Chicago Blackhawks (30-33-8) at Winnipeg Jets (42-19-10) Thursday, March 15th, 2018 – Bell MTS Place – Winnipeg, MB Scoring Summary 1 2 3 F Chicago Blackhawks 1 1 0 2 Winnipeg Jets 5 0 1 6 Shots By Period 1 2 3 F Chicago Blackhawks 11 9 7 27 Winnipeg Jets 13 10 16 39 Special Teams PP PPS PK SHS PIM Chicago Blackhawks 0/3 4 4/4 1 8 Winnipeg Jets 0/4 10 3/3 0 6 Game Summary – http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20172018/GS021089.HTM Event Summary – http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20172018/ES021089.HTM Post-Game Audio - https://soundcloud.com/user-714921165 Goal Summary PER TIME TEAM GOAL SCORER PRIMARY ASSIST SECONDARY ASSIST STR SCORE 1 :11 CHI Brandon Saad (16) Patrick Kane (42) Connor Murphy (10) EV 1-0 Patrick Kane found Brandon Saad on the right side. Saad chipped the puck into the Jets zone and fired a wrist shot from the right circle that beat Connor Hellebuyck over the glove. Winnipeg challenged that the play was offside, but after a lengthy review it was determined to be a good goal. 1 3:43 WPG Paul Stastny (15) Nikolaj Ehlers (27) Patrik Laine (25) EV 1-1 Paul Stastny fed Nikolaj Ehlers at the Blackhawks blueline. Ehlers returned the feed to Stastny at the bottom of the left circle and Stastny redirected the puck towards the net that found its way past Anton Forsberg and in. 1 5:18 WPG Joel Armia (12) Jacob Trouba (18) Andrew Copp (15) EV 2-1 Jacob Trouba let a shot go from the right point that was tipped by Joel Armia at the top of the Blackhawks crease, up and over the left arm of Forsberg and in. 1 9:26 WPG Jack Roslovic (4) Unassisted EV 3-1 Jack Roslovic stole the puck from Artem Anisimov at the Blackhawk blueline, moved into the right circle, and sent a wrist shot over the left shoulder of Forsberg and in. 1 17:36 WPG Bryan Little (14) Jacob Trouba (19) Jack Roslovic (8) EV 4-1 Jacob Trouba sent a stretch pass from the Jets zone to Bryan Little at the Blackhawk blueline. Little moved in and snapped a shot from the top of the left circle that beat J-F Berube over the glove. 1 18:20 WPG Kyle Connor (24) Bryan Little (25) Blake Wheeler (60) EV 5-1 Blake Wheeler sent a cross-ice pass to Bryan Little at the right circle. Little sent a saucer pass across to Kyle Connor at the top of the Blackhawks crease and he redirected it past Berube and in. 2 15:36 CHI Patrick Sharp (9) Nick Schmaltz (27) John Hayden (9) EV 5-2 Nick Schmaltz dug the puck free behind the Jets net and sent a backhand in front to Patrick Sharp at the left side of the crease. Sharp banged it up and over the right pad of Hellebuyck and in. 3 19:11 WPG Kyle Connor (25) Josh Morrissey (18) Tyler Myers (29) EV/EN 6-2 With the Blackhawks net empty, Josh Morrissey banked the puck out of his own zone out to centre where it was picked up by Kyle Connor, who moved into the Blackhawks zone and fired it into the empty net. Jets Notes • The Jets snapped their three-game losing streak with the win. • Winnipeg improves to 25-7-2 at Bell MTS Place this season, which establishes a franchise record for most home wins in a season. • Winnipeg improves to 12-8-2 against the Central Division this season. • The Jets scored more than three goals for the first time in seven games tonight. • Winnipeg has scored four-or-more goals in a game 34 times this season, which is second-most in the NHL. • The Jets snapped their three-game losing streak to the Blackhawks. • The Jets went 3-for-3 on the penalty kill tonight and are 24-for-25 on the penalty kill in their last eight games against Chicago. • Winnipeg scored five goals on 13 shots in the first period, tying the franchise high. The last time the Jets scored five goals in a period was Feb. 24/18 at DAL (2nd per). Player Notes Jacob Trouba • Trouba played in his first game since Jan. 25 (20 games), finishing with two assists, four shots, and two hits in 14:47 TOI. • It’s the fourth multi-point game of the season for Trouba. Brandon Tanev • Tanev had a game-high five hits. Tanev leads the Jets with 161 hits on the season. Bryan Little • Little snapped a six-game pointless drought with two points (1G, 1A). It’s the sixth multi-point game of the season for Little. Paul Stastny • Stastny scored his 15th of the season tonight. Stastny has a point in six consecutive games played (2G, 5A) and has registered at least a point in six out of seven games played with the Jets. • Stastny was the game’s top faceoff man tonight, going 14-for-20 (70%) at the dot. Blake Wheeler • Wheeler registered his 60th assist of the season tonight to take over the NHL lead in assists. Wheeler leads the NHL with 43 primary assists. Patrik Laine • Laine extended his point streak to 14 games with an assist tonight. Laine has 24 points (16G, 8A) during the streak. Dustin Byfuglien • Byfuglien played a game-high 25:49. Jack Roslovic • Roslovic finished the night with two points (1G, 1A). It’s the first multi-point game of his NHL career. Tyler Myers • Myers blocked a team-high three shots. Kyle Connor • Connor scored twice tonight and now has three goals in his last two games. It’s the 13th multi-point game of the season for Connor. • Tonight was Connor’s first two-point game since Feb. 23/18 VS STL (W4-0) • Connor took a team-high five shots. Connor Hellebuyck • Hellebuyck improves to 36-11-9 on the season and 24-5-2 at Bell MTS Place .