In Winnipeg Tuesday night, the Jets faced a test of their mettle at this point in the season as they hosted the Vegas Golden Knights.
The Jets’ Laurent Brossoit made 43 saves for the Jets to backstop them to a 4-1 over Vegas.
“You know what, I like periods like that,” Brossoit said. “I like games like that where I’m tested early and often. The second period was definitely one of those and it got me into the game. There’s not a lot of rest in between. I like that.”
For Brossoit , it was his seventh straight win in the nets for the Jets.
“[Brossoit has] been outstanding all year. We’ve probably said it a million times now,” Blake Wheeler said. “You can tell he came into camp with a chip on his shoulder, something to prove. Got an opportunity here and boy has he been a difference maker for our team. He’s one of those guys that’s a driver every day in practice, and in games. You can tell. His performance, when he’s in the net, he’s been great this year.”
Kyle Connor struck twice and Mark Scheifele added a goal for the Jets.
“I thought their goalie played really, really well,” the Knights’ Max Pacioretty said. “And then they’re able to capitalize on the mistakes that we did make, so we’d like to clean that up. Otherwise, a team effort for 60 minutes. We liked, for the most part, the way we played.”
Brandon Pirri scored the lone Vegas goal.
Vegas dropped to 28-17-4 with the loss; the Knights were scoreless in six power play chances.
Mathieu Perreault also scored for Winnipeg.
“A number of really good stands at the blue line,” Jets head coach Paul Maurice said. “We weren’t easy to penetrate and then some good shot blocking. [Brossoit’s] play was the difference between us winning and losing the game and giving up a power-play goal. He was outstanding.”
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Marc-Andre Fleury made 23 saves in the loss.
“I thought we played good,” Fleury said. “We had the puck a lot. We had some power plays, some chances, but just wish I could have made one of those breakaway saves to keep us in there.”
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