You head up the escalators to the main level and spot some ice out of the corner of your eye, glistening in the light and wanting your attention.Įven if it’s your first time or one thousandth time, it never gets old. There might be a promotional product being handed out as you get your ticket scanned. Picture this Avs fans: you’re walking up to the main entrance of Ball Arena, ready for a great night of hockey. Let’s take a break from our T25U25 playlist and go back to a simpler time. A wrist shot from the point off the stick of Makar beat Hellebuyck through a screen to make it 7-5 with 7:36 to go.With the lull in Colorado Avalanche news recently, I figured we’d spice it up and change things a little bit. The team’s continued to trade goals when Colorado answered back on their second power play of the game. His shot hit both posts and skimmed along the goal line before being cleared down the ice, but video replay showed that, for one brief moment, the puck fully crossed the line to give the Jets a 5-3 lead.Ģ:20 later, with Winnipeg on a power play, Morrissey fed Connor for a one-timer that beat Georgiev to make it 6-3.Ĭolorado earned their first power play just ten seconds later and made good on the chance when Artturi Lehkonen tipped a Makar point shot past Hellebuyck to make it 6-4.Ĭonnor’s second of the night at the 8:54 mark restored Winnipeg’s three-goal lead, his shot from in close glancing off the foot of Manson and over the glove of Georgiev. Lowry scored his second of the night 3:31 into the period, a huge insurance goal that was initially waved off. True to form, Winnipeg began to pull away early in the third.

If history were to be any indictor, the Jets were in great position to secure the ‘W’ as they went 37-1-1 in the regular season when leading after two periods and 35-0 when scoring four or more goals. Winnipeg pushed for an insurance goal thanks in part to the game’s first power play but their lead stayed at one after 40 minutes, with Colorado outshooting Winnipeg 11-9 in the middle frame. The Jets’ captain kept it and fired it five-hole on Georgiev to restore Winnipeg’s lead.

The score stayed tied 3-3 until the 8:57 mark of the second when Lowry was sprung on a 2-on-1 with Mason Appleton. The Jets’ top line went to work in the Colorado end, leading to Gabriel Vilardi finding Scheifele in front for a tap-in to tie the game 3-3.Ĭolorado wound up outshooting the Jets 14-8 in the chaotic first period, and at one point had a 10-2 edge in the second period but couldn’t break the tie on the scoreboard. After Winnipeg failed to clear the puck, Cale Makar passed it to Mikko Rantanen, who slid it to MacKinnon for a knuckler that fooled Hellebuyck and beat him five-hole. Just 18 seconds later, Nathan MacKinnon put the Avalanche back in front. Joel Kiviranta carried the puck in front and as he tried to make a move, it jumped to the stick of Miles Wood who potted it to make it 2-2. Dylan Samberg coughed up the puck as he carried it from behind his own net. Winnipeg’s lead lasted 2:50 before Colorado got even.

It’s puck management and yeah, just a little more playing the right way at the right time.” And if you turn the puck over, your structure is going to break down like right away. When they’re coming, when they’re carrying the puck in like they were tonight, then we’re clearly off our game. “It’s all three zones and puck management in all three zones. It wasn’t exactly how we drew it up, but if that’s the way it goes, that’s the way it goes. “So, we’re very happy to get that win and understanding that there’s areas that we’re going to be better. “Listen, we’ll never complain about a win, especially this time of year,” said head coach Rick Bowness. The Jets’ third line scored twice and the fourth line even found the scoresheet in the playoff opener.Ī win is a win in the post-season, but it was far from a Picasso for the Jets as both teams had costly giveaways. UBC tackle, Penn State tight end, Illinois lineman among Canadians selected in NFL Draft.Blue Jays prospect Barriera has Tommy John surgery.‘Get bent’: Boston Pizza’s Stanley Cup pitch to Canadian hockey fans backfires.

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