Los Angeles Kings at Winnipeg Jets
Tuesday, Oct. 9 — Bell MTS Place
Game Links
Line Chart | Game Live | Game Summary | Event Summary | Play-By-Play
First Period: Game Summary | Event Summary
Second Period: Game Summary | Event Summary
Scoring Summary |
1 |
2 |
3 |
F |
| Los Angeles Kings | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Winnipeg Jets | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Shots By Period |
1 |
2 |
3 |
F |
| Los Angeles Kings | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 |
| Winnipeg Jets | 14 | 19 | 6 | 39 |
Special Teams |
PP |
PPS |
PK |
SHS |
PIM |
| Los Angeles Kings | 0/2 | 4 | 2/3 | 1 | 6 |
| Winnipeg Jets | 1/3 | 9 | 2/2 | 0 | 4 |
(Updated following each period)
Goal Summary
| PER | TIME | TEAM | GOAL SCORER | PRIMARY ASSIST | SECONDARY ASSIST | STR | SCORE |
| 1 | 6:26 | LA | Ilya Kovalchuk (1) | Drew Doughty (1) | Alex Iafallo (2) | EV | 1-0 |
| Drew Doughty brought the puck into the Jets zone down the right wall before sending a cross-ice pass to a streaking Ilya Kovalchuk, who redirected the puck over Connor Hellebuyck and in. | |||||||
| 1 | 10:59 | WPG | Mark Scheifele (1) | Brandon Tanev (1) | Josh Morrissey (2) | EV | 1-1 |
| Brandon Tanev spun away from a check in the left corner and fired a pass across the crease to a streaking Mark Scheifele, who one-timed the puck behind Jack Campbell and in. | |||||||
| 2 | 10:21 | WPG | Kyle Connor (3) | Blake Wheeler (2) | Dustin Byfuglien (1) | PP | 2-1 |
| While on the power play, Blake Wheeler’s pass from the right circle redirected off the stick of a Kings defenseman and into the pads of Jack Campbell in the crease before Kyle Connor found the loose puck and knocked it in . | |||||||
Jets Notes
- Have now won four-of-eight home-openers at Bell MTS Place. It’s the second time the Jets have won a home-opener against the Los Angeles Kings. (Oct. 4/13 – 5-3W)
- Had 19 shots in the second period to establish a season high for most shots in a period.
- Went 1-for-3 on the power play tonight and 2-for-8 on the season.
- Allowed a season-low 17 shots.
Player Notes
Dustin Byfuglien
- Registered his first point of the season with an assist on the Kyle Connor’s power play goal in the second period.
Kyle Connor
- Scored the game-winning goal in the second period. He has scored in three consecutive games to start he season. It’s the ninth career game-winning goal for Connor.
Adam Lowry
- Was the Jets top face-off man tonight, winning 14-of-18 (78%) of his draws.
Josh Morrissey
- Had an assist on Mark Scheifele’s first period goal, giving him an assist in back-to-back games.
- Led the Jets with three blocked shots tonight. Morrissey leads the NHL with 13 blocked shots through the first three games of the season.
Mark Scheifele
- Scored his first career goal against the Kings in the first period. He now has a goal against every NHL team.
- Led the Jets with seven shots in the game.
Brandon Tanev
- Had the primary assist on Scheifele’s goal. He has a point in two of Winnipeg’s first three games this season and eight points (5G, 3A) in his last nine games dating back to last season.
- Led the Jets with five hits in the game and leads the Jets with 11 hits in the first three games.
Kristian Vesalainen
- Made his Bell MTS Place regular season debut.
Blake Wheeler
- Assisted Kyle Connor’s second period goal and is now two points shy of 500 points as a member of the Jets franchise.