{"id":537777,"date":"2026-03-15T10:15:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T10:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/537777\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T10:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T10:15:08","slug":"connor-has-2-points-jets-hold-off-avalanche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/537777\/","title":{"rendered":"Connor has 2 points, Jets hold off Avalanche"},"content":{"rendered":"

Martin Necas<\/a> scored, and Mackenzie Blackwood<\/a>\u00a0made 15 saves for the Avalanche (44-12-9), who\u2019ve lost two of three after winning five straight.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just feel like we didn’t really get there the first couple of periods like we wanted to,\u201d Colorado defenseman Cale Makar<\/a>\u00a0said. \u201cBut I feel like we were better in the third, but I don’t think we tested them enough around the net to get better opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Avalanche experienced an extended delay before their flight was permitted to take off from Seattle on Friday. The team spent eight hours on the tarmac, eventually arriving in Winnipeg at 11 p.m. local time, 14 hours before the matinee against the Jets.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think yesterday took a toll on our guys like when it comes to their legs,\u201d Colorado coach Jared Bednar said. \u201cBut the top guys who played a lot the other night, they just didn’t have it. So hopefully we get our energy back. We get in at a pretty good hour tonight and get a day of rest tomorrow, and we’ll turn the game over and go again against Pittsburgh.\u201d<\/p>\n

Makar said, \u201cStuff like that\u2019s going to happen and it’s obviously out of our control, but I felt like it was a good team-bonding experience. And unfortunately we got in late, but at the same time we’re used to it. It\u2019s like playing a back-to-back. You’re flying into the next city and getting in late anyway. So, obviously (an) early game, but definitely not an excuse. I felt like we had our legs tonight, just not fully there, technically.\u201d<\/p>\n

Connor made it 1-0 at 2:05 of the second period.\u00a0Scheifele stole a Nathan MacKinnon<\/a>\u00a0drop pass, carried the puck into the offensive zone and set up a trailing Connor for a wrist shot from above the left hash marks.<\/p>\n

The goal gave Connor his fifth straight 30-goal season and eighth overall in the\u00a0NHL, all with the Jets.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think players recognize how dangerous he is,\u201d Winnipeg coach Scott Arniel said. \u201cI don\u2019t know if everybody around North America recognizes how good, what a great goal-scorer he is. He has got an unbelievable release, and he has a knack for finding that open ice. And him and Scheifele with their chemistry. That puck comes off his stick in a hurry, and he is, as you saw tonight, it doesn\u2019t take much, he just needs a lane to get that shot off. From my history here, the four years, if you watch him in practice or you watch him in games, he is a pure goal-scorer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Connor and Scheifele combined on the same goal for the 50th time this season.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a constant work in progress,\u201d Connor said, \u201cand it’s something that (Scheifele and I) both take a lot of pride in, and pushing each other, and working at just tons of different areas where we can get better. And constantly talk to each other about what we’re seeing. We’ve been able to play it together and kind of build that chemistry and work with each other. He’s such a heads-up player, and everything matches the speed, the hands, can shoot the puck, as well. And it’s just a lot of fun to learn from him and get to pick his brain in those situations as well.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Martin Necas scored, and Mackenzie Blackwood\u00a0made 15 saves for the Avalanche (44-12-9), who\u2019ve lost two of three after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":537778,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-537777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=537777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/537778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=537777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=537777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=537777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}