1) Mikael Granlund (1) Mikko Koivu (1) EV 2-1 Mikko Koivu blocked a shot at the Wild blueline and knocked the puck forward to Zach Parise at the red line. Parise quickly fed Mikael Granlund on the right side. Granlund and Parise broke in 2-on-1 where Granlund sent a backhand across the crease to Parise in behind Hellebuyck and Parise knocked it in. 3 4:51 WPG Patrik Laine (1) Paul Stastny (1) EV 2-2 Patrik Laine passed to Paul Stastny at the Wild blueline. Stastny dropped the pass back to Laine, who moved into the slot before wiring a snapshot over the glove of Dubnyk. 3 12:47 WPG Joe Morrow (1) Nikolaj Ehlers (1) EV 3-2 Nikolaj Ehlers gathered the puck behind the Wild net and sent a pass back to Joe Morrow at the left point. Morrow fired a slap shot that redirected off the stick of Charlie Coyle and between the legs of Dubnyk. Jets Notes • Winnipeg won their first playoff game in franchise history tonight. The Jets were swept when they were the Atlanta Thrashers in 2007, and again in 2015 against the Anaheim Ducks. • The Jets have now won 10 straight games at Bell MTS Place going back to the regular season. • Winnipeg finished 1-for-2 (50%) on the power play tonight. The Jets ranked fifth in the NHL in power play percentage during the regular season at 23.4%. • The Jets went 1-for-1 on the penalty kill. • Winnipeg outshot the Wild 40-20 tonight, breaking a franchise record for most shots in a playoff game. The previous record was 38 shots, which happened April 12, 2007 in Game 1 VS NYR. • Head Coach Paul Maurice improves his playoff record to 26-32. Player Notes Ben Chiarot • Chiarot set a career high in hits with 10. Jacob Trouba • Trouba blocked a team-high five shots. Paul Stastny • Stastny registered his first assist of the playoffs tonight. The assist was the 22nd playoff assist of his career, which leads all Jets players. • Stastny was the Jets top faceoff man tonight, going 10-for-14 (71%) at the dot. Blake Wheeler • Wheeler picked up his first assist of the playoffs on Mark Scheifele’s second period goal. It is Wheeler’s sixth career playoff assist. Wheeler finished the regular season tied for the league lead in assists with 68. Nikolaj Ehlers • Ehlers picked up an assist on Joe Morrow’s third period goal. The assist was the first career playoff point for Ehlers. Patrik Laine • Laine scored his first career playoff goal tonight in his first career playoff game. • Laine becomes the youngest Finnish-born player in NHL history to score a goal in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Dustin Byfuglien • Byfuglien picked up his first assist of the playoffs. It’s his 13th career playoff assist. • Byfuglien took a game-high five shots. Mark Scheifele • Scheifele scored his first career playoff goal in the second period. Scheifele has two points (1G, 1A) in five career playoff games. Joe Morrow • Morrow scored his first career playoff goal. Coming into tonight’s game, Morrow had one assist in five career NHL Playoff games. • Morrow’s goal was the game-winner. It’s the first game-winning goal of his NHL career (regular season and playoffs), and the first ever playoff game-winning goal for the Jets franchise. Mathieu Perreault • Perreault left the game due to an upper-body injury in the second period and did not return. Connor Hellebuyck • Hellebuyck won his first career playoff start, stopping 18-of-20 shots. .