Oilers score late: Hand Jets their third straight loss
Friday, 01 December 2023 04:40 Written by Philip Paul-Martin
The Oiler centreman made no mistake, one timing the disc through a sprawled Connor Hellebuyck to make it 2-1.
Most of the night the Oiler offence was stymied by Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck who made 36 saves.
Darnell Nurse and Ryan Mcleod also scored for the Oilers.
Stuart Skinner turned aside 25 shots for Edmonton, who moved to 9-12-1.
Cole Perfetti scored for the Jets.
Winnipeg dropped their third straight game to move to 12-8-2.
The Oilers carried the play through most of the first period, outshooting the Jets 12-8.
With Brett Kulak off for holding the stick, Cole Perfetti got the Jets on the board with a power play marker at 8:27 when he tipped a Mark Schiefele shot from the slot past Skinner.
The goal was his 8th of the season.
Kyle Connor nearly extended the lead just under five minutes into the second when he broke in alone on Skinner but failed to beat the Oiler goaltender.
Mattias Janmark had a chance to tie the contest late in the second period when he broke in alone on Hellebuyck shortanded but the Jets goaltender was equal to the task.
Darnell Nurse tied the contest 13:11 into the third after taking a Ryan Mcleod feed in the netural zone before moving in and unleashing a wrister that Hellebuyck got a piece of before the disc slid past his outstretched glove.
The goal was his 4th of the season.
Leon Draisaitl scored a late power play goal to tie the game at one.
Ryan McLeod added an empty netter to seal the win for the Oilers.
"If there's a right way to win, that's what it looks like. I thought the guys stuck with it all night. I thought we did a...just a great job in both ends overall," said Oilers goaltender Stuart Skinner, who made 25 saves. "I think especially in this game we did a really good job with that (locking the game down). Obviously there is some tweaks that has to be made. As always every win every loss you know there's some things to improve on."
Oilers Head Coach Kris Knoblauch thought his club's effort was consistent on the night.
“I was very happy with our guys. There could, obviously, have been frustration. I thought we played pretty well for the first 40 minutes, could have had some goals. Their goalie played really well. A few missed chances, just missing wide, and the guys didn’t deviate from the game plan and stuck with it. We got a little bit of a break on the first goal, but I think it was deserved considering how many opportunities we had," he said.
Jets Head Coach Rick Bowness said his club got dominated in the faceoff circle and that was a key factor for the loss.
"Our biggest problem tonight was faceoffs. They killed us in the faceoff circle, so you’re chasing them all the time. We’re not trying to sit back, but they’re winning so many faceoffs we end up chasing them. We won 29 per cent, they won 71, I mean, that’s pretty much the whole game we’re chasing them. So that’s an issue. But look at the first shift in that third period, we went right after them. And that was a Grade A, we had a good opportunity there but just couldn’t get that second goal.”
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Matt Duchene sent Mason Marchment on a two-on-one break which ended when he hit Seguin with a crisp pass and the Dallas centre made no mistake, firing the puck past an outstretched Hellebuyck.
Joe Pavelski had the other Stars goal.
Jake Oettinger turned aside 27 shots for Dallas, who moved to 12-6-2.
There was no scoring in the first period.
Connor Hellebuyck made 19 saves for Winnipeg, who dropped to 12-7-2.
Winnipeg has dropped their last two games after a five-game winning streak.
There was no scoring in the first period.
Matt Duchene nearly got the Stars on the board just under nine minutes into the second period when he broke in alone on Hellebuyck but ended up crashing into the net.
The Jets got a two-man advantage 10:17 into the second period for just over a minute but failed to score.
Dallas got on the board first 12:54 into the second when Roope Hintz cut by the net and slid the disc to a wide open Joe Pavelski who beat Hellebuyck with a low shot.
The goal was his 10th of the season.
Winnipeg had a two-man advantage for 44 seconds 4:17 into the third but were unable to score.
Tyler Seguin scored at 16:45 of the third when he converted a Mason Marchment pass on a 2-on-1 break, lifting the puck just past an outstretched Hellebuyck to make it 2-0 Dallas.
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Josh Morrissey had a goal and an assist.
The win was their third in a row.
Winnipeg has won 6 of their last 7 games.
Vladislav Namestnikov, Kyle Connor and Mason Appleton also scored for the Jets.
Brendan Dillon had a pair of assists.
Laurent Brossoit made 16 saves for Winnipeg, who moved to 10-5-2 on the season.
Matias Maccelli and Matt Dumba scored for the Coyotes.
Karel Vejmelka stopped 19 shots for Arizona, who dropped to 8-7-2.
Arizona scored 14:53 into the first when Matias Maccelli took a puck off of Jets defenceman Dylan Samberg's skate and fired the disc into a wide open net to make it 1-0.
Mark Scheifele evened the contest 2:11 later when Neal Pionk fed him the puck along the right side boards before attempting a shot which careened off of Alex Kerfoot's stick before he followed up with a backhand shot from the slot, beating Vejmelka low glove side.
The goal was his 6th of the season.
Vladislav Namestnikov gave the Jets the lead at 18:02 when he beat Vejmelka to a loose puck off a Josh Morrissey dump in along the end boards before banking the puck in off of a backchecking Lawson Crouse's skate and into the net.
The goal was his 2nd of the season.
Matt Dumba scored 6:08 into the second period when he redirected a Travis Boyd feed past Brossoit to make it 2-2.
The goal was his 2nd of the season.
Kyle Connor converted a Mark Scheifele cross ice feed 11:26 into the second period to give Winnipeg a 3-2 lead.
Scheifele took control of the puck in the neutral zone before moving in and spotting a wide open Connor and hitting him with a hard pass at the top of the face off circle.
Connor moved in to the face off dot before beating Vejmelka high glove side with a wrister to score his NHL leading 14th goal of the season.
Josh Morrissey scored 4:15 into the third period after Mark Scheifele fed the Jet defenceman a short pass on a 2-on-1 which Morrissey promptly buried to score his 2nd of the season.
Mason Appleton added an empty netter with 2:30 left in regulation to seal the win for the Jets.
Winnipeg is idle until Wednesday when they visit Tampa Bay while Arizona returns home to host Los Angeles on Monday.
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Josh Morrissey had a goal and an assist.
The win was their third in a row.
Winnipeg has won 6 of their last 7 games.
Vladislav Namestnikov, Kyle Connor and Mason Appleton also scored for the Jets.
Brendan Dillon had a pair of assists.
Laurent Brossoit made 16 saves for Winnipeg, who moved to 10-5-2 on the season.
Matias Maccelli and Matt Dumba scored for the Coyotes.
Karel Vejmelka stopped 19 shots for Arizona, who dropped to 8-7-2.
Arizona scored 14:53 into the first when Matias Maccelli took a puck off of Jets defenceman Dylan Samberg's skate and fired the disc into a wide open net to make it 1-0.
Mark Scheifele evened the contest 2:11 later when Neal Pionk fed him the puck along the right side boards before attempting a shot which careened off of Alex Kerfoot's stick before he followed up with a backhand shot from the slot, beating Vejmelka low glove side.
The goal was his 6th of the season.
Vladislav Namestnikov gave the Jets the lead at 18:02 when he beat Vejmelka to a loose puck off a Josh Morrissey dump in along the end boards before banking the puck in off of a backchecking Lawson Crouse's skate and into the net.
The goal was his 2nd of the season.
Matt Dumba scored 6:08 into the second period when he redirected a Travis Boyd feed past Brossoit to make it 2-2.
The goal was his 2nd of the season.
Kyle Connor converted a Mark Scheifele cross ice feed 11:26 into the second period to give Winnipeg a 3-2 lead.
Scheifele took control of the puck in the neutral zone before moving in and spotting a wide open Connor and hitting him with a hard pass at the top of the face off circle.
Connor moved in to the face off dot before beating Vejmelka high glove side with a wrister to score his NHL leading 14th goal of the season.
Josh Morrissey scored 4:15 into the third period after Mark Scheifele fed the Jet defenceman a short pass on a 2-on-1 which Morrissey promptly buried to score his 2nd of the season.
Mason Appleton added an empty netter with 2:30 left in regulation to seal the win for the Jets.
Winnipeg is idle until Wednesday when they visit Tampa Bay while Arizona returns home to host Los Angeles on Monday.
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The win was their fifth in their last six games.
Cole Perfetti, Mason Appleton, Nikolaj Ehlers scored for Winnipeg.
Vladislav Namestnikov and Nino Niederreiter each had a pair of assists for the Jets.
Connor Hellebuyck made 26 saves for Winnipeg, who moved to 9-5-2.
Alex Tuch and JJ Peterka scored for the Sabres.
Eric Comrie turned aside 15 shots for Buffalo, who dropped to 7-9-1.
There was no scoring in the first period.
Hellebuyck stoned Victor Olofsson in close with 3:07 remaining in the opening stanza.
Kyle Connor was thwarted on a breakaway with just over a minute left when Mark Scheifele found him floating at centre ice.
Cole Perfetti opened the scoring 2:12 into the second period when he took a drop pass from Vladislav Namestnikov just inside the blue line before moving into the high slot and drifting a high wrister past Comrie to make it 1-0 Jets.
“Little bit, yeah," said Perfetti. "I put an emphasis a bit more on shooting the puck, especially when the puck seems to be going in the back of the net. You know, they’re not all going to be pretty, especially last game, that was an ugly one. But puck’s going in the back of the net and I’m just keeping on trying to funnel it towards there. I think I only had like one shot tonight, but I think I would normally try to make that pass to Fly, but I realized the D was kind of in between us and I had the shot, so I took it and it ended up going in. So, yeah, the puck is definitely going in the back of the net for our line and it’s working. So, we just have to keep doing what we’re doing and creating chances.”
The goal was his 6th of the season and marked his fifth straight game with a tally.
Mason Appleton made it 2-0 2:11 later when he drove the net hard, put his stick down and Nino Niederreiter hit him with a hard pass from the side boards at 4:23.
The goal was his 5th of the season.
Alex Tuch replied 33 seconds later when Connor Hellebuyck poked the puck right to him in the slot at 4:56.
Tuch fired a low shot past the Jet goaltender to pull Buffalo to within one.
Nikolaj Ehlers floated a wrister from the blue line to restore the two-goal cushion at 8:12 that got by Comrie beating him high glove side.
The goal was his 5th of the season.
“Classic hockey goal, very well-rehearsed and practiced and exactly how we wanted it," quipped Ehlers afterward.
J.J. Peterka scored on a breakaway one minute into the third after he followed up on his initial shot and slid the disc past Hellebuyck.
The goal was his 7th of the season.
Buffalo pushed hard in the game's final minutes but were unable to score.
Sabres Head Coach Don Granato said the game was a blender of play for his club.
"The third period I will say for me was the culmination of everything to this point of the year and our guys finally decided to wake up and compete harder instead of waiting," he said. "Obviously I had a message for them unlike a normal message you would get after a period. I like they way they responded. But it's not what I say, they know. There's guys in that room they know they need more.".
Jets Head Coach Scott Arniel said they knew the Sabres were coming hard after the second period.
“You know what, there’s times I didn’t really like how we defended through the neutral zone with their breakouts. Third period, Dahlin, wow, he’s special, that breakaway. He was making one pass from behind his net and he was gone. I didn’t think we did a great job of clogging up the guts of the ice, and that’s obviously through the neutral zone and in our end. We need to be a little bit better at that, I think that’s something we make sure to look at. But we knew that third period, down 3-1 they were coming. They really were. It was a four-man attack. We had some clips, we were looking at some stuff after the second period where we caught four of their guys below our goal line. And they’re an offensive group. They’re going to go. And in that third period they really pushed us back on our heels.”
Winnipeg hosts Arizona Saturday while Buffalo visits Chicago Sunday.
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Josh Morrissey had three assists for Winnipeg.
Cole Perfetti had a goal and an assist for the Jets.
Morgan Barron also scored for Winnipeg.
Connor Hellebuyck made 31 saves for the Jets, who moved to 8-5-2 on the season.
Timo Meier, John Marino and Dawson Mercer scored for the Devils.
Vitek Vanecek turned aside 25 shots for New Jersey, who dropped to 7-6-1.
There was no scoring in the first period.
Kyle Connor opened the scoring 8:07 into the second when he followed up on his own rebound and fired the puck into a wide open net.
The goal was his 12th of the season.
With Tyler Toffoli off for cross checking, Cole Perfetti scored on the power play to give the Jets a two-goal lead when he picked a corner from in front of the net at 13:54.
Timo Meier scored on the power play when picked the top corner on Hellebuyck from the high slot after he one timed a Ondrej Palat feed at 14:54.
New Jersey tied it up just over a minute later when Hellebuyck was out of postiion and John Marino snapped up a rebound off a Luke Hughes shot to make it 2-2 at 16:06.
Nikolaj Ehlers scored into a wide open net when Cole Perfetti found him with a cross-ice feed which the Jet winger hammered past Vanecek at 18:10.
The goal was his 3rd of the season.
Kyle Connor scored on the power play after he one timed a cross ice backhand feed from Mark Scheifele to make it 4-2 Jets at 9:54.
Morgan Barron scored at 11:58 after Vladislav Namestnikov crushed New Jersey defenceman Kevin Bahl against the end boards and stripped him of the puck.
Namestnikov moved behind the net before feeding Barron who snapped a wrister past Vanecek to make it 5-2 Jets.
Dawson Mercer pulled New Jersey to within two at 14;17 with Josh Morrissey off for cross checking.
The goal was his third of the season.
Nikolaj Ehlers added an empty netter with 1:30 left in regulation to seal the win for the Jets.
Devils defenceman John Marino summed up his team's efforts succinctly afterward.
"A full 60 minutes. We come back, down 2-0, we make it 2-2 and then give up a goal right away. It's pretty deflating. Then the goal where it's' 4-2 — there's not much time in the game, so it's pretty deflating. We just need to manage the game better in those situations."
New Jersey Head Coach Lindy Ruff thought it was a close game.
“We didn’t give up a lot in the first (period), obviously. Second, a couple mistakes that you’d like to have back. And then you look at a couple late goals, we’re getting first touch and we don’t execute. Another goal, same type of thing. We fall down on the penalty kill and it ends up in the back of your net on a one faceoff, so when that happens it’s tough to swallow.”
Jets Head Coach Scott Arniel said his team executed their game plan.
"You know, we talked all week. We talked about Dallas, we talked about these guys. These good teams, you've got to make them play in their end of the rink. If you have a play coming through that neutral zone and you can make it, make it. But a lot of times this game is about putting it below the hashmarks and then going to work and we're a pretty good forechecking team. We do a pretty good job of staying above people. And in our contact, when our first guy's there, the second guy gets there quick and, like you said, there were some really good rewards from that forecheck and it's a big part of our game."
New Jersey visits Pittsburgh while Winnipeg hosts Buffalo on Friday.
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NOTES-Jets defenceman Neal Pionk played in his 400th NHL game against the Devils.
Joshua Roy added a goal and assist for Laval as they swept their two-game weekend series with the Moose.
Philippe Mailloux and Olivier Gallipeau scored for the Rocket.
Strauss Mann stopped 26 shots for Laval, who moved to 3-8-1-0.
Wyatt Bongiovanni, Ashton Sautner scored for the Moose.
Thomas Milic turned aside 26 shots for Manitoba in his first AHL start, who dropped to 4-6-0-0.
Laval carried the play early with quick puck movement and speed and the Moose were slow to respond, spotting the visitors a two-goal lead after the first period.
Laval took an early lead 1:23 into the opening frame when Philippe Maillet shovelled a loose puck off a goalmouth scramble past Milic to give them a 1-0 lead.
The goal was his 3rd of the season.
Olivier Gallpeau made it 2-0 when he moved in from his point position when Sean Farrell hit him with a crisp pass in the high slot which the Laval defenceman blew by Milic to score his first goal of the season at 18:22 of the first period.
Wyatt Bongiovanni cut the Laval lead in half when he scored on the power play at 10:07 of the second period converting a Daniel Torgersson feed.
The goal was his second of the season.
The Rocket took a 3-1 lead when Joshua Roy sat on the edge of the crease and hammered a Sean Farrell feed from the side of the net past Milic at 18:11.
The goal was his 7th of the season.
Xavier Simoneau scored 1:44 into the third to make it 4-1 Laval when he drove the net hard while Mitchell Stevens burst to the outside before hitting Simoneau with a hard pass that he redirected past Milic.
The goal was his first of the season.
Ashton Sautner got one back when he sailed a wrister from the point past Mann, beating him with a low shot just inside the left post at 3:36 to make it 4-2.
Sean Farrell sealed the win for the Rocket at 13:53 of the third when he finished off a three-way passing play by snapping Joshua Roy feed to make it 5-2.
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Thomas Harley and Matt Duchene also scored for Dallas.
Scott Wedgewood turned aside 31 shots for the Stars, who moved to 9-3-1.
Cole Perfetti and Brendan Dillon scored for the Jets who saw their modest three-game winning streak snapped.
Connor Hellebuyck made 27 saves for Winnipeg, who dropped to 7-5-2.
There was no scoring in the first period.
Thomas Harley scored for Dallas 2:13 into the second period when Winnipeg failed to clear their zone.
Ryan Suter found him with a cross ice pass and Harley blasted a slapshot past Hellebuyck, beating him high glove side to give the Stars a 1-0 lead.
The goal was his third of the season.
Wyatt Johnston made it 2-0 with a shorthanded goal at 5:20 when he scooped up a puck just inside the Winnipeg blue line out of Cole Perfetti's skates before breaking in and firing a low shot, short side on Hellebuyck from the left face off dot.
The goal was his fifth of the season.
Cole Perfetti got Winnipeg on the board 8:28 when he snapped a rebound off a Nikolaj Ehlers shot into a wide open net as he streaked in to the net.
The goal was his fourth of the season.
Matt Duchene restored the Stars two-goal lead at 11:58 when he converted a Wyatt Johnston feed from the side of the net to make it 3-1.
Brendan Dillon scored at 10:05 of the third to pull the Jets to within a goal when he sailed a wrister through traffic from the blue line to beat Wedgewood.
The goal was his fourth of the season.
Winnipeg nearly tied it with 8:38 remaining in regulation when Morgan Barron and Vladislav Namestnikov broke in on a 2-on-1 but Wedgewood kicked Namestnikov's redirection away.
Winnipeg hosts New Jersey Tuesday while Dallas returns home to face Arizona.
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Aretmi Panarin streaked into the Winnipeg zone before feeding a wide open Zibanejad who golfed the disc past Connor Hellebuyck to give the Rangers their fifth straight win.
Artemi Panarin had a goal and two assists for New York.
Chris Kreider had the other Ranger goal.
Igor Shesterkin turned aside 27 shots for the Rangers, who moved to 7-2-0 on the season.
David Gustafsson and Nikolaj Ehlers scored for the Jets, who dropped their second straight game.
Cole Perfetti had a pair of assists for Winnipeg.
Connor Hellebuyck made 23 saves for the Jets, who dropped to 4-3-2.
Winnipeg started the game with a turnover when Jets captain Adam Lowry gave the puck away to Alexis Lafreniere 1:28 into the first, who skated in on a breakaway and shot the puck high and wide.
Kaapo Kakko took advantage of a giveaway in the neutral zone nearly scoring on a breakaway but Connor Hellebuyck turned him away.
Artemi Panarin opened the scoring at 18:24 when he redirected a Jacob Trouba slap pass on his backhand past an outstretched Hellebuyck to make it 1-0.
The goal was his 5th of the season.
David Gustafsson evened the contest at 19:32 after Cole Perfetti ragged the puck in from the neutral zone, drawing in the Ranger defence before dishing to Gustafsson who snapped the disc just under the crossbar to make it 1-1.
The goal was his 2nd of the season.
There was no scoring in the second period.
Nikolaj Ehlers scored just over five minutes into the third when he followed up on a thwarted 2-on-1 with Cole Perfetti as the puck ended up on his stick behind the Ranger net.
The Jet winger simply skated around the other side of the net and stuffed the disc past Shesterkin to give the Jets a 2-1 lead.
The goal was his 2nd of the season.
With Brendan Dillon off for boarding New York tied it up on the power play 13:12 into the third period when Chris Kreider tipped an Adam Fox shot from the point past Hellebuyck to make it 2-2.
The game went to overtime.
Winnipeg had a 1:19 power play in overtime but were unable to score.
Mika Zibanejad gave the Rangers the win with twenty six seconds left in overtime, one timing an Artemi Panarin feed past Hellebuyck to give New York the win.
New York returns home to face Carolina Thursday while Winnipeg visits Vegas.
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NOTES-Jets winger Nikolaj Ehlers reached 400 career points with his third period tally.
Jets double up Blues 4-2 to win second straight
Wednesday, 25 October 2023 03:31 Written by Philip Paul-MartinDavid Gustafsson, Mason Appleton and Morgan Barron also scored for the Jets.
Neal Pionk had a pair of assists.
Connor Hellebuyck made 18 saves for Winnipeg, who moved to 3-3-0 on the season.
Pavel Buchnevich had a goal and an assist for the Blues.
Robert Thomas also scored for the St. Louis.
Jordan Binnington, turned aside 26 shots for the Blues who dropped to 2-2-1.
There was no scoring in the first period.
David Gustafsson gave the Jets the lead just under three minutes into the second period when he hammered a Cole Perfetti backhand pass from behind the net past Binnington to make it 1-0.
Mason Appleton followed suit just 18 seconds later when Adam Lowry found him inside the circle and hit him with a quick pass which he one timed past Binnington, beating him low glove side to make it 2-0 Winnipeg.
St. Louis came close to scoring at the 10:12 mark when Nick Leddy fired a puck off the goal post.
Connor Hellebuyck thwarted a Jordan Kyrou breakaway just over twelve minutes into the second to keep the Blues off the board.
With Dylan Sandberg off for high sticking Pavel Buchnevich got St. Louis on the board when he redirected a Brayden Schenn pass past Hellebuyck, beating him high glove side to make it 2-1 at 18:25.
The goal was his first of the season.
Robert Thomas narrowed the gap with 3:23 remaining as Blues Head Coach Craig Berube elected to pull his goaltender with just under four minutes remaining.
Pavel Buchnevich found Thomas alone in front of the net as Thomas fired the puck past Hellebuyck to score his first of the season.
Morgan Barron added an empty netter with 1:10 left in regulation to ice the win for the Jets.
Winnipeg now embarks on a two-game road trip and faces the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday while St. Louis travels to Calgary to face the Flames.
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