After an impressive victory in overtime on Washington’s capital, there would be no disappointment for the Winnipeg jets on Friday against New Jersey.
The jets did not waste time in bed all concern of a disappointment, marking twice in the first two minutes on the way to a 4-0 victory which moved them to the capital of Washington for first place in the general classification of the NHL with 104 points.
The jets scored twice in the first, added two others in the second and sailed the rest of the path when they became the first NHL team at 50 victories.
“I think we realize that we are really close to the playoffs and we want to bring our eliminatory match every night,” said the goalkeeper of Jets Connor Hellebuyck. “I think it was a continuation of this one and at this time of year, it is when you want to play your best hockey, and you feel best when you play your best.”
Hellebuyck made 24 stops for her seventh career laundering of the season in front of a closed crowd crowds.
Alex Iafallo scored a pair of goals for Winnipeg in victory. Mark Scheifele had his first goal in his last 10 games, and David Gustafsson scored less than two minutes after his first match in more than three weeks after replacing Rasmus Kupari in the programming.
“It was good,” said Gustafsson. “To get a start the first quarter of work after being released for a while – it really was good.”
Scheifele also had a decisive pass for his career multi-point game to pass Blake Wheeler for the most in the history of the franchise.
Kyle Connor has also taken an important step with two aids while exceeding the 50 -year bar for the first time in his career.
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The jets have swept the series of the season against the Devils for the fifth time in the last 10 seasons. The victory gives the jets a six -point lead on the stars of Dallas for first place in the central division.
“A few weeks ago after the Dallas match, we went to Seattle and we were not very good for the first and a half period,” said head coach Scott Arniel. “I really liked the way we released this evening, obviously, it was a fantastic start to set up two quickly.”
The first goal came from Iafallo just 58 seconds from the competition. Scheifele started the game by skating the washer from the end of Winnipeg to the New Jersey area before sending a cross pass to Connor. He then sent it to Iafallo in the slit which revealed the washer in an open net while Jake Allen overrubs Connor.
The help for Connor, who played in his first game after his wife gave birth to their daughter, gave him 50 for the first time in his career.
Barely 54 seconds later, he was 2-0 thanks to Gustafsson, playing in his first match since March 6.
The New Jersey had the washer safely at their end when the players of the two teams changed, but Simon Nemec could not manage a simple pass, the turning point in Brandon Tanev. Tanev then led to the net and was refused by Allen, but Gustafsson overthrew the rebound at home for his second of the season and his sixth goal in 143 NHL games.
The Devils obtained the first power game of the match later in the period, but failed because they controlled possession for the majority of the first, holding the jets at a time in the 13 minutes that followed the goal of Gustafsson.
For a very short instant, the Devils thought they had cut their heads in two when Erik Haula hit a rebound with 5:34 to do in the first, but he immediately gone. Haula had hit Hellebuyck before blurring the rebound and the New Jersey did not challenge the call on the ice.
Thanks to a late shots, Winnipeg ended up with an advantage of 9-8 in the shots in the first, but during most of the second, the shooting counter barely moved.
During the first 11:40 am of the environment, there was only one shot to the goal. The New Jersey recorded its first at 8:20 to do and Winnipeg did not obtain their second in the frame before there was 7:31.
The New Jersey obtained decent looks during their second power game of the night, but Winnipeg killed him, and just after leaving the box, Colin Miller pulled a penalty to give the jets their first PP look of the evening.
The advantage of the man of Winnipeg had trouble, but they took advantage of it. Allen stopped a single shooter from Josh Morrissey’s stick point, but Nikolaj Ehlers shook the rebound to the right of Allen where Iafallo was held. He glored the washer and hit him in the net to do it 3-0 with 4:15 to go in the second.
With less than a minute to do in the period, the jets did 4-0. Scheifele made a smooth game on the Blueline jets to keep Brian Dumoulin’s washer away and patinated the ice with. After taking it in the end of the Devils, he dropped him to Connor whose shot became wide, but after the washer was rebounded hard from the end boards, Scheifele cut him into the net on the side of the fold.
Winnipeg brought an advantage of 15-13 in penalties in the third where Hellebuyck set aside the 11 shots he faced to win the 4-0 victory.
Allen made 15 stops in the defeat of New Jersey.
Winnipeg will conclude his homestand on Sunday afternoon against Vancouver.
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