Saturday night (Dec. 14) featured a good old-fashioned, all-Canadian matchup on Hockey Night in Canada when the Montreal Canadiens visited the Winnipeg Jets at Canada Life Centre. Hockey culture north of the 49 th parallel aside, the reality was that this was a meeting between a struggling Montreal squad and an excellent Winnipeg ensemble.
To that effect, the Jets showcased their superiority courtesy of a 4-2 victory. Formidable! Exceptional! Excellent! Sensational! Marvellous! Magnificent! https://t.co/ZQ5ldRppsL | #GoJetsGo pic.
twitter.com/eMEnXfYKK5 Hutson Gives Habs Hope Before Jets’ Comeback Early in the first period, it looked as if the visiting Canadiens were not intimidated by the odds stacked against them. Not only did they open the scoring at 7:48, but the goal came from none other than rookie phenom Lane Hutson.
He took a shot from the left faceoff circle (to Connor Hellebuyck’s right) after Montreal had won the faceoff a moment earlier. His low, hard wrister beat the Winnipeg netminder, awarding Hutson his first-ever NHL goal. But the momentum didn’t favour Montreal for long.
Even before the first period was over, the Jets sent a message that they weren’t going to let the night slip them by. Gabriel Vilardi evened things up at 14:34 when he tapped home a slick pass from Kyle Connor through the crease on the power play. Winnipeg again demonstrated its ruthlessness in front of the net at 16:40 when Adam Lowry made good on a clever delivery from behind the ne.
