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Deadspin | Jets take high-octane offense into contest with Predators

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Dec 28, 2024; Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN; Winnipeg Jets middle Gabriel Vilardi (13) celebrates his third interval aim with left wing Nikolaj Ehlers (27) and middle Mark Scheifele (55) in opposition to the Ottawa Senators at Canada Life Centre. Obligatory Credit score: James Carey Lauder-Imagn Photographs

The Winnipeg Jets, house owners of the very best level complete (53) and essentially the most wins (26) within the NHL, will host the struggling Nashville Predators on Monday.

Winners of three straight, the Jets trailed the visiting Ottawa Senators 2-0 early within the second interval on Saturday evening earlier than scoring 4 straight targets en path to a 4-2 victory.

Kyle Connor and Mark Scheifele, Winnipeg’s main goal-producers with 22 apiece, tied the competition within the second interval and Gabriel Vilardi and Nikolaj Ehlers scored inside a span of 1:32 in the midst of the third interval. Vilardi’s winner got here on the facility play 9:47 into the third and was arrange by a one-touch cross from Ehlers.

“Our energy play, once we play it the appropriate means and play it quick, get pucks to the web and get some chaos going, that is once we’re at our greatest,” Ehlers mentioned. “After we work it round sluggish, it isn’t superb. … I feel with the talent that we’ve on each our energy performs, issues will open up when you get that chaos going.”

Ehlers had two assists to go together with his aim whereas Scheifele and Connor every added an help. Connor Hellebuyck made 33 saves for the Jets, who’ve factors in seven of their final eight (6-1-1).

“We did not attempt to chase it, I feel that was the most important factor,” mentioned Scheifele, who has 10 targets and eight assists in his final 12 video games. “After we received down 2-0, there was nonetheless plenty of sport left. Generally you’ll be able to go and attempt to chase offense, however we simply tried to stay to our sport. We knew that if we did the appropriate issues again and again, good issues would occur. It confirmed.”

Connor leads Winnipeg with 49 factors, whereas Scheifele is second with 44.

The Predators fell 7-4 to the St. Louis Blues on Friday evening in St. Louis. Nashville was 3-0-1 in its earlier 4 video games earlier than the loss.

“There have been some alternatives there to win the hockey sport,” Nashville coach Andrew Brunette mentioned. “Sadly we did some issues early within the sport that was laborious for us to come back again and clearly taking a penalty there late, I assumed we had good momentum. That one harm.

“I did not like our mindset early within the sport proper from the primary aim in opposition to. We did not try this the entire (earlier) homestand. … We weren’t taking part in fairly as direct as we’ve been taking part in.”

The Blues scored the primary two targets of the sport and led 4-2 after the opening interval.

Steven Stamkos and Jonathan Marchessault every had a aim and Mark Jankowski and Nick Blankenburg additionally scored for the Predators. Juuse Saros gave up 5 targets on 15 photographs earlier than being changed by Justus Annunen within the second interval. Annunen made 12 saves.

“It was simply too sloppy early,” Stamkos mentioned. “I do know it is coming off (the Christmas break), however these are the video games you wish to be on the appropriate aspect of, to construct the momentum off of what we did earlier than the break. I assumed it was a missed alternative, however … too sloppy with simply giving them some possibilities with our personal errors.”

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