Björck and Scheifele Each Ring One Off the Post for Winnipeg
Two inches either way and the Jets' win over New Jersey looks very different, with Björck already in on a go-ahead goal.
Written during the game · 9:40 PM ET. Final was NJD 2, WPG 4.
Winnipeg beat New Jersey 4-2, and the score only tells part of it: the Jets also hit the post twice and got nothing for it.
Mark Scheifele rang one off the post early in the 1st, at 5:29. Late in the 3rd, at 18:32, Viggo Björck did the same, with the Jets already up 3-2. New Jersey never hit iron.
Björck is the one who came closest to a bigger night. He had an assist on Dawson Mercer's go-ahead power-play goal at 11:58 of the 3rd, then nearly added a goal of his own. A shot that finds twine there makes it a two-goal game with time left, rather than needing Kyle Connor's empty-netter at 19:02.
On expected goals (how many a team's chances were worth), Winnipeg finished at 4.01 to New Jersey's 2.24. The Jets scored four, and the posts are a reminder it could have been more.
