The Winnipeg Jets have been coming into Monday night time’s sport in opposition to the San Jose Sharks on a league main 9 sport successful streak….might they maintain it going in opposition to the NHL’s worst staff? They already are solely considered one of 5 groups in Nationwide Hockey League historical past to have three successful streaks of a minimum of 7 video games in a single season, why not chase the Penguins’ file of 17 straight victories?
GAME RECAP
When the sport obtained underway, it was the Jets that started off with extra bounce of their steps and that allowed them to manage the puck for almost all of the first interval. Regardless of Winnipeg dictating the tempo early on, neither squad might actually create a extremely harmful scoring likelihood till later within the interval. The True Northers had their finest look of the sport when Cole Perfetti arrange Nikolaj Ehlers on a 2 on 1 break, however the puck simply sailed over the crossbar and the sport remained scoreless. After Connor Hellebuyck denied a San Jose 2 on 1, the Jets obtained one other good look when Perfetti, Dylan Samberg, & Vladislav Namestnikov teamed up with some fairly passing to create a low slot 1 timer. Because the interval wore on, the Sharks ended up with the sport’s first powerplay when captain Adam Lowry was nabbed for goalie interference after driving laborious to the web on a scoring likelihood. This gave SJ the possibility to spend a while in Winnipeg’s zone and after some good passing, rookie Macklin Celebrini arrange fellow teenager William Eklund for a 1 time blast. SJ 1 – WPG 0. The guests have been energized by the opening aim and picked up their tempo for the rest of the body, however Winnipeg ended up out-shooting San Jose 10-6 when the primary intermission started.
The center interval was a way more even when it comes to puck possession, helped by the truth that the Jets needed to kill off two tripping penalties which allowed the Sharks to spend much less time defending. Winnipeg’s prime line had an important shift later within the body and the staff hit their 2nd publish of the sport when some extent shot was loudly deflected off the crossbar. A late puck over glass penalty by San Jose gave the Jets’ lethal powerplay their first look, however they hardly seemed harmful as they handed the puck across the perimeter for two minutes with out actually testing the opposing tender. When the 2nd interval ended, the Jets have been nonetheless forward within the anticipated targets battle (WPG 2.33 SJ 1.73) but the Sharks have been nonetheless holding onto a 1 aim lead.
After watching Prime’s pleasurable phase concerning the historical past of African-Individuals within the NHL and listening to from former Jets Pokey Reddick and Ray Neufeld, it was again to the hockey motion. Winnipeg continued to appear like the higher staff within the closing body, out-shooting San Jose 13 to three within the third and controlling the puck for more often than not. The Sharks did have a pair counter-attack possibilities that Hellebuyck needed to take care of, however largely the viewers have been left with just one query….might the Jets truly beat San Jose’s Vitek Vanecek tonight? The True Northers continued to push for the equalizer, however both the protection, goaltender, or the iron of the aim posts denied their quest (blast from the purpose by Colin Miller solidly hit iron). As my hopes for Winnipeg to tug a rabbit out of their hat diminished, coach Scott Arniel pulled the goalie for the additional attacker with a minute to play. The Jets swarmed the Sharks’ finish and obtained fairly a number of possibilities, but it surely seemed like a SJ defender was going to have the ability to ease the strain by clearing the puck. Defenseman Josh Morrissey stopped the clearance alongside the left boards, maintaining the puck within the zone earlier than stepping in to fireplace a shot in direction of the Sharks’ internet. The blast ended up catching a little bit of Vanecek’s shoulder….but nonetheless had sufficient power to bulge the twine with simply 26 seconds remaining within the match. WPG 1 SJ 1.
Going to extra time for the second straight sport, the Winnipeg Jets have been capable of keep away from a shootout when Ehlers unleashed a shot simply 1 and a half minutes into OT. Whereas Vanacek was capable of make the save by way of the maze of our bodies in entrance, the puck bounced cleanly out to the low slot and allowed Mark Scheifele to seek out the 5 gap for the sport winner.
FINAL SCORE: WINNIPEG 2 SAN JOSE 1 (OT)
FINAL STATS
Pictures: 35-18 WPG / Hits: 22-19 SJ / Face-Offs: 51.7% WPG / x Objectives: 3.08 WPG – 2.71 SJ /
MoneyPuck’s Should Win: 63.6% WPG / Excessive-Medium Hazard Scoring Probabilities: 16 to 7 WPG
SCORING SUMMARY from ESPN
SHOT CHART from MoneyPuck
ADVANCED SKATER STATS from MoneyPuck
GOALIE STATS from ESPN & MoneyPuck
If you need to dive deeper into the sport’s stats, comply with the hyperlinks under to the sport pages:
MoneyPuck: San Jose Sharks vs. Winnipeg Jets – Monday February 24 2025 – MoneyPuck.com
NaturalStatTrick: San Jose Sharks @ Winnipeg Jets, 2025-02-24
BOJA’s Observations:
- With the OT winner, Mark Scheifele is now the franchise’s all time main aim scorer as he handed Ilya Kovalchuk. He’s additionally main Winnipeg with 32 targets this 12 months. Nice season so removed from the Jets’ prime pivot.
- This sport was one more stellar instance of how good Dylan Samberg actually is. The 2nd pairing had an unimaginable 95.1% of anticipated targets in opposition to the Sharks. He’s additionally getting extra concerned offensively, so I don’t suppose he has even reached his ceiling but. Get him locked up Chevy!!
- Tough outing for the third defensive pairing once more (11.5% xG). To me, that is essentially the most wanted space to repair come commerce deadline.
- Whereas Winnipeg managed this sport for essentially the most half, it’s a bit worrying that almost all of their possibilities got here off rushes. The Jets have to do a greater job creating extended strain and/or attending to these rebounds for second possibilities. MoneyPuck’s shot chart reveals our squad had loads of seems to be from excessive hazard areas, however when a goalie is on their sport it typically takes extra to get a aim than only a good scoring likelihood.
Properly, that’s about all I’ve time for. Glad the Winnipeg Jets gained, however am unsure they’ve to attend till the final second on a regular basis (tied the final two video games with 26 & 27 seconds remaining). I’m in my 50’s, in order that places pointless pressure on the ol’ ticker.
Let me hear your ideas on the sport within the Remark part and we’ll see you again right here on Wednesday.
UP NEXT: Winnipeg Jets @ Ottawa Senators – Wednesday, February twenty sixth @ 6:00 pm CST
