Another solid road game from the Winnipeg Jets, this time resulting in a win by the score of 3-1 over the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre.
It could have been better for the Jets, as Patrik Laine was robbed twice by the glove hand of Carey Price. Laine did, however, net the empty-net insurance marker and his 28th goal of the season. Laine now has five goals in his last three games.
Mathieu Perreault notched his fifth of the season, that ended up being the game winner. Joel Armia opened the scoring for he Jets with a neat short-handed, break-a-way deke on Price. By the way, Dustin Byfuglien's assist on Perreault's goal was a beauty. In his usual attempt of a strong-handed wrap-a-round, Buff managed to fight off three, count them, three Canadiens with one hand on his stick until he passed the puck to himself from his stick to his skates and kicked it to Perreault open in front of the net for his neat back-hand passed Price.
Connor Hellebuyck got the start and played solidly. The Habs only managed five shots in the third period. Great defence by the Jets.
With this surprising win (the Habs seventh loss in eight games) the Jets now have three out of a possible four points on this current road trip.
As a side note, watching the game on CBC, it sounded like a fair amount of Jets fans in Montreal today when Armia popped that shorty past Price.
Presently, the Jets sit in fifth in the Central division, 10th in the Western Conference, with 59 points. Two points behind Calgary for the second wild-card and three behind Nashville for the first wild-card.
Next up are the Ottawa Senators, who have been coming on as of late.
