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Resilient Jets show their mettle in OT win over Avalanche
Time and time again, this Winnipeg Jets team finds a way to punch back following a disappointing effort. They did just that in their 3-2 OT win over the Avalanche, answering the bell once again to earn a greasy win, Jacob Stoller writes
Call it whatever you want — pushback, response, resilience — these Winnipeg Jets have it.
Time and time again, this group finds a way to punch back following a disappointing effort.
After getting, as Jets coach Scott Arniel called it, “punched in the nose” by Toronto in late October — ending their eight-game win streak — they rattled off seven straight wins.
After the Panthers annihilated them 5-0 in the first leg of a home and home, the Jets responded with a 6-3 win against the defending Stanley Cup champs in their own barn.
So, the way they responded following Monday’s 5-2 loss to Utah — a performance that Arniel coined as “embarrassing” and “horsesh—t” — shouldn’t come as much of a surprise.
Wednesday’s 3-2 OT win over the Colorado Avalanche was Exhibit C of this core’s ability to answer the bell.
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“We want to be pushed like an elite team,” Josh Morrissey told reporters after his two-assist outing.
And when you’re striving to be the crème de la crème, you can’t get complacent.
For example, one of the things Arniel was most frustrated about with that Utah game was his team’s lack of in-tight chances. The same thing happened during Saturday’s loss against Calgary, where just 13 of the Jets’ 67 shot attempts came from high-danger areas. There have been other nights this season where Arniel has walked away feeling like his team didn’t position itself properly to pot a greasy goal, or two.
Both of Winnipeg’s regulation goals, again, were scored right in the blue paint. The first came at the 9:04 mark of the second period from Morgan Barron, who tapped in a cross-ice pass from David Gustafsson right in the blue paint to tie the game later. At the tail-end of that frame, a point shot from Morrissey deflected off Gabriel Vilardi and in.
“It’s a hard league and if you want to stay on the outside, you’re not going to get much,” Arniel told reporters postgame. “You have to get inside to find those greasy goals and we hadn’t scored many as of late.”
High-danger goals are an important metric for the Jets. While they may have star talents in Mark Scheifele, Kyle Connor and Josh Morrissey — they don’t have superstars like Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar and Mikko Rantanen. Which is fine, assuming they’re staying true to their identity.
“When we are on our game, we are aggressive, each guy is on his toes and playing with pace and competitiveness and that is something we can control every night,” Morrissey said.
The Jets may not have recorded highlight reel goals like Colorado — MacKinnon’s (unintentional) ‘pass’ off the post to himself was ridiculous, as was Makar’s Bobby Orr-esque goal — but they finally exemplified Winnipeg Jets hockey.
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Colorado’s ‘Big Three’ got their looks, as to be expected, finishing with 30 shot attempts and 12 shots on goal during five-on-five play. But the Jets were able to mitigate second and third chances and it wasn’t just thanks to Connor Hellebuyck.
“You try to keep them out of the middle of the ice. Keep them to the outside as much as possible. It’s hard, you saw Makar come through there. Both goals, actually, it was because we gave up the middle,” Arniel told reporters. “But all in all, I thought we did a pretty good job of keeping them to the outside of the ice and taking away the guts.”
Pionk OT Winner = Déjà Vu
If you thought Neal Pionk’s OT winner looked familiar, you’re not wrong.
He scored virtually the same goal, at a similar part of overtime, on Oct. 19, 2022, in Colorado.
“It was almost the exact same thing. Coming down the wing, I don’t think he went top shelf that time…. but yeah, this must be his barn,” Arniel said.
His most recent Colorado Clap Bomb clocked in at 94 MPH.
“Must go a little fast from the altitude,” Pionk said, tongue-in-cheek, to reporters.
No love for Hip Checks
Since when are hip checks illegal?
With 4:13 to go in the third period, Nikolaj Ehlers was called for tripping on Nathan MacKinnon after delivering what is, undoubtedly, a textbook hip check. It also came as Ehlers was finishing a block attempt, which is why he was so low down to the ground.
Trademarked hip check expert Neal Pionk — who was fined $5,000 for “clipping” back in November — didn’t take the bait when reporters asked him for his thoughts on the call.
“I’ll let you answer that one,” Pionk said. “I think you know my thoughts.”
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