It’s a Central Division clash between hockey’s past and present from the City of Lights as a pair of teams lock up in the province of Manitoba. The Utah Hockey Club makes the trip to what was once their stomping grounds as they take on the Winnipeg Jets Tuesday night. Utah was edged 4-3 in overtime by Vegas on the road Saturday night in their previous contest. Winnipeg rolled to a 7-4 home win over Tampa Bay Sunday to keep their hot start to the season going in their previous game. In the last 10 meetings between the teams, the Jets have won all 10 matchups, including a 4-3 home win in the most recent matchup on February 25, 2024.
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Utah Looking to Earn Road Divisional Victory
Utah dropped to 1-3-2 in their last six games as they were beaten in overtime on the road by the Golden Knights Saturday night. The Hockey Club slipped to 5-4-3 on the season and stood fourth in the Central Division, nine points behind the Jets for the top spot in the division. Utah is 15th in the league in goals per game as they average 3.08 goals a night this season. The Hockey Club is tied for 26th in goals against as they allow an average of 3.50 goals per game on the year. Utah is tied for 17th in the league in power play success as they convert 19.4% of their chances with the man advantage this season. The Hockey Club is 16th in the league in penalty killing as they successfully navigate 79.1% of their shorthanded situations.
Against Vegas, Utah managed to earn one point but couldn’t get the second one as they fell in overtime. Utah was outshot 9-3 in the opening period but skated off with a 1-0 lead at the first intermission. Logan Cooley opened the scoring with his second goal of the season at 11:38 off assists from Nick Bjugstad and Jack McBain. In the second period, the Hockey Club was outshot 15-7 and outscored 2-1 to tie the game at two after 40 minutes of play. Ian Cole opened the scoring with his first goal of the season at the 12:00 mark off assists from Cooley and Clayton Keller for a 2-0 lead. They gave up a pair of goals later in the period to even the score. In the third period, Utah was outshot 9-8 with both teams scoring once to leave the game level at the end of regulation. After falling behind 3-2, Alexander Kerfoot evened the game with his second goal of the year at 13:10 with assists going to Bjugstad and Maveric Lamoreaux. In overtime, Utah was outshot 2-1 and gave up the winning goal to take the loss. Connor Ingram made 31 saves for the Hockey Club, who were outshot 35-19, in the loss. He’s likely to get the start in goal for this contest as well.
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Jets Look to Soar to Fourth Straight Win
Winnipeg ran their win streak to three games as their offense exploded in a win over Tampa Bay on home ice Sunday. The Jets improved to 11-1-0 on the season and entered Monday holding the top spot in the Central Division by four points over Minnesota. Winnipeg enters this one 1st in the league in goals for as they average 4.92 goals a night. The Jets are fifth in goals against as they allow 2.50 goals per contest. Winnipeg is 1st in the league on the power play by cashing in on 44.1% of the chances with the man advantage this season. The Jets are 21st in the league in penalty killing as they successfully navigate 76% of their shorthanded situations.
Against Tampa Bay, Winnipeg started slowly but couldn’t be stopped once their offense got into gear. The Jets held an 11-9 advantage in shots on goal in the opening period but trailed 2-1 on the scoreboard at the first intermission. After giving up the first two goals of the game to trail 2-0, Vladislav Namestnikov got the Jets on the board with his third goal of the season off an assist from Josh Morrissey at the 12:23 mark. In the second period, Winnipeg had an 11-5 edge in shots and outscored Tampa Bay 2-1 to level the game at three after 40 minutes of play. Logan Stanley tied the game with his first goal of the season at 5:49 off an assist from Nikolaj Ehlers. Mark Scheifele gave Winnipeg a 3-2 lead with his seventh goal of the year at 7:36 off an assist from Gabriel Vilardi. They allowed the tying goal later in the period.
In the third period, Winnipeg was outshot 16-12 but outscored Tampa Bay 4-1 to earn the win. Alex Iafallo gave Winnipeg a 4-3 lead with a power play goal, his first of the year, at 4:03 with assists going to Nino Neiderreiter and Cole Perfetti. After the Lightning tied the game, Dylan Samberg gave the Jets the lead for good with his third goal of the year at 7:38 off assists from Kyle Connor and Dylan DeMelo. Ehlers made it a 6-4 game with an empty net goal, his eighth of the year, at 17:15 off assists from Scheifele and Namestnikov. Perfetti closed the scoring and sealed the win with his fourth of the year, into an empty net, at 19:23 off an assist from Morrissey. Connor Hellebuyck made 26 saves for the Jets, who owned a 34-30 edge in shots on goal, in the win. He’s the likely starter between the pipes here.
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Utah has sputtered a bit of late as they have had trouble keeping the puck out of their own net. That could prove to be a serious problem for them given how high-powered Winnipeg’s offensive attack has been this season. Trying to slow down the Jets have been difficult: they have scored at least four goals in nine of their 12 games this season, including each of their last six. Winnipeg is rolling right now and they have the ability to wear teams down by rolling four lines in an endless assault. Utah scraps but they can’t hang with Winnipeg’s attack: take the Jets on home ice here as they keep their win streak going.
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Utah has seen the under post a 6-6 mark this season in their 12 games this season entering Monday night. The Hockey Club has posted an average total of 6.58 goals per game this season. That number climbs to an average of 7.33 goals per game on the season on the road. Winnipeg has seen the over post an 8-3-1 mark in their first 12 games of the season. The Jets have seen an average of 7.42 goals per game so far this season. That number climbs to 7.83 goals per game on home ice this season. With Winnipeg piling up goals and Utah struggling defensively, this game winds up over the number.
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