Jets Pile Up Eight in Dallas on the Strength of Better Looks
The scoreboard said blowout, but this was a much closer game than 8-3 suggests. Dallas actually fired more pucks: 34 shots on goal to Winnipeg's 30, and 64 shot attempts to 54. The difference was what each team did with them.
The Jets got the better looks. Their chances were worth 4.36 expected goals (how many goals an average shooter would score from those spots) against 3.71 for Dallas. So Winnipeg earned an edge, just not a five-goal one. The rest came from finishing and goaltending.
Gabriel Vilardi, Mark Scheifele and Kyle Connor, who played together, did the damage, each with three points. Scheifele scored twice on two shots. Dawson Mercer added two goals.
In net, Stuart Skinner made 31 saves and stopped 12 of 14 high-danger shots. At the other end, Jake Oettinger allowed six goals on 27 shots.
The bounces leaned Winnipeg's way too: Dallas rang two posts through Esa Lindell and Joel Kiviranta, while Connor hit one for the Jets.
