FOUR GORDIE HOWE HAT TRICKS
Who do you think would have four Gordie Howe hat tricks (at least one goal, assist and fight) on this Jets team? If you said Mark Scheifele, you would be right. Scheifele recorded his 81st career three-point game, and on top of that rushed to linemate Kyle Connor’s defence after Brett Howden hit Connor which led to the fight. A huge moment that showed the Jets standing up for one another in an emotional and important game.
“It is just kind of the way you get taught when you come into the league and that is the way you take care of each other,” said Scheifele.
“It is a brotherhood in here and especially KC, like I said, that is my boy and I don’t like when he gets hit, plain and simple.”
PK OK
The Jets have got some big kills in their last three games counting the two penalties they had to take care of in overtime in Pittsburgh and New York. Tonight, with the Jets holding onto a 3-1 third period lead, Winnipeg had to kill back-to-back penalties to Elias Salomonsson and Dylan Samberg. The Jets didn’t give up a lot and held Vegas from scoring with the man advantage; the Golden Knights came into the night with the fourth best power play in the league.