Unfortunately

the Jets could not pull a win out of this game. The Blues would go up

early in the second and would see the Jets constantly fighting from

behind. What we did see was a heated game that was entertaining to

watch by two teams that do not like each other.

The Jets would end up losing 4-2. Lets take a look at the game.





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The

Jets had two power plays

in the in the first. First

power play had great movement from the first unit. Second did not

have as much success setting up, but on the rush, Ehlers was able to

make a nice sauce to Scheifele who almost tipped

the puck in the net mid air. Second power play

started 4 on 3, and had some more sweet movement. To close out the

first period, Pavelec had a terrific save to keep the games at 0s.

There

was an iffy roughing penalty called against Tyler Myers. The penalty

should have been for being too big.



The

Jets looked fast in the first and it showed against the Blues. St. Louis could not handle the Jets ability to skillfully move the puck

around. If only Nic Petan was in the lineup.



Jets

pretty much started the second with a power play. Perrault and Myers

had some sweet chances, but were unable to capitalize. However, after

the Jets’ powerplay ended, the Jets gave Tarasenko some room and he

promptly sniped a goal past Pavelec. And then the Blues took a

penalty and Perreault scores his first of the season. The Gomez line

caused a turnover and managed to sneak a puck in past Pavelec, no one

had Upshall on his goal as he stood at the back door. Then the Jets

answered when Edmundson took an interference penalty and Ehlers

scored on a Stafford screen. The Blues were more noticeable this

period, and the score sheet reflects this, but thankfully the Jets had

an answer to each of the Blues’ goals.



The third

period saw the game take a wrong turn for the Jets. St. Louis started

to dictate play more and the Jets started to take penalties. These

teams clearly do not like each other and this shows with the

unfortunate headshot by Jacob Trouba. There were some dicey moments

when Pavelec went down after taking a Slapshot awkwardly in the

blocker arm from Parayko, but quickly showed he was fine with a nice

glove save. Unfortunately, the Blues would continue with the momentum

and Vladmir Tarasenko would end up scoring and this goal would be the

game winner and Carl Gunnarson would seal the game with his first on

the power play



Jacob

Trouba will most likely be receiving a call from the NHL about his

elbow to Troy Brouwer’s head. Brouwer was able to pass the concussion

tests and returned to the Blues’ bench. Kids, no matter how mad or

frustrated you are, head shots are not cool.



THREE KEYS

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Consistency:

Gary Lawless said it right, Ehlers has shown he is a skilled player

and can possibly be a dominant player. He was great during the first

two periods, but during the third, Ehlers was not noticeable and it

showed. The Blues were able to control play a lot more in the third.

Maybe Ehlers is more important than we thought. Big Buff was

noticeable at the end as he tried to jump start his team to even the

score. However, the start of the game was did not have him being that

noticeable.



Youth

Movement: That being said about Ehlers, Scheifele and Ehlers had some

great moments against the Blues. There was one sweet feed from Ehlers

to Scheifele which had Scheifele almost score a goal on the rush by

tipping the puck on net in mid air. Scheifele had a sweet defensive

play that saw him lift the stick of a Blues player poised to score on

a wide open net. Ehlers had a blast from the point which ended up

going in the net off of Drew Stafford. Unfortunately, Nic Petan was

missed in this game.



Playoffs

in October? The Blues and Jets do not like each other and this game

had more of a playoff feel to it. There were heavy smart hits, some

bad hits, and unfortunately some frustration showed with an elbow by

Jacob Trouba. The siege of Byfuglien at the end of the game was very

telling of how the two teams feel about each other.

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YOUR HOT TAKES

@nhljetsnation is this loss not like the series against the Ducks. Jets play okay. Hang on and than the other team pulls away — Paul Poirier (@PaulPoirier3) October 18, 2015

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@nhljetsnation Momentum turned on a cpl Blues PP & heavy shifts by their big guys. Game went more their way as it went on #NHLJets — Duane Ransome (@pegluv74) October 18, 2015

CHARTS AND STUFF

Winnipeg Jets individual 5v5 statistics:





Shot attempt chart for all minutes:









GIF RECAP







