Nashville Predators (39-14-9) at Winnipeg Jets (37-17-9) Tuesday, February 27th, 2018 – Bell MTS Place – Winnipeg, MB Scoring Summary 1 2 3 F Nashville Predators 0 3 3 6 Winnipeg Jets 0 4 1 5 Shots By Period 1 2 3 F Nashville Predators 13 10 9 32 Winnipeg Jets 11 13 15 39 Special Teams PP PPS PK SHS PIM Nashville Predators 1/2 1 1/2 0 6 Winnipeg Jets 1/2 3 1/2 1 6 Game Summary – http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20172018/GS020974.HTM Event Summary – http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20172018/ES020974.HTM Post-Game Audio - https://soundcloud.com/user-714921165 Goal Summary PER TIME TEAM GOAL SCORER PRIMARY ASSIST SECONDARY ASSIST STR SCORE 2 2:45 WPG Matt Hendricks (5) Joel Armia (13) Andrew Copp (14) EV 1-0 Andrew Copp held the puck in at the left point and fed a pass to Joel Armia at the left circle. Armia slid a pass to Matt Hendricks in the slot and Hendricks fired a wrist shot glove side on Pekka Rinne and in. 2 8:55 NSH Craig Smith (19) Roman Josi (30) EV 1-1 Roman Josi took the puck from the right point and skated down to the right circle before firing a shot that was stopped by Connor Hellebuyck. The rebound went right to Craig Smithm who snapped it over the right arm of Hellebuyck and in. 2 12:41 WPG Mark Scheifele (20) Jack Roslovic (6) Kyle Connor (19) EV 2-1 Kyle Connor passed to Jack Roslovic, who carried the puck into the slot then spun and fired a pass to the top of the crease where Mark Scheifele tapped it past Rinne and in. 2 14:23 WPG Mark Scheifele (21) Paul Stastny (29) Blake Wheeler (55) PP 3-1 While on the power play, Blake Wheeler passed to Paul Stastny at the side of the Predators net. Stastny one-touched a pass to Scheifele at the top of the crease and Scheifele one-timed a shot past Rinne. 2 15:07 NSH Kyle Turris (11) Viktor Arvidsson (21) Roman Josi (31) EV 3-2 Viktor Arvidsson carried the puck into the Jets zone and took a shot from the right side that was saved, but the rebound bounced out to the slot where Kyle Turris wristed a shot over the blocker of Hellebuyck and in. 2 17:06 NSH Mattias Ekholm (9) Calle Jarnkrok (17) Roman Josi (32) PP 3-3 Roman Josi skated the puck into the left corner and sent a pass up high to Calle Jarnkrok, who fed Mattias Ekholm near the top of the right circle. Ekholm let a low shot go that beat Hellebuyck low blocker side and in. 2 17:39 WPG Nikolaj Ehlers (25) Patrik Laine (21) Ben Chiarot (7) EV 4-3 Patrik Laine flipped the puck out of the Jets zone and Nikolaj Ehlers collected it at the Nashville blueline. Ehlers skated the puck into the right circle and sent a wrist shot that beat Rinne blocker side and in. 3 10:00 WPG Paul Stastny (13) Nicolaj Ehlers (23) Patrik Laine (22) EV 5-3 Paul Stastny sent the puck around the boards to Ehlers, who won the puck battle on the right wall. Ehlers sent a pass down low to Stastny, who one-timed a shot under the left arm of Rinne and in. 3 10:55 NSH Craig Smith (20) Yannick Weber (3) EV 5-4 Yannick Weber spun away from a check in the right corner and sent a backhand across to the left circle where Craig Smith turned and fired a shot over the glove of Hellebuyck and in. 3 13:57 NSH Ryan Johansen (9) Viktor Arvidsson (22) Roman Josi (33) EV 5-5 Viktor Arvidsson knocked down a bouncing puck in the Jets zone and fed a streaking Ryan Johansen on the right side. Johansen let a shot go that beat Hellebuyck under the arm. 3 19:00 NSH Ryan Hartman (9) Roman Josi (34) EV 6-5 Roman Josi fired a slap-pass across to Ryan Hartman at the right side of the crease and Hartman redirected past Hellebuyck and in. Jets Notes • The Jets had their two-game winning streak snapped in the loss. • With the loss, Winnipeg goes 7-4-1 in the month of February. • The Jets fall to 23-7-2 at Bell MTS Place this season. • Winnipeg is now 4-3-0 in their last seven games against Nashville in Winnipeg. • Winnipeg falls to 11-7-2 against the Central Division this season. • The Jets lost their first game in regulation when leading after two periods tonight. (29-1-1) • Winnipeg falls to 12-3-9 in one-goal games this season. • It’s the fourth time this season the Jets have allowed six-or-more goals. • Winnipeg surrendered a two-goal lead twice in this game. The last time the Jets surrendered a two-goal lead was Nov. 4/17 vs MTL in a 5-4 OTL (up 4- 2 in 3rd per). Player Notes Dmitry Kulikov • Kulikov led the Jets with a game-high four hits. Matt Hendricks • Hendricks scored his fifth goal of the season, snapping a 17-game scoring drought. Paul Stastny • Stastny had two points (1G, 1A) in 14:23 TOI in his Jets debut tonight. • Stastny won a game-high 14-of-19 (74%) of his faceoffs. Blake Wheeler • Wheeler registered his 55th assist of the season, extending his point streak to nine games (4G, 11) which is the longest run by a Jet this year. • Wheeler took a game-high six shots. Nikolaj Ehlers • Ehlers had two points (1G, 1A) tonight and now has five points (2G, 3A) in his last two games. • The goal was Ehlers’ 25th of the season, tying his career-high which he set last season. Patrik Laine • Laine had his five-game goal scoring streak come to an end tonight, but had two assists to extend his point streak to six games. (6G, 5A). Dustin Byfuglien • Byfuglien had his six-game point streak come to an end. Byfuglien had 11 points (1G, 10A) during the streak. • Byfuglien played a game-high 27:39 Josh Morrissey • Morrissey blocked a game-high six shots. Mark Scheifele • Scheifele had two goals tonight to give him 21 on the season. He’s the fifth Jet to reach the 20-goal mark this season and it’s the third consecutive season Scheifele has surpassed 20 goals. • Scheifele had four shots tonight to give him 103 shots for the season. It’s the fifth straight season Scheifele has surpassed the 100-shot mark. • It’s the third multi-goal game of the season for Scheifele. Joe Morrow • Morrow finished with one shot, two hits, and one blocked shot in 12:08 TOI in his Jets debut. Connor Hellebuyck • Hellebuyck falls to 32-10-8 on the season. • Hellebuyck allowed six goals for the first time this season. .