NHL - Jets - Round Up November 27-29, 2016

Nashville Predators @ Jets 0-3 - Sunday, November 27, 2016



Connor Hellebuyck made 42 saves and the Winnipeg Jets ended a five-game losing streak with a 3-0 win against the Nashville Predators at MTS Centre.
Hellebuyck made 11 saves on the penalty kill in the third period when the Jets killed off six penalty minutes, including a high-sticking double minor. The Predators had 20 shots on goal in the third period. Drew Stafford, Mark Scheifele and Adam Lowry scored for the Jets (10-12-2). Hellebuyck made his 11th start in the past 13 games for Winnipeg and got his second shutout of the season. He made 27 saves in a 4-0 win against the Chicago Blackhawks on Nov. 15. Juuse Saros allowed one goal on 22 shots in his second start of the season for Nashville (10-8-3). The Predators are 2-7-2 on the road. Stafford scored his first goal of the season at 15:21 of the second period to make it 1-0. Stafford played in his ninth game this season and third since returning from a 15-game absence because of an upper-body injury. Stafford nearly scored a few minutes later. Blake Wheeler found Stafford in the slot, but Saros got his glove on the puck to keep it 1-0. Roman Josi had Nashville's best chance to score on a partial breakaway in the first period, but his deke attempt was saved by Hellebuyck's right pad. Scheifele and Lowry scored into an empty net in the third period. Jets forward Nic Petan left the game in the third period because of a lower-body injury and Jets coach Paul Maurice said after the game that he is day to day.

* Stafford's game-winning wraparound goal in the second period. Jacob Trouba's shot from the top of the right circle was saved by Saros, but Stafford picked up the rebound and tucked the puck behind Saros on a wraparound attempt.

* Saros made a glove save on a point-blank shot from Stafford moments after the Jets scored to make it 1-0.

* Josi made a move around Wheeler in the slot to send him in alone on Hellebuyck, who made a sprawling right pad save on a deke attempt.

* Josh Morrissey got his stick in front of a shot by Ryan Johansen, who was looking at a wide open net, to keep the game 1-0 in the second period.

* Nashville killed off four power plays and are 39 for 40 in November. … The Predators failed to score for the first time in five games on the power play. … The Jets are 7-0-0 this season when leading after two periods. … Winnipeg is 1 for 16 on the power play in their past seven games after going 0 for 4 against Nashville.

Jets Quotes

"I've really only played three games this year so to get back in and feel like myself again and to be able to contribute on the score sheet was huge. We needed this tonight." Stafford said.
"Just lately I've been feeling in that groove. I've liked the way I've been playing. Although they scored five goals last game, I still like the way I feel and I'm not losing my confidence from a goal here or there. I could see everything tonight and I had a little luck, too. Sometimes the puck just hits you."
"I think it's extremely important. It gets the morale and character back in the room and we can start building some confidence now. I don't think anybody is hitting the panic button. We just needed to get back to our game and that's what we did tonight. Now that we know how we need to play to win we can continue forward and continue to get better." Hellebuyck said.

New Jersey @ Jets 2-3 - Tuesday, November 29, 2016


Patrik Laine scored for the first time in six games, and the Winnipeg Jets defeated the New Jersey Devils 3-2 at MTS Centre. Laine gave Winnipeg a 3-1 lead 4:47 into the third period. He had one goal in his past 10 games. Mark Scheifele and Blake Wheeler scored for the Jets (11-12-2), who won their fifth consecutive game at home. Scheifele and Laine each has 13 goals, tying David Pastrnak of the Boston Bruins for second in the NHL (Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins has 15). Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck started for the 12th time in the past 14 games and made 23 saves. He set a Jets record for the longest home shutout streak at 174:55 before New Jersey rookie Miles Wood ended it with his first NHL goal. Hellebuyck stopped New Jersey breakaways by Wood and Sergei Kalinin and later forced Wood to miss a penalty shot late in the second period. Nick Lappin scored and Cory Schneider made 26 saves for the Devils (10-7-5). New Jersey lost its fifth consecutive game on the road (0-4-1) and is 3-7-3 there. Winnipeg took a 1-0 lead at 11:20 of the second period. Schneider stopped a shot by Nikolaj Ehlers, but Dustin Byfuglien wrestled the rebound loose. Scheifele beat Andy Greene to the loose puck and put it past Schneider. Wheeler made it 2-0 at 13:21, taking a pass from Andrew Copp that he put past Schneider's left glove. Wood made it 2-1 at 2:52 of the third period with a shot from the bottom of the left circle that slipped past Hellebuyck. Wood was playing his fourth NHL game. Lappin's fourth goal made it 3-2 at 7:58.

* Laine carried along the right boards before putting a right-circle slap shot over Schneider's right shoulder.

* Wood sped past three defenders before breaking in on Hellebuyck in the first period, but the goaltender made a right-pad save.

* New Jersey threatened 1:12 after Wheeler's goal when Wood broke loose for the second time in the game and was awarded a penalty shot. But Hellebuyck forced Wood to commit to a backhanded shot that missed the net.

* Jets center Andrew Copp used a stick check to get inside positioning on New Jersey defenseman John Moore in the slot, allowing him to move a loose puck to Wheeler on Winnipeg's second goal.

* Devils forward Mike Cammalleri, who had eight points in three games entering Tuesday, was limited to one shot. … Winnipeg center Bryan Little returned after missing 23 games because of a lower-body injury. He played 20:09, third-most among Winnipeg forwards. … Winnipeg finished November 7-8-1, playing a League-most 16 games in 29 days. … Winnipeg was 0-for-5 on the power play and is 1-for-21 in the past seven games. … Jets forward Marko Dano was hit near the eye by a high stick in the first period and did not return. Maurice said Dano's status is still to be determined.

Jets Quotes

"People told me in the second intermission that I should try [the] blocker. It was the first shot, blocker, and it goes in. I was obviously relieved. I had some pretty good scoring chances in the second period, and I just couldn't score. It was an amazing feeling to get that goal and help my team to win. I knew that I was playing well, even if I [did not], I think I played well in this game." Laine said.
"I liked [New Jersey's] game. It's not an easy game to play. They skate well, they check well, so it was a bit of a grinder at the start. Our composure was pretty good, [but] we held through it." Paul Maurice