The Winnipeg Jets (21-9-0) got back in the win column, doing so in dominant fashion with an 8-1 win over the Boston Bruins (15-12-3) on home ice. The Jets, having lost 4-1 to the Columbus Blue Jackets in their last time out, started off this game quite good, controlling play and generating more chances than the Bruins in the first 20 minutes. Winnipeg out-shot the Bruins 14-9, but more importantly, scored a pair of goals – Vladislav Namestnikov (7th goal) on the power play and Mark Scheifele (15th goal) to take an early two-goal lead into the first intermission.
Boston bounced back slightly in the middle frame, evening the shots at eight apiece through the second period. However, Mark Scheifele found himself wide open in the faceoff dot on another Jets power play to blast home a one-timer goal for his second of the game and 16th of the season to give Winnipeg a three-goal advantage. Boston answered only two minutes later with a power play marker of their own as David Pastrnak scored from his patented spot on the ice, a one-time bomb from the left circle for his tenth goal of the season to cut the lead back to two.
An already entertaining game became even more entertaining with a slight addition of chaos in the third period. Less than two minutes in, Nikita Zadorov and Brad Marchand teamed up for a poorly attempted breakout that led to a defensive zone turnover. Scheifele jumped on the loose puck, drove the zone down low and fed a wide-open Kyle Connor in the slot for Connor.
