Highlight reel: Jets 4 / Devils 2
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At the MTS Centre
Big picture
It might not be worthy of a huge headline in Boston, Vancouver or Detroit, but the Winnipeg Jets reaching the .500 mark speaks volumes to their growth. And what fans saw Saturday night at the MTS Centre — a second consecutive defensive gem that evened the club’s record at 11-11-4 — represents a forward step for this crew. There will undoubtedly still be some significant growing pains, but the Jets are 6-2-1 in their last nine and 5-1 in their last six at home.
Little picture
Head coach Claude Noel is loath to anoint any one trio as his No. 1 line. Still, the work of Evander Kane, Bryan Little and Blake Wheeler lately clearly earns them that designation. Kane had two more against the Devils, his 13th and 14th, Little had two assists and Wheeler one as that trio combined for two goals and five points.
Game-breaker
The Jets are killing off the second penalty of what was a two-man advantage late in the second — the Devils had scored earlier on the power play — when Little gobbles up a loose puck in the New Jersey zone and feeds Alex Burmistrov for a short-handed one-timer that breathed life into the Jets again.
Free Press ★★★
★ Evander Kane, LW, Win-
nipeg — Lots of jump again
Saturday night as he scored
two more — the second into an
empty net. He already has 14
on the season; 19 is his career high.
★★ Ilya Kovalchuk, LW,
New Jersey — Dangerous
every time he was on the ice. He was a minus-2, but flashed
some of the skills that make
him deadly with the puck.
★★★ Bryan Little, C,
Winnipeg — Two more assists
and a plus-3 rating. His confi-
dence is soaring.
–Tait
SUMMARY
First Period
1. Winnipeg, Kane 13 (Byfuglien, Little) 1:42
2. New Jersey, Henrique 6 (Parise, Kovalchuk) 5:53
Penalties — Zubrus NJ (holding) 14:46, Slater Wpg (slashing) 18:43.
Second Period
3. New Jersey, Elias 9 (Larsson) 17:17 (pp)
4. Winnipeg, Burmistrov 6 (Little) 18:24 (sh)
Penalties — Thorburn Wpg (hooking) 5:22, Clarkson NJ (interference) 9:24, Jaffray Wpg (holding) 16:24, Ladd Wpg (tripping) 16:38.
Third Period
5. Winnipeg, Stuart 3 (Wheeler, Bogosian) 13:13
6. Winnipeg, Kane 14, 19:28 (en)
Penalties — Sestito NJ, Jaffray Wpg (fighting) 4:10, Sykora NJ (unsportsmanlike conduct), Oduya Wpg (roughing) 11:45.
Shots on goal by
New Jersey 6 12 7 — 25
Winnipeg 6 7 7 — 20
Goal — New Jersey: Hedberg (L,7-5-1); Winnipeg: Pavelec (W,9-9-4).
Power plays (goals-chances) — New Jersey: 1-4; Winnipeg: 0-2.
Referees — Ghislain Hebert, Chris Lee. Linesmen — Lonnie Cameron, Jay Sharrers.
Attendance — 15,015 (15,015).
