The sport that the majority Winnipeg Jets’ followers have been counting all the way down to for weeks has lastly arrived…the rematch with the Dallas Stars and a giant alternative for the True Northers to take a agency grip on the Central Division title. The Texans had been coming in on a shedding streak, however they had been capable of beat the Jets the final time they visited the American Airways Heart.
Our membership acquired a giant enhance when Nikolaj Ehlers & Neal Pionk had been each capable of go well with up…however would it not be sufficient to get Winnipeg the win in Dallas??
GAME RECAP
When the puck dropped in Texas, our Jets shot out of the gates and spent the primary 5 minutes of the sport within the Stars’ finish. Regardless of the stress, Dallas did a great job of retaining Winnipeg to the perimeter of the offensive zone, limiting the scoring probabilities towards. Because the interval unfolded, the hometown membership wakened and ultimately had been capable of acquire a bonus within the puck possession. As the first neared a conclusion, the True Northers began to seek out more room throughout rushes up the ice and on a kind of Adam Lowry skated the puck into the Stars’ finish earlier than ultimately working it again to Josh Morrissey on the level. With Nino Niederreiter charging the online, Winnipeg’s prime defenseman wristed a shot in the direction of Dallas’ Jake Oettinger, permitting El Nino the chance to deflect it and provides the Jets the lead. WPG 1-0. The Stars tried to even issues up with an excellent late interval likelihood when Mikko Rantanen arrange Jason Robertson for a harmful 1 timer from the left face-off circle…however Connor Hellebuyck was there to disclaim the look with a flashed glove.
The early elements of the 2nd interval noticed the franchises commerce probabilities off the frenzy, but it surely was Winnipeg that capitalized subsequent when Brandon Tanev began a zone exit by passing the puck to linemate Morgan Barron at his personal blueline. The middle affectionally generally known as Bear by his teammates, skated by means of the impartial zone earlier than feinting a rush to the skin of Dallas’ defender, however simply because the participant began to show to react to that, Barron reduce to the center of the ice and drove straight in on the Stars’ web. Not completed impressing the True North followers, the massive heart made a slick transfer to beat the goaltender and provides his squad an necessary two purpose lead early within the 2nd. WPG 2-0. The Texans did lay again and take the loss, however did their greatest to attempt to break down Winnipeg’s protection. They out-shot the Jets 7-3 within the center body and compelled Hellebuyck to make some prime notch saves to maintain the rating the identical. Because the interval neared it’s finish, the officers determined to change from “allow them to play” mode and referred to as Nikolaj Ehlers for a really questionable slash. With solely 20 seconds left within the body, our membership was capable of escape the interval unscathed.
Winnipeg needed to kill off the remainder of the man-advantage to open the third interval, permitting a few photographs on Bucky earlier than the groups returned to even power. The Jets went on an offensive flurry post-penalty kill for a number of shifts, however Dallas countered with a Mason Marchment look off a rush. A bit later within the match, the Stars had been on a 2 on 2 rush up the ice however Alex Iafallo was capable of intercept a cross simply inside his personal blueline. The veteran winger wasted no time beginning a Winnipeg counter-attack by sending the puck up the left wing for Mark Scheifele to chase. The Jets’ prime heart was going to lose the race to the Dallas defender, so he stretched out together with his keep on with poke the puck into the center of the ice. There to pounce on it was most likely the man all Stars followers didn’t wish to see….Kyle Connor on a clear breakaway. The sniper did what he does as he skated in earlier than making a transfer that opened up Oettinger’s 5 gap, permitting him to slide the puck between the pads to provide the True Northers a giant lead. WPG 3-0. Dallas did their greatest to attempt to get again within the sport, however pushing for offense opened issues up for the Jets to counter-attack. On a kind of, Morrissey flew up the left wing earlier than he tried to seek out Jaret Anderson-Dolan driving to the low slot. The newly recalled Manitoba Moose participant was being tightly checked, so both had his stick lifted or purposely allowed the puck to go all the best way to the fitting face-off circle, the place Connor was ready to blast dwelling his fortieth purpose of the marketing campaign. WPG 4-0. The ultimate 8 minutes of the match noticed Ehlers take an affordable shot after which drop the gloves with the Stars’ Sam Metal, giving Winnipeg their solely powerplay likelihood for the sport. The True Northers had a few unsuccessful appears to be like with the man-advantage after which turned their consideration to clogging up the impartial zone to frustrate Dallas’ dwindling makes an attempt at offense.
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FINAL SCORE: WINNIPEG JETS 4 DALLAS STARS 0
FINAL STATS
Pictures: 35-25 WPG / Hits: 44-27 WPG / Face-Offs: 57.4% WPG / x Objectives: 2.73 WPG – 2.65 DAL /
MoneyPuck’s Should Win: 50.0% TIE / Excessive-Medium Hazard Scoring Possibilities: 12 to 7 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 beneath to the sport pages:
MoneyPuck: Winnipeg Jets vs. Dallas Stars – Thursday April 10 2025 – MoneyPuck.com
NaturalStatTrick: Winnipeg Jets @ Dallas Stars, 2025-04-10
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BOJA’s Observations:
- Regardless of the scoreboard indicating that the Winnipeg Jets blew out the Dallas Stars, the competition was extra intently contested than a 4 purpose unfold. The anticipated objectives had been virtually even and at occasions within the 1st & 2nd intervals, the Stars had been getting extra of the offensive zone time. However the Jets bent, however didn’t break and a part of that was as a result of play of the underside six.
- third liner Nino Niederreiter acquired the purpose scoring began late within the 1st interval with a beautiful deflection…making SaskatoonJet bounce out of his seat, I’m positive. Simply his 2nd purpose previously 23 video games, El Nino was concerned offensively with the 2nd most photographs on Thursday (4).
- Then it was 4th liner Morgan Barron, who obtained a cross at his personal blueline earlier than skating up the ice, getting the defender to chew on a transfer to the skin earlier than reducing again, then taking the puck to the online and displaying some candy mitts to provide Winnipeg a 2 purpose lead. Bear has been glorious since being moved to heart and his 4th line did nice with their forecheck & cycle (83.1% xG/75% Fenwick).
- After a giant penalty kill to start out the third interval, Kyle Connor broke issues open with 2 objectives to achieve the 40 purpose mark for the second time of his profession. He led the Jets in photographs (5) and likewise set a brand new career-high in factors with 94 in 2024-25.
- Another Winnipeg gamers hit private milestones final evening, with Mark Scheifele choosing up an help to achieve the 85 pt mark and Connor Hellebuyck getting his career-best eighth shutout of the 12 months (forty fifth of his glorious profession) and increasing his private greatest for wins in a daily season to 45 (simply 3 off the NHL report, however not value chasing in lieu of resting Bucky earlier than the playoffs). Bucky is simply the seventh goalie in NHL historical past to achieve the 45 win plateau.
- Blocks, blocks, in every single place the blocks. The Jets defensemen had been placing their our bodies on the road with 10 blocks towards the Stars. 4 of the defenders had 2 blocks within the sport, however Adam Lowry & Alex Iafallo made positive the forwards acquired concerned too with a pair every.
- Earlier than I log out, I wish to speak in regards to the enormous flip round Winnipeg has undergone within the Hit division for the reason that commerce deadline. Earlier than the Jets added Luke Schenn (12 gms w/ WPG) & Brandon Tanev (15 gms w/ WPG) , they had been throwing about 41% of the bodychecks. Of their previous 20 video games, that proportion has elevated to 50.25% and during the last 10 it has gone as much as 52.13%. Tonight Schenn led the True Northers with 7 of their 44 hits, however many different gamers had been throwing their our bodies round too: Tanev/Lowry (6), Stanley (5), & Anderson-Dolan/Pionk/Niederreiter (4).
A giant efficiency and a good greater win by our Winnipeg Jets. They now want to select up simply 1 extra level within the remaining three video games to lock up the Central Division…or they may wait till the Dallas Stars lose 1 extra level of their final 3 contests. Both approach, the True Northers will get the #1 seed within the Western Convention.
I’m loving how our squad is performing in “huge video games” this 12 months…..appears to bode properly for not letting the ambiance & competitors degree get to them as soon as the post-season kicks off.
UP NEXT: Winnipeg Jets @ Chicago Blackhawks – Saturday, April twelfth @ 6:00 pm CST
