The Winnipeg Jets have been on the cusp of setting a brand new NHL document as they entered Saturday’s contest towards the Dallas Stars only one victory away from having the most effective begin to a season in NHL historical past!! Of their method was their long-time Central Division rivals, who I’m certain will wish to keep away from being on the mistaken facet of the document guide. So lets learn the way issues performed out….
The beginning goaltenders for the competition included each goalies preventing for the beginning spot for the US squad on the upcoming 4 Nations match, so each the Jets’ Connor Hellebuyck and the Stars’ Jake Oettinger would wish to be at their greatest when the puck dropped on the Canada Life Centre.
GAME RECAP
When the sport received underway, it was the Dallas Stars that shot out of the beginning gate as they compelled Winnipeg to defend proper off the bat. This led to an early powerplay probability for the guests, however they ended up taking a minor of their very own to nullify the man-advantage. After that, the Jets picked their tempo they usually began to check the Stars’ goalie on their first full PP of the match. A number of seems to be with the additional skater included Alex Iafallo nearly beating Jake Oettinger from the left face-off dot, however Winnipeg stored up the assault and shortly after Vladislav Namestnikov discovered Iafallo uncovered within the slot to assist the Jets to a 1-0 lead. Not lengthy after, Rasmus Kupari was forechecking laborious and that brought on Dallas’ Matt Dumba to show the puck over at his personal blueline. The Jets’ Iafallo instantly rifled a shot on web, leading to a juicy rebound that allowed Kupari to web his 2nd of the season. After killing off one other Stars’ powerplay, Winnipeg nearly added to their lead when Kupari raced to an open puck for a breakaway whereas holding off a Dallas’ back-checker…sadly his high shelf shot try had an excessive amount of elevate and narrowly missed extending the house squad’s lead.
Dallas got here out with back-to-back offensive zone shifts, however Winnipeg shortly went again on the assault and it paid off when Namestnikov tried a wrap round. Whereas the Stars’ tender made the preliminary save, Vladdy noticed the puck below his glove and dove to poke it past the purpose line to present the True Northers a 3-0 lead. The opponent’s meathead captain, Jamie Benn, misplaced his cool and gave Kupari a forearm blow to the again of the pinnacle, sending Winnipeg to its’ third man-advantage of the competition. Some good passing by the Jets’ high PP unit noticed a tic-tac-toe play that ended with Nikolaj Ehlers one-timing a magnificence by Oettinger to make it 4-0. That resulted within the visiting workforce going for a goalie swap, as Oettinger left the ice to the jeers of the Winnipeg fanbase saying “US backup“.
The ultimate body noticed the Jets loosen up a bit as they allowed Dallas to outshoot them 19 to five and tilt the ice in direction of Hellebuyck’s web. The officers have been closely concerned within the third, giving each franchises a pair extra powerplay alternatives as the sport received a bit chippy because of the annoyed Stars. The prime instance of that is Benn doing his 2nd goon play of the sport when he low-cost pictures Cole Perfetti with a cross-check to the again. Winnipeg captain Adam Lowry was having none of that and the Recap’s cowl photograph reveals a part of his response. With some extra nice tending by Bucky, the Jets got here oh so near a third straight shutout, nonetheless a dumb penalty by Logan Stanley gave Dallas the chance they wanted to interrupt the goose egg. Whereas the house workforce managed to permit no targets on the kill, the guests did capitalize when a deflected level shot slipped by Hellebuyck’s legs simply after Massive Stan was out of the field.
FINAL SCORE: Winnipeg 4 Dallas 1
FINAL STATS
Photographs: 34-25 DAL / Hits: 14-14 TIE / Face-Offs: 53.8% DAL / x Targets: 4.20 WPG – 2.25 DAL /
MoneyPuck’s Need to Win: 77.5% WPG / Excessive Hazard Scoring Possibilities: 18 to 18 TIE
SCORING SUMMARY from ESPN
SHOT CHARTS from MoneyPuck & Pure Stat Trick
ADVANCED STATS from MoneyPuck & Pure Stat Trick
ADVANCED STATS for Line Combos/Goalie from MoneyPuck
If you need to dive deeper into the sport’s stats, observe the hyperlinks under to the sport pages:
MoneyPuck: Dallas Stars vs. Winnipeg Jets – Saturday November 9 2024 – MoneyPuck.com
NaturalStatTrick: Dallas Stars @ Winnipeg Jets, 2024-11-09
BOJA’s Observations:
- Properly, the Winnipeg Jets formally maintain the document for the most popular begin to a marketing campaign in NHL historical past!! Congrats boys on some high quality and entertaining hockey!!
- An incredible sport by 4th liner Alex Iafallo towards the Stars. His purpose & help within the contest tied him for Winnipeg’s main level getter with Vladislav Namestnikov (G/A) and Cole Perfetti (two A).
- The ultimate sport stats have been tremendously impacted by the Jets going right into a defensive shell for the third interval. The house squad solely managed 5 pictures within the closing body….and solely ONE within the closing 10 minutes of sport motion. Whereas the remainder of the sport was as dominating as Winnipeg could possibly be, there isn’t any motive to utterly take their foot off the gasoline pedal after they have a cushty lead.
- That late stop protection stopped Connor Hellebuyck from getting his third straight shutout, however the Vezina candidate did set a document for the longest goalless interval in franchise historical past, erasing Ondrej Pavalec’s title from the Winnipeg Jets’ document guide.
A fairly good day for the town of Winnipeg, because the Jets set NHL historical past by beating a hated rival and the Blue Bombers routed the Saskatchewan Roughriders to make their fifth straight Gray Cup look.
The Winnipeg Jets will get a pair days of relaxation earlier than they head out on an necessary highway journey. Benefit from the lengthy weekend everybody and please attempt to discover a while to recollect the sacrifices the members of the Canadian Armed Forces (each previous & current) have made to present us the standard of life that we’ve got on this nation.
UP NEXT: Winnipeg Jets (14-1-0) @ New York Rangers (9-3-1) – Tuesday, November twelfth @ 6:00 pm CST
