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Winnipeg dominated early and held on to clinch victory over Colorado Avalanche in their first game of the series.
After seven hours sitting on the tarmac in Seattle late Friday night, the league's first place team made it to Winnipeg on Saturday for the first of three games between the two clubs in a two-week span. Yes, the Colorado Avalanche and Winnipeg Jets will face off three times before March comes to a close. Photo by Danny Truong This game for Winnipeg also marked the sixth of its season-long, eight-game homestand and the first test of a back-to-back, also featuring a Sunday afternoon affair with the St.
Louis Blues. Despite the parity between the Jets (28th place) and the Avalanche (1st place), it was Winnipeg that took control of the game early. Unfortunately for the Avs, their legs didn't seem to make the trip.
Blame the weather, blame the plane, blame whomever you wish, but the Avalanche simply weren't able to put together the sort of performance expected of a first place team. Following a nothing-nothing opening period, the Jets skated out to a 2-0 lead after 40 minutes of play thanks to middle period dominated by Kyle Connor and Mark Scheifele. Scheifele collected his 50th and 51st assists of the season, while Connor earned a helper and his 30th goal of the year.
That goal was a pretty three-on-two rush up ice that saw Connor place a wrist shot past Scott Wedgewood. Then, Alex Iafallo tapped home a Scheifele rebound to make it 2-0 before the frame came to an end. The home team held onto a 2-0 lead despite trailing 16-12 on the shot chart heading into the third period.