Mark Scheifele grew to become the Jets’ all-time video games chief and recorded three assists in Winnipeg’s 5-2 win over the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday.
Already the franchise’s all-time main scorer, Scheifele performed in his 898th profession sport in a Jets uniform, transferring forward of Blake Wheeler for probably the most in franchise historical past. Scheifele celebrated the milestone together with his third three-point sport of the season and his sixteenth profession sport with three or extra assists.
The Jets are 3-1-0 of their final 4 video games.
Neal Pionk, Kyle Connor and Josh Morrissey every had a purpose and an help and Nino Niederreiter had two assists. Adam Lowry and Logan Stanley scored Winnipeg’s different objectives.
Eric Comrie stopped 20 of twenty-two pictures, together with an excellent save on Kent Johnson throughout a Columbus energy play within the third interval. Comrie is 4-1-0 in 5 begins this season, enjoying sparingly however successfully behind workhorse starter Connor Hellebuyck.
The regulation loss snapped the Blue Jackets’ five-game factors streak (3-0-2).
Miles Wooden and Zach Werenski scored for the Jackets and Elvis Merzlikins stopped 25 of 30 pictures.
At 7:35 of the primary interval, a pleasant cross into the slot from Niederreiter arrange Lowry’s first purpose of the season. Lowry missed Winnipeg’s first 12 video games whereas recovering from offseason hip surgical procedure.
Wooden equalized 18:35 into the primary interval, after a Damon Severson cross from behind the purpose line deflected off Wooden close to middle ice. Wooden outraced Jets defenseman Dylan DeMelo to the free puck and scored his fifth purpose of the season.
Morrissey tipped in a wonderful Scheifele cross in entrance of the Columbus web at 1:12 of the second interval to revive Winnipeg’s lead. Pionk added his first purpose of the season throughout a Jets energy play 15:30 into the second body, blasting a one-timer previous a screened Merzlikins.
Connor deposited a bad-angle shot between Merzlikins and the publish at 2:45 of the third interval. Werenski decreased the Blue Jackets’ deficit with a purpose 4:04 into the third body, however Stanley responded with a booming slap-shot marker for the Jets on the 6:23 mark.
–Area Degree Media
