As the opening-round series between the Winnipeg Jets and Colorado Avalanche continues, a quick look under the hood supports the aforementioned theory. Much like when the Vegas Golden Knights reached the top of the mountain last spring with Jack Eichel, Chandler Stephenson, William Karlsson and Nicolas Roy taking the majority of the reps at centre, the Jets and Avalanche feature the type of four-line depth that is required to go on a deep run.
Kyle Connor scored twice and Tyler Toffoli broke a third-period tie to lift the Winnipeg Jets to a key 4-3 victory over the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday night. The win clinched second place in the Central Division for the Jets and home-ice advantage in their first-round playoff series with the Colorado Avalanche. “Obviously that’s what we wanted to do tonight,” said Nikolaj Ehlers, who had a goal and assist.
Laurent Brossoit stopped 24 shots for his third shutout in his past five starts, David Gustafsson scored on his 24th birthday and the Winnipeg Jets beat the Dallas Stars 3-0 on Thursday night. The Jets won their fifth consecutive game coming off a six-game winless streak and prevented the Stars from clinching the Central Division title. Instead, Winnipeg avoided a season sweep by Dallas and matched Colorado in second place with 104 points, five behind the Stars.
No | Player | P |
---|---|---|
22 | C | |
36 | C | |
39 | G | |
81 | LW | |
2 | D | |
60 | G | |
5 | D | |
27 | LW | |
19 | C | |
37 | G | |
9 | LW | |
15 | C | |
17 | C | |
6 | D | |
23 | C | |
44 | D | |
7 | C | |
62 | RW | |
91 | C | |
4 | D | |
54 | D | |
55 | C | |
88 | D | |
64 | D | |
73 | RW | |
13 | C |