Minnesota Wild (1-4) at Winnipeg Jets (4-1) Friday, April 20Th, 2018 – Bell MTS Place – Winnipeg, MB
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Minnesota Wild (1-4) at Winnipeg Jets (4-1) Friday, April 20th, 2018 – Bell MTS Place – Winnipeg, MB Scoring Summary 1 2 3 F Minnesota Wild 0 0 0 0 Winnipeg Jets 4 0 1 5 Shots By Period 1 2 3 F Minnesota Wild 9 8 11 30 Winnipeg Jets 13 7 6 26 Special Teams PP PPS PK SHS PIM Minnesota Wild 0/3 3 1/2 0 4 Winnipeg Jets 1/2 3 3/3 0 6 Game Summary – http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20172018/GS030165.HTM Event Summary – http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20172018/ES030165.HTM Post-Game Audio - https://soundcloud.com/user-714921165 Goal Summary PER TIME TEAM GOAL SCORER PRIMARY ASSIST SECONDARY ASSIST STR SCORE 1 :31 WPG Jacob Trouba (1) Mark Scheifele (1) Kyle Connor (2) EV 1-0 Mark Scheifele passed the puck to Jacob Trouba in the slot. He moved across to the right circle before sending a low shot that beat Devan Dubnyk blocker-side and in. 1 5:42 WPG Bryan Little (1) Dustin Byfuglien (4) Paul Stastny (2) EV 2-0 Dustin Byfuglien fired a slap shot from the right point that was redirected by Bryan Little in the slot, just inside the left post and in. 1 11:10 WPG Brandon Tanev (1) Unassisted EV 3-0 Brandon Tanev stole the puck from Jonas Brodin in the slot and let a quick wrist shot go that beat Dubnyk under the glove and in. 1 11:59 WPG Joel Armia (1) Dustin Byfuglien (5) Andrew Copp (2) EV 4-0 Andrew Copp let a shot go in the slot that was saved by the left pad of Dubnyk. The rebound bounced to Dustin Byfuglien at the right point. He let a slap shot go that hit Joel Armia just to the left of Dubnyk and bounced in. 3 :32 WPG Mark Scheifele (4) Paul Stastny (3) Blake Wheeler (3) PP 5-0 While on the power play, Blake Wheeler fed the puck to Paul Stastny below the goal line beside the right post. Stastny one-touched a pass in front to Mark Scheifele, who one-timed a shot over the blocker of Alex Stalock and in. Jets Notes • The Jets won their first playoff series in Atlanta/Winnipeg franchise history tonight, beating Minnesota in five games (4-1) • It’s the first playoff series win by a Winnipeg team since the original Jets vs. Calgary in Game 6 of their Smythe Division Semi-Final on Apr. 16, 1987. • The Jets have now won 12 consecutive games at Bell MTS Place dating back to the regular season. The last time the Jets lost at home was Feb. 27/18 against Nashville. • The Jets scored first in all five games this series. Dating back to the regular season, the Jets have scored the first goal of the game in nine consecutive contests. • Jacob Trouba’s first period goal was the quickest goal scored in Winnipeg/Atlanta franchise history at 31 seconds. It’s also the quickest goal in Winnipeg NHL history. Randy Carlyle previously held the record, scoring 53 seconds into the first period on April 25, 1985 vs. Edmonton in Game 4 of the second round. • Winnipeg scored four goals in the first period tonight. Before tonight the franchise had never scored more than one goal in an opening period of a playoff game. • Winnipeg becomes just the sixth team in Stanley Cup Playoff history to conclude a best-of-7 series of five games or fewer with consecutive shutout wins. • Tonight’s 5-0 win is the largest in franchise history. It’s also the first time the Jets have scored five goals in a playoff game in franchise history. Player Notes Jacob Trouba • Trouba scored his first career playoff goal. • Trouba blocked a game-high four shots. Brandon Tanev • Tanev scored his first career playoff goal tonight. • Tanev had a game-high seven hits. Tanev led the Jets with 188 hits during the regular season. Bryan Little • Little scored his first goal of the series and third career playoff goal. Paul Stastny • Stastny was the Jets top faceoff man tonight going 8-for-10 (80%) at the dot. Dustin Byfuglien • Byfuglien registered two assists in the first period and leads the team with five assists in the playoffs. • Byfuglien played a game-high 25:34. Joel Armia • Armia scored his first career playoff goal tonight. Mark Scheifele • Scheifele scored his team-leading fourth goal of the playoffs tonight. Scheifele now has three goals in the last two games and is tied for second in NHL playoff goal scoring. • Scheifele Led the Jets with four shots. • Scheifele tied Dale Hawerchuk, Paul Maclean, and Teemu Selanne for most goals by one player in the first five games of a playoff year with four. Connor Hellebuyck • Hellebuyck recorded his second consecutive shutout and has not allowed a goal in 141:37. He becomes the eighth goalie 24-or-younger to record consecutive shutouts in a playoff series (also the sixth goalie that young to get multiple shutouts in a series of five or fewer games). .