**had points logging on to the part to write down articles final evening, so apologize for the late recap posting.**
Discovering themselves in a dash for the Central Division title with the Dallas Stars, who proceed to pile up the wins, our Winnipeg Jets wanted to increase their present 2 recreation profitable streak once they confronted off in opposition to the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday afternoon. Lets discover out if the True Northers had been in a position to maintain the stress on their division rivals by popping out victorious….
GAME RECAP
Winnipeg began the match off effectively, rapidly serving to the house squad to a fast scoring probability from Nino Niederreiter and placing Vancouver on their again heels. Issues acquired worse for the Canucks once they took back-to-back penalties, however the Jets confirmed little urgency on the man-advantage and whereas they did create a pair appears to be like the sport remained scoreless. A pair turnovers within the defensive finish allowed the guests a pair alternatives to check Connor Hellebuyck after which a Logan Stanley high-sticking penalty gave the Nucks’ their first PP of the sport. An excellent kill by the Jets saved the scoring possibilities to a minimal and the one good probability (bumper 1 timer) was damaged up by defensive stick. Simply because it appeared like we had been going into the intermission with no objectives on the scoreboard, Winnipeg misplaced protection throughout an ill-advised line change, permitting Tyler Myers to string a go and ship Pius Suter in on their lonesome on Bucky. A faux to the backhand, then a fast shot was sufficient to deke out Hellebuyck and open the scoring. VAN 1-0. Winnipeg challenged the play for off-sides…..and whereas it appeared very near being so, the officers decided there was not sufficient proof to overturn the on-ice name. Thankfully, the Jets did job of killing the primary minute off of the ensuing penalty earlier than the horn sounded.
The house membership was in a position to kill off the remainder of the man-advantage to begin the 2nd and the 2 franchises returned to looking for a technique to create offense. Area was restricted all recreation as all of the skaters concerned had been taking part in with depth and presumably some desperation on the Vancouver facet. The Canucks knew they wanted a win to offer them the most effective shot at securing a wildcard spot, however their hopes took successful when Kyle Connor rushed up the center of the ice earlier than unleashing an unbelievable shot from the mid-slot. Unable to react in time, Thatcher Demko couldn’t squeeze his pads rapidly sufficient to cease the puck from sliding by the 5 gap. TIE 1-1. The Nucks did their greatest to reply and created some nervousness for the followers on the Canada Life Centre once they got here near scoring throughout a scramble in entrance of Hellebuyck. Winnipeg replied with some offensive zone time of their very own, however Vancouver held the push off and took again momentum when Luke Schenn was nabbed for interference. One other textbook kill by the Jets, together with Dylan Samberg laying an enormous bodycheck on Conor Garland. The second body ended with the sport deadlocked, regardless of Winnipeg out-chancing Vancouver 4 to 1 on excessive hazard scoring alternatives.
The third interval started with the True Northers tilting the ice as they created a couple of scoring possibilities, together with a deflection from Mark Scheifele that resulted in a fast NHL evaluate (no purpose, but it surely actually got here inside inches of the goalline). The Canucks appeared like that they had a breakaway shortly after, however a pleasant effort by Colin Miller broke the play up earlier than Bucky needed to face a shot on web. Winnipeg replied with possibilities from Nikolaj Ehlers & Samberg earlier than they lastly had been in a position to break the tie. The speedy Dane cycled the zone with the puck and skated behind the Canucks’ web earlier than he stepped out entrance to fireplace a shot at Demko. With Adam Lowry battling in entrance of the goalie, the tender couldn’t management the rebound and Mason Appleton was in a position to slam his tenth purpose of the season into the open web. WPG 2-1. With their playoff hopes dwindling, Vancouver instantly went on the assault and if not for the stellar play of Hellebuyck, the match would have as soon as once more been tangled up. The Jets had been in a position to take again momentum when the Canucks had been nabbed for a high-sticking penalty, however the man-advantage models couldn’t give Winnipeg the respiratory room they desired. Submit powerplay, Hellebuyck was known as on as soon as once more to make an enormous blocker save on a slot shot from Teddy Blueger. The Jets’ tender did an excellent job punching the rebound out to Josh Morrissey and that allowed the house membership to rapidly get away of their zone. Vladislav Namestnikov was in a position to ship a stretch go to Cole Perfetti close to the offensive blueline, giving him a 1 on 1 probability with Vancouver’s Derek Forbort. An unbelievable deke by Fetti noticed him slip the puck by the defenders’ ft as he danced round Forbort to search out himself getting in on their lonesome on Demko. Nonetheless off-balance from the deke, Perfetti was type of falling to the ice as he roofed a shot excessive blocker facet. WPG 3-1. Apart from Hellebuyck being known as on to make yet another large save throughout a scramble in entrance of his web (leading to MVP chants from the CLC crowd), not a lot actually occurred within the ultimate 8 minutes. There was a interval of Canucks’ stress once they pulled the goalie very early, however a too many males penalty ended that, permitting the Jets to breeze by the ultimate minutes.
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FINAL SCORE: WINNIPEG JETS 3 VANCOUVER CANUCKS 1
FINAL STATS
Pictures: 27-24 WPG / Hits: 50-24 VAN / Face-Offs: 51.7% WPG / x Targets: 4.02 WPG – 2.04 VAN /
MoneyPuck’s Need to Win: 82.8% WPG / Excessive-Medium Hazard Scoring Probabilities: 15 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 need to dive deeper into the sport’s stats, observe the hyperlinks under to the sport pages:
MoneyPuck: Vancouver Canucks vs. Winnipeg Jets – Sunday March 30 2025 – MoneyPuck.com
NaturalStatTrick: Vancouver Canucks @ Winnipeg Jets, 2025-03-30
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BOJA’s Observations:
- With the win yesterday, the Winnipeg Jets now have a 3 level lead on the Washington Capitals for the highest spot within the NHL and a 6 level lead on the Dallas Stars for the Central Division title. The True Northers magic quantity to lock up the division is 6.5.
- One in all two fairly Jets’ objectives scored in opposition to the Canucks, Kyle Connor’s thirty eighth marker of the season was an absolute rocket that cleanly beat the goaltender by the 5 gap. Man did he bend his stick’s shaft on that launch!! With 2 factors within the recreation, Winnipeg’s greatest sniper has now reached the 90 level plateau for the 2024-25 marketing campaign.
- Outdoing KFC’s purpose, Cole Perfetti scored a spotlight reel marker when he undressed a Canuck’s defenseman earlier than strolling in and sniping a terrific shot excessive to the blocker facet. An enormous reduction to the followers on the CLC, because it gave the Jets a snug 2 purpose lead within the third interval.
- One other good efficiency by Connor Hellebuyck, with a .958 save share and a +1.04 Targets Saved Above Anticipated in his 56th begin of the yr. The tender now could be only one win away from tying his career-best of 44 and 5 victories from tying the NHL report of 48.
- After a pair tough statistical outings, the defensive duo of Dylan Samberg & Luke Schenn dominated the anticipated objectives battle in opposition to Vancouver (97.4%). The 2 defenders additionally performed a job on the penalty kill, which had a profitable recreation by going 3 for 3 and never permitting the Canucks a shot on web with the man-advantage.
Eight extra video games to go in Winnipeg’s common season and the Jets have a pair actual checks arising within the LA Kings & Vegas Golden Knights. Assume the workforce might want to win no less than a kind of contests in the event that they need to maintain off the charging Dallas Stars.
UP NEXT: Winnipeg Jets @ Los Angeles Kings – Tuesday, April 1st @ 9:30 pm CST
