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Connor Hellebuyck made 17 saves in a 1-0 win for the Winnipeg Jets on Wednesday, February 14th. This is the ninth game this season where the San Jose Sharks have been shutout and the 38th time they lost this season. The Jets have a two-game win streak after losing five games straight.
Sharks lineup against the Jets:
Duclair - Granlund - Zetterlund
Barabanov - Eklund - Kunin
MacDonald - Sturm - Hoffman
Zadina - Carpenter - Bailey
Vlasic - Emberson
Burroughs - Addison
Ferraro - Rutta
Kahkonen
Blackwood
Jets lineup against the Sharks:
Connor - Scheifele - Ehlers
Perfetti - Monahan - Vilardi
Niederreiter - Lowry - Appleton
Barron - Namestnikov - Iafallo
Morrissey - DeMelo
Samberg - Pionk
Stanley - Schmidt
Hellebuyck
Brossoit
The Jets had taken the 1-0 lead early into the first period. A shot by Neal Pionk from the right point had been redirected by Adam Lowry, then redirected by Morgan Barron. It was Barron's ninth goal of the season... his first since January 4th (14 games) and an NHL career high.
In the middle frame, Mark Scheifele made sure to keep it a one-goal game. Scheifele whacked Anthony Duclair's backhanded attempt off the goal line.
Winnipeg kept their 1-0 lead throughout the remainder of the game. The Jets limited the San Jose Sharks to only five shots on goal in the third period.
Morgan Barron on the Jets' 1-0 win and the San Jose Sharks: "There's a few lapses there but we didn't give up too much. When we did, Bucky (Connor Hellebuyck) was there to make the save. It was a tight-checking game for the most part," - "They play hard. They're one of those teams, I think you see it a lot in the rush, they backtrack really well. So that kind of eliminates a lot of our rush chances and we had to try to create off the cycle tonight. As the game went on, I felt like we did a better and better job of that."
Mark Scheifele on his save: "A lot of mini sticks. That's exactly what it was. I don't think Bucky knew where the puck was. So, that happens once a defensive play comes out of me every once in a while... Drop your stick and just try to make a save. I knew Bucky didn't really know where it was and I was on the wrong side of it. Just honestly try to get any limb on it whatsoever."
Notes:
- Connor Hellebuyck got his third shutout of the season and 35th in the NHL
- The Winnipeg Jets scored four goals in four games since returning from the NHL All-Star break.
- Connor Hellebuyck has 25 wins this season, the seventh time he has reached this mark in the NHL... He's the fifth U.S.-born goalie to have at least seven 25-win seasons. Hellebuyck joins Ryan Miller (nine), Tom Barrasso (nine), John Vanbiesbrouck (eight), and Jonathan Quick (seven).
- Mikael Granlund made his return after missing six games straight due to an upper-body injury... he got three shots on net.
- Mario Ferraro played his 300th NHL game... he also had one hit and two blocks in his return after missing four games due to a lower-body injury.
- Leaving the game in the third period, Nico Sturm got hit into the boards by Logan Stanley.
- Kaapo Kahkonen made 38 saves for San Jose
Postgame: Rick Bowness
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