The Winnipeg Jets are 2-0 against Central division and geographical rival, Minnesota Wild after hanging on against a relentless Wild team that really put the scare into yours truly in the last five or six minutes for a 2-1 final. As TSN play-by-play man, Dennis Bayak points out whenever these two teams meet, it was yet another one-goal game.
Tyler Myers appeared to score in the first 47 seconds of the game when he fired a Joel Armia rebound past Alex Stalock, only to have it immediately waved off due to a hand pass. If it was, it was a pass to himself, as the puck bounced off his glove and Myers knocked it out of the air past the Minnesota goaltender.
Mark Scheifele was a fore-checking pest all night long, and clearly frustrated the Wild in their own end, as well as the neutral zone. His tenacity almost paid off, as he was a goalpost away on a short-handed break-a-way in the second period.
In the opening minute of the third, Nikolaj Ehlers notched his team-leading seventh of the season with a deke on Stalock, after a Wild turn-over at the Wild blue-line.
Connor Hellebuyck continues his surprising early season play, as he stifled the Wild all evening long. It appears his off-season regiments with new trainer Adam Francilia is paying off. Helle made 28 saves for his 6th win. Hellebuyck is undefeated in regulation time in the young season with a record of 6-0-1.
Kyle Connor scored his second of the year on a rebound of a errant deflection by Scheifele after a Myers wrist shot from the blue-line.
Minnesota went 0-5 on the power-play.
The Jets have garnered seven points out their last eight games.
