Pittsburgh penguins (7-5-1) at Winnipeg Jets (5-3-2) Sunday, October 29th, 2017 – Bell MTS Place – Winnipeg, MB Scoring Summary 1 2 3 F Pittsburgh Penguins 0 1 0 1 Winnipeg Jets 5 0 2 7 Shots By Period 1 2 3 F Pittsburgh Penguins 7 15 10 32 Winnipeg Jets 10 4 10 24 Special Teams PP PPS PK SHS PIM Pittsburgh Penguins 1/3 7 2/3 1 22 Winnipeg Jets 1/3 4 2/3 0 22 Game Summary – http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20172018/GS020168.HTM Event Summary – http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20172018/ES020168.HTM Goal Summary PER TIME TEAM GOAL SCORER PRIMARY ASSIST SECONDARY ASSIST STR SCORE 1 1:20 WPG Andrew Copp (1) Shawn Matthias (1) Toby Enstrom (2) EV 1-0 Toby Enstrom held the puck in the zone and passed to Shawn Matthias along the left half boards. Matthias slid a pass to Andrew Copp at the top of the left circle. Copp one-timed a shot past the glove hand of Matt Murray and in. 1 13:58 WPG Blake Wheeler (2) Mark Scheifele (6) Kyle Connor (2) EV 2-0 Kyle Connor chipped the puck forward to Mark Scheifele at the Penguins blueline. Scheifele sent a backhand pass to a streaking Blake Wheeler behind the Penguins defence and Wheeler slid the puck under Murray and in. 1 17:44 WPG Blake Wheeler (3) Shawn Matthias (2) Mark Scheifele (7) EV 3-0 Mark Scheifele stole the puck at the Penguins blueline and passed to Shawn Matthias. Matthias faked a shot from the top of the right circle then fired a pass across to Blake Wheeler at the left side of the crease and Wheeler redirected the puck past Murray and in. 1 18:07 WPG Joel Armia (2) Matt Hendricks (1) EV 4-0 Matt Hendricks knocked the puck loose at the top of the left circle and was gathered up by Joel Armia. Armia skated to the middle of the blueline and let a wrist shot go that beat Murray through the legs. 1 18:18 WPG Blake Wheeler (3) Kyle Connor (3) EV 5-0 Kyle Connor picked up the puck at the Penguins blueline. He found Blake Wheeler at the top of the right circle. Wheeler made a move around a Penguins defender and sent a backhand over the right arm of Casey Desmith and in for this third goal of the game. 2 17:02 PIT Evgeni Malkin (5) Phil Kessel (9) Kris Letang (7) PP 5-1 While on the power play, Phil Kessel snapped a shot from the top of the left circle that was redirected by Evgeni Malkin and in. 3 10:28 WPG Mark Scheifele (4) Blake Wheeler (8) Dustin Byfuglien (6) PP 6-1 While on a 4-on-3 power play, Blake Wheeler fed Mark Scheifele at the left faceoff dot and Scheifele one-timed a slapshot past the blocker of Desmith and in. 2 12:19 WPG Brendan Lemieux (1) Tyler Myers (1) Joel Armia (1) EV 7-1 Joel Armia passed the puck back to Tyler Myers at the right point. Myers fired a slap-pass which was redirected by Brendan Lemieux between the legs of Desmith and in for the first goal of his NHL career. Jets Notes • Winnipeg scored five goals in the first period tonight. • Winnipeg set a franchise record scoring three goals in 34 seconds tonight. The previous record was three goals in 59 seconds set back in 2008/09. • The Jets scored four goals in 4:20, setting a franchise record for fastest four goals. • With the win tonight, the Jets reach five wins in their first 10 games of the season for the second time since the franchise relocated to Winnipeg in 2011. • The seven goals scored tonight were the most by the Jets since an 8-2 win @ home vs. Dallas back on November 8/16. • Wheeler’s hat-trick was the first hat-trick on home ice since Patrik Laine’s back on Feb. 14/17 in a 5-2 win vs. DAL. Player Notes Jacob Trouba • Led the Jets with a team-high four shots. • Led the Jets with 22:57 TOI. Andrew Copp • Copp scored his first goal of the season tonight. Copp had nine goals in 64 games with the Jets last season. Brandon Tanev • Led the Jets with six hits tonight. Matt Hendricks • Hendricks registered his first point as a member of the Winnipeg Jets tonight, assisting on Joel Armia’s first period goal. Shawn Matthias • Matthias had two assists tonight. It’s his first multi-point game as a member of the Jets. Blake Wheeler • Wheeler tallied a season-high four points (1g, 3a) tonight. It’s the 4th four-point game of his career. • Wheeler had a hat-trick in the first period tonight. It’s the first time in franchise history a player has scored a hat-trick in first period. • Wheeler’s hat-trick was the 2nd of his career and first since Nov. 6/08 VS TOR. • Wheeler had the GWG tonight, giving him 33 for his career and 26th as a member of the WPG/ATL franchise. Dustin Byfuglien • Byfuglien registered his sixth assist of the season tonight. All six points (0g, 6a) have come on home ice this season, including four against the Eastern Conference. Joel Armia • Armia had two points (1g, 1a) tonight. It’s his first multi-point game of the season and third of his career. Brendan Lemieux • Lemieux scored his first career NHL goal tonight. Mark Scheifele • Scheifele finished the night with three points (1g, 2a). It’s the third multi-point game of the season for Scheifele. Tyler Myers • Myers picked up his 200th point in his NHL career, assisting on Brendan Lemieux’s goal in the third period. Kyle Connor • Connor had two assists tonight and now has four points (1g, 3a) in five games. It’s the first multi-point game for Connor in his NHL career. Connor Hellebuyck • Stopped 31-of-32 shots on the night and remains undefeated in regulation this season (5-0-1) with the win. Jets Audio Paul Maurice Brendan Lemieux Blake Wheeler .