{"id":289401,"date":"2024-12-23T09:38:28","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T15:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=289401"},"modified":"2024-12-23T09:38:29","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T15:38:29","slug":"winnipeg-jets-won-5-0-against-the-minnesota-wild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=289401","title":{"rendered":"Winnipeg Jets Won 5-0 Against The Minnesota Wild"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WINNIPEG —<\/strong> Connor Hellebuyck<\/a> made 19 saves for his NHL-leading fourth shutout of the season, and the Winnipeg Jets won 5-0 against the Minnesota Wild at Canada Life Centre on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s probably one of our better efforts in the last few games here,\u201d Winnipeg coach Scott Arniel said. \u201cWe knew they were coming in after playing last night, went after them in the first period and kind of continued that through the three periods. Liked a lot of our compete, sort of our little details. A lot of good things that happened tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cole Perfetti<\/a> had a goal and two assists and Neal Pionk<\/a> had a goal and an assist for the Jets (24-10-1), who have points in five of six (4-1-1).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe wanted to have a good start. We haven\u2019t had that as of late.\u201d Perfetti said. \u201cOur first period was huge, and we really wanted to take them out of the game. And I think we did that. We really didn\u2019t give them anything. [We were] hard on the puck, hard on the forecheck. We really suffocated them all over the ice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesper Wallstedt<\/a> made 19 saves for the Wild (20-10-4), who were shut out for the first time this season and have lost four straight, including a 2-1 loss at home to the Utah Hockey Club on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s about having the right mindset and playing the game the right way,\u201d Minnesota coach John Hynes said. \u201cWe have capable players, and we\u2019ve got to get back to playing a certain style of game and being consistent with that. We have it in pockets, we don\u2019t have it enough.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nikolaj Ehlers<\/a> made it 1-0 Jets with a power play goal at 6:51 of the first period, sweeping the puck under Wallstedt from the netside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen you see his speed like that, when [Ehlers] puts it on display, it\u2019s nerve-wracking for the opposition and especially the defenders who have to play that side of the ice,\u201d Arniel said. \u201cIt just creates offensive zone time for that group. I thought those three [Ehlers, Perfetti, and Vladislav Namestnikov<\/a>] did a really good job and spent a lot of time down in that end of the rink, and they got rewarded for it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Morgan Barron<\/a> scored at 17:54 to make it 2-0. Alex Iafallo<\/a>\u2019s one-timer on a 2-on-1 rush beat Wallstedt, leaving Barron to jam in the loose puck in the crease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI saw him get the shot off and then I kind of lost it,\u201d Barron said. \u201cThen it popped out. Honestly, I thought I could have done a better job stopping at the net before — I almost kind of swung behind, but stopped just in time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pionk pushed it to 3-0 on the power play with a one-timer from the point at 5:19 of the second period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI knew coming in that they were going to be a very skilled power play,\u201d Wallstedt said. \u201cThey have a lot of options and a lot of stuff that they can do, and I felt like I had good knowledge, but I just didn’t execute the whole when it was needed. [They have] very, very good players on the power play and knew what they were doing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perfetti made it 4-0 at 2:07 into the third period, scoring unassisted with a shot from the high slot after Wild defenseman Jonas Brodin turned it over in his own zone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got to stick to what gives us the best chance to win,\u201d Hynes said. \u201cI thought we went a little bit off script and made plays and went east-west and passed up shots. To me, that\u2019s the bigger thing. It\u2019s more the process of the game than it is anything about the mindset. The mindset needs to be to play the game the right way and play the game that gives us the best chance to win, gives us the best chance to produce offense, the best way to check.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Namestnikov tipped Pionk\u2019s point shot at 7:36 for the 5-0 final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA 5-0 loss, it happens in a season,\u201d Wild forward Frederick Gaudreau<\/a> said. \u201cWe’re going through one of those moments right now and when you look at things with perspectives, it happens to everybody. You just have to stay positive and dig yourselves out of what we’re into right now all together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NOTES:<\/strong> Jets forward Adam Lowry<\/a> left the game midway through the third period and did not return. “He was just banged up a little bit there,\u201d Arniel said. \u201cHe got banged up on one of his shifts. He should be fine.” \u2026 The Jets swept the three-game season series, winning 2-1 in overtime Oct. 13 in Winnipeg, and 4-1 on Nov. 25 in Minnesota. \u2026 Winnipeg has won eight straight against Minnesota. \u2026 Hellebuyck is 6-0-1 in his past seven starts. \u2026 With 41 shutouts, Hellebuyck passed John Vanbiesbrouck and Frank Brimsek (both with 40) for the fourth-most by a United States-born goalie in NHL history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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