Winnipeg Jets

Beaten and bruised: numbers for the morning after

Wednesday night, the Washington Capitals were looking to take both games of their western back-to-back, but in a twist they’d have to do it without Braden Holtby. Without their star netminder and with a couple other health issues, the beat up Caps fell 3-1.

The Caps out-shot the Jets 28 to 24, but were out-attempted at five-on-five 46 to 36.

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Beat up and shut down: Jets beat Caps 3-1

The illness- and injury-struck Washington Capitals came close to securing an unlikely road win on a back-to-back, but a late-game push by the Winnipeg Jets dashed those hopes.

Jakub Vrana scored a smart rush goal in the first period, bringing him to five on the season. Alex Ovechkin got whistled for a joke of a toepick in the second period, and Mark Scheifele responded immediately with a power-play goal for the Jets. Late in the third, Ben Chiarot’s wristshot beat Copley stick-side to give the Jets the game-winner. Kyle Connor got the empty-netter. Womp womp.

Caps lose 3-1.

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By Peter Hassett On November 14, 2018 3 Comments

Caps at Jets pregame: A goal-scorers game

The road trip continues for the Capitals with a stop in Winnipeg to play the Jets! This means that the top-two goal scorers since the beginning of the 2016-17 season will be meeting again. That would be Alex Ovechkin and Patrik Laine. The Capitals might look a tad tired tonight since they played a pretty great game 24 hours ago. I will also be tired tonight after tweeting during a Capitals game only 24 hours ago.

The puck will be dropping again at 8:00 PM on NBC Sports Washington. You can stream the game with NBCS Washington on any of your devices beginning with the pregame at 7:00 PM. Another recap from Peter? You betcha.

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By Elyse Bailey On November 14, 2018 0 Comment

Welp, they finally did it, the Winnipeg Jets have completely ruined our sweet son Mathieu Perreault

“Dark, cold, Internet is a little questionable.”That’s how Sharks defenseman Justin Braun describes the desolate, park-less wasteland of Winnipeg, a hellscape that naive minds might think could only exist in grim-dark fiction like A Song of Ice and Fire or Downton Abbey but is actually a real place located in a remote region the locals call Man-i-toba.

Long ago, a sweet Quebecois boy named Matty left his homes in pre-Trump DC and Disneyfied Anaheim to seek his fortune in Winnipeg.

And all it cost him was everything.

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By Peter Hassett On September 25, 2018 0 Comment

Winnipeg Jets, Vegas Golden Knights both snag each franchise’s first postseason win Wednesday

The Vegas Golden Knights and the Winnipeg Jets are not the most similar of teams: one a brash, upstart expansion team from the desert, the other finally starting to find its way after moving from Atlanta seven years ago.

However, heading into the start of the Stanley Cup Playoffs on Wednesday, they had one important thing in common — neither franchise had won a playoff game. In fact, the teams were the only two without an NHL postseason victory.

That changed for both teams Wednesday night.
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By Brendan Doyle On April 12, 2018 0 Comment

Patrik Laine, one goal behind Ovechkin in Rocket Richard race, injured in Jets’ win over Kings

Winnipeg Jets forward Patrik Laine came into tonight’s game against the Kings tied with Alex Ovechkin for the league lead in goals. Not only did Laine finish the night in second place in the Maurice “Rocket” Richard race, but the Finn also came out worse for wear physically.

Laine left the contest in the second period after blocking a shot with his right ankle. He would not return to the game.

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By Brendan Doyle On March 21, 2018 0 Comment

Connor Hellebuyck gave up Alex Ovechkin’s 600th career goal. He is constantly on the wrong side of history.

On Monday, Alex Ovechkin hit another career milestone when he scored his 600th goal against the Winnipeg Jets. Connor Hellebuyck was the goaltender victimized between the pipes for the historic tally.

While that may not be newsworthy in itself, Hellebuyck’s bad luck is anything but ordinary.

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On March 14, 2018 0 Comment

Night of the 🐐: Caps beats Jets 3-2 in overtime

The Caps beat the Jets, no one cares – ALEX OVECHKIN SCORED 600 GOALS. (Not all in this game, but like cumulatively in his career.)

Yeah. Alex Ovechkin scored during a 5-on-3 for get his 599th career goal and to reclaim the league’s scoring lead. The game lead, however, was lost less than a minute later when Nikolaj Ehlers scored after a bad defensive-zone turnover by Lars Eller.

In the second period, Alex Ovechkin scored the 600th goal of his career, joining just 19 other players in history of the league.

Winnipeg got much more aggressive in the third period, then white-hot Patrik Laine notched his 41st of the season to tie the game and force overtime. The Caps dominated play in extra time, then Evgeny Kuznetsov ended it!

Caps beat Jets 3-2 in overtime!

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By Peter Hassett On March 12, 2018 0 Comment

Caps vs Jets pregame: Race for the rocket

The shifting of playoff positions in both conferences will continue tonight as the Caps face-off against the Winnipeg Jets. Both teams sit second in their respective divisions as they watch their potential playoff opponents battle it out beneath them.

We also have the underlying story of Ovechkin vs. Laine in the Richard race. Who will take down this cross-conference battle? We’ll find out at 7 PM on NBCSWA. Peter has your recap.

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By Chris Cerullo On March 12, 2018 0 Comment

How to turn a win into a loss in thirteen minutes: numbers for the morning after

The Washington Capitals traveled to the great white north to challenge the Western Conference’s Winnipeg Jets to a game of hit puck with stick. Matty P and the Jets would show the league how to turn a sure loss into a shocking win as they downed the Caps 4-3 in overtime.

The Jets out-shot the Caps 44 to 27 and out-attempted them at five-on-five 56 to 40.

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By Chris Cerullo On February 14, 2018 0 Comment

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