The Jets came out to another slow start as they surrendered

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]]> derick@yahoo.com.ph (Derick Ramos) Mon, 08 Apr 2013 01:14:47 GMT http://filipinojournal.com/jetsreport/jetsreport/home-sweet-home-jets-soar-past-flyers-4-1 http://filipinojournal.com/contest/contest/filipinojournalcup info@filipinojournal.com (Administrator) Thu, 04 Apr 2013 06:53:11 GMT http://filipinojournal.com/contest/contest/filipinojournalcup http://filipinojournal.com/jetsreport/jetsreport/march-recap A high flying start followed by a turbulent finish. The Winnipeg Jets strong start to March found them in first place of the Southeast Division. However, the tail end of March proved to be a different story as they closed off the month with a 2-4 record and will now try to fend off the Carolina Hurricanes and Washington Capitals for the division title.

Capital Gains

Coming of a win against the Boston Bruins, the Jets looked to continue their winning ways as they hosted the Washington Capitals in back to back home games. However, Capitals goalie Braden Holtby had other plans. Holtby had previously shutout the Jets 3-0 on March 2 and picked up where he left off stopping the 20 shots he faced en route to a 4-0 win. Riding a hot goalie, the Capitals grounded the Jets the following night 6-1 led by Alexander Ovechkin’s two goal performance.

Back on Track

The Jets would get back in the win column as they took on two Southeast division foes. The Jets used a three point night from forward Bryan Little to beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2. Ondrej Pavelec was brilliant stopping 23 saves and coach Claude Noel was quick to praise his netminder.

“[Pavelec] has been arguably our best player pretty much for a long stretch of time. I’m just thankful that he’s in the net, let’s put it that way,” Noel said. “I thought he did his part and more and that’s what he has been doing.”

In a key division battle, the Jets downgraded the Hurricanes with a 4-1 win. Evander Kane provided the firepower registering a goal and three assists. The win gave the Jets some breathing room in the division race over the Hurricanes.

A Southeast Storm Coming

The Winnipeg Jets found themselves on the Pittsburgh Penguins hit list. The Penguins, riding a 13 game winning streak, easily took care of the Jets winning 4-0. Pascal Dupuis scored twice for the Pens and Thomas Vokoun stopped all 20 shots that he faced.

The Carolina Hurricanes rolled into the MTS Centre and stormed the Jets early with two first period goals. Winnipeg never recovered and fell to the Canes 3-1. The Hurricanes win put them four points back of the Jets with three games in hand. After the game, Claude Noel brought up the impact of the loss in the tight Southeast race.

“The division race will play itself out. We had an opportunity to extend the gap,” Noel told the media. “No one is more disappointed than us.”

The Winnipeg Jets will now try to protect their division lead in April as they embark on a three game road trip followed by six games at home.

]]> derick@yahoo.com.ph (Derick Ramos) Tue, 02 Apr 2013 03:13:30 GMT http://filipinojournal.com/jetsreport/jetsreport/march-recap http://filipinojournal.com/jetsreport/jetsreport/hurricanes-gain-ground-on-jets The Winnipeg Jets had a golden opportunity to distance themselves from the Carolina Hurricanes in the race for the Southeast division title but ran into the solid goaltending of Justin Peters.  The 26 year old Peters was solid for the Hurricanes stopping 34 of 35 shots he faced en route to a 3-1 win. 

 

The Hurricanes got off to a quick start pressuring the Jets in their own zone on the opening shift.  Eric Staal would find Alexander Semin for his 10^th of the season just over a minute into the game.  Midway through the period, Jussi Jokinen scored on a wide open net beating Ondrej Pavelec to give the Canes a 2-0 lead.

 

The Jets struck early in the second period as the puck bounced off Olli Jokinen’s skate and found the back of the net.  After a quick review of the play, the play stood and Winnipeg was on the board.  The Jets were buzzing and building momentum earely in the second period as they were searching for the equalizer but a string of penalties put a halt to that.  The Jets took four straight penalties and were down two men twice at one point.  The Jets escaped the period unscathed and were only down 2-1 after 40 minutes of play.

 

Eric Staal would end any comeback effort by the Jets, wiring a wrist shot past Pavelec just 28 seconds into the third period.  The Hurricanes ended a seven game winless slide and now move within 4 points of the Jets with three games in hand. 

 

Jets coach Claude Noel knew the importance of Saturday’s game and its impact on the division race.  “The division race will play itself out.  We had an opportunity to extend the gap,” Noel told the media.  “No one is more disappointed than us.”

 

The Jets will play their next three games on the road against the Rangers, Islanders and Canadiens.  Their next home game will be against the Philadelphia Flyers on April 6^th.