The Winnipeg Jets had been coming off an emotional victory over the Washington Capitals and could be making an attempt to maintain the great vibes going towards the visiting New Jersey Devils. The Jersey Boys had been severely short-handed, lacking each of the Hughes brothers and considered one of their finest defensemen. Lets discover out if the True Northers might make the most of that to return away with a few necessary factors….
GAME RECAP
The followers on the Canada Life Centre had been handled to an explosive begin by the Jets when the puck dropped at 7 pm Central. On simply the second shift of the competition, Winnipeg’s prime line introduced the group to their ft when Mark Scheifele skated up the best wing earlier than threading a cross-ice go to Kyle Connor within the left face-off circle. The go had New Jersey’s Jake Allen over-commit for the shot, so the brand new dad handed the puck to the slot, permitting linemate Alex Iafallo the possibility to spin earlier than sending a backhand into the yawning web. WPG 1-0. The Jets stored up the stress and fewer than a minute later, a shot by Brandon Tanev created a rebound that Morgan Barron popped out to David Gustafsson, who gave the house membership an early two aim lead with a pair of markers in fast succession (54 secs). WPG 2-0. The True Northers stored up the assault for one more 5 minutes, however a goalie interference penalty on Vladislav Namestnikov gave the Devils an opportunity to get again into the sport. A stable penalty kill by Winnipeg allowed just one shot on web, however NJ did use the momentum gained to start out controlling the puck a bit extra because the interval progressed. Ultimately, the Jets’ offense wakened once more and a late push noticed Cole Perfetti, Dylan Samberg, Josh Morrissey, & Luke Schenn get high quality appears on the Devils’ web.
The 2nd interval may simply be the proper treatment for insomnia, as the 2 franchises mixed for less than 2 photographs within the first 12 minutes of the center body. Issues picked up a bit when Colin Miller was flagged for a visit, giving New Jersey their 2nd powerplay of the match. This man-advantage got here near breaking the shutout, when Connor Hellebuyck’s incapacity to rapidly cowl a rebound noticed the Devils ring the puck off a publish however fortuitously the remainder of the kill was reasonably uneventful. Miller redeemed himself for his infraction when he got here out of the field and instantly drew a NJ penalty on a rush up the best wing. Winnipeg’s powerplay has been struggling, however they had been capable of get arrange rapidly, permitting a little bit of a cycle earlier than Scheifele arrange Morrissey for a 1 timer from the purpose. A giant rebound was created and Nikolaj Ehlers did a implausible job to knock the puck in the direction of the uncovered facet of the Devils’ web, letting Iafallo bang it residence earlier than Allen might recuperate his positioning. WPG 3-0. Because the interval neared it’s conclusion, the True Northers tried one final rush and it ended with Connor bouncing a shot off the again boards and Scheifele hustling in to poke the puck by Allen earlier than he might react. WPG 4-0.
The Winnipeg Jets did lay again a bit an excessive amount of within the third interval, getting out-shot 11-4 by the visiting New Jersey Devils. Nonetheless, even with one other penalty to kill off, the protection did a stable job of protecting the photographs to the skin (allowed no excessive hazard makes an attempt towards all recreation). There have been some good moments for us followers within the ultimate body too, together with Schenn rubbing out the Devils’ Ondrej Palat and a Jets’ 2 on 1 that noticed Nino Niederreiter arrange Perfetti for a very good scoring probability. Ultimately, New Jersey didn’t actually threaten Bucky’s shutout bid as the previous Vezina Trophy winner picked up his league main seventh clean of the season.
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FINAL SCORE: WINNIPEG JETS 4 NEW JERSEY DEVILS 0
FINAL STATS
Pictures: 24-19 NJ / Hits: 31-22 NJ / Face-Offs: 50.0% TIE / x Targets: 2.76 WPG – 1.92 NJ /
MoneyPuck’s Need to Win: 64% WPG / Excessive-Medium Hazard Scoring Probabilities: 10 to eight WPG
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SCORING SUMMARY from ESPN
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SHOT CHART from MoneyPuck
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ADVANCED SKATER STATS from MoneyPuck
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GOALIE STATS from ESPN & MoneyPuck
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If you want to dive deeper into the sport’s stats, comply with the hyperlinks under to the sport pages:
MoneyPuck: New Jersey Devils vs. Winnipeg Jets – Friday March 28 2025 – MoneyPuck.com
NaturalStatTrick: New Jersey Devils @ Winnipeg Jets, 2025-03-28
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BOJA’s Observations:
- Connor Hellebuyck’s league main seventh shut out of the yr can be essentially the most blanks Bucky has had in a season. Stopped all 24 photographs he confronted and had a +1.92 Targets Saved Above Anticipated towards the Devils. The massive man appeared targeted and calm in between the pipes on Friday, probably his finest begin for the Jets for the reason that 4 Nations match ended?
- Alex Iafallo’s huge recreation whereas filling in for the injured Gabriel Vilardi. Pocketed his first of the match on his 1st shift after which added a powerplay marker later. The versatile winger additionally led Winnipeg with 3 photographs on web towards New Jersey and the Jets had 62.5% of the anticipated targets when he was on the ice.
- Dominant with a lead after 2 durations, the Winnipeg Jets are 37-0-1 in 2024-25 in these conditions. That tells me that coach Scott Arniel actually needs to be stressing the significance of beginning a recreation off robust. If our membership can handle to get early leads, it can make the probabilities of a protracted playoff run all of the extra seemingly.
- Particular groups replace: Winnipeg’s powerplay goes 1 for 1 to enhance to 30.1%, tied with the Golden Knights for the lead within the NHL after briefly falling into 2nd place. **VEG did go 1 for two of their recreation to retake sole possession of 1st.** Whereas the Jets’ PK went 3 for 3 to maneuver as much as 79.3% on the season.
- David Gustafsson received inserted into the lineup on the final second and he crammed in admirably. The 4th line performed nicely (77.8% xG) and the Gus Bus scored his 2nd aim of the marketing campaign, giving him 6 factors in his final 15 video games.
- With the win, the Winnipeg Jets’ magic quantity is now at 7 and the workforce will wait to see how the Dallas Stars do towards the Seattle Kraken on Saturday night time.
The True Northers get a day without work on a busy Saturday for the NHL (22 of 32 franchises in motion) whereas they put together for the ultimate recreation of this homestand. After that, 5 of the ultimate 8 contests might be away from the Canada Life Centre.
UP NEXT: Vancouver Canucks @ Winnipeg Jets – Sunday, March thirtieth @ 2:00 pm CST
